Wayne r's response is 100% right.
Today people care about $$$ not quality. You raise the pricevthey flee, you shrink the size they never know. Yet not only is tye manufacturer saving on product, but packaging and shipping cost. So they save more and you get less.

I recently tried to explain to a woman how spending an extra $330 a year would have saved her from having to spend $5000 now but she kept saying $10 was too much and how she save money by paying the $10 less. I gave up trying to educate her.

Sadly quality rearely matters any more. I would gladly pay more for a better product that will last longer than buy a cheap product that last 1/2 the time.

Not sure why money is more important than quality but doubt it will ever happen