You are 100% correct! You get what you pay for. We have sold a block hugger for our TJ swaps for 15 years but they are now $500+ for coated and people ***** constantly about price. They are hand gas welded in USA from virgin US steel, 3/8 flat flanges and 14 GA tubes. I have had to start selling $249 Mexican made thin ground O ring headers just because nobody was buying good ones and getting Scummit chinese crap for $250. Guess people like changing collector gaskets every other weekend just to save $250 over a life time of driving....go figure.