I have been told countless times that no matter what kind of purchase you make that you’ll always get what you pay for.
That is in terms of quality versus cost entirely.
I veered in the other direction after I started finding a lot of cheap tools and electronics on the internet to buy from overseas for much cheaper than something comparable that is made domestically. I have gotten amazing deals on inexpensive cell phone brands as one major example. But, then the opposite happened when I bought a 42 inch television set for just $100. The screen stopped working a month after I bought it, just days after the end of my return window. Worse yet, the same thing happened with my air conditioner. I got an amazing deal on a new system a few years ago from a manufacturer I had never heard of. I also could find scant information about them on the internet no matter where I looked. Since I was tight on money when I needed the upgrade, I took the plunge with the mystery manufacturer. At first the air conditioner seemed to work well—it had a strong air current leaving the ductwork and it took little time to drop the indoor temperature to whatever level I selected on my thermostat. But, before I knew it, it was taking increasingly longer periods of time to reach the selected temperatures on the system’s control panel. Then all of a sudden it just shut down without warning one afternoon. I called a different HVAC supplier to make repairs and they told me that I was sold an inferior heating and cooling system for my home. In this case, I absolutely got what I paid for and should have known better.