You are failing to drill out the ends of the cracks, as the author did, failing to glue, and failing to buy a better quality product, slightly more expensive, t

You are failing to drill out the ends of the cracks, as the author did, failing to glue, and failing to buy a better quality product, slightly more expensive, that would not demand you return to the dollar store so frequently. You have anyway lots of company. That should not be reassuring. (I use "you", here, to denote all readers in the same boat, not any particular individual.)