The author is right but the problem at the moment is that more and more, you cannot correlate quality with price. That is, expensive gears can be of low quality

The author is right but the problem at the moment is that more and more, you cannot correlate quality with price. That is, expensive gears can be of low quality. It is harder and harder to even be able to pay more knowing that you get more. Also, the point missing is that you need to take care of your expensive gears. You need to put money into maintenance.