Yep, they build to a price point. Such a large percentage of manufacturing went to china searching for lower costs, that it isn’t surprising that a large percentage of the products coming out of china are at the lower price points If you spec s higher quality of materials, and quality control, they are more than Happy to provide that, it just comes at a higher price point Personally, I prefer to buy American first, and as locally as possible, when I can, sometimes it just simply isn’t possible Doug