Your complaint doesn't make any sense. How much a person will pay for something determines its "value" to them. If a person will pay $10 for a bottle of ketch

Your complaint doesn't make any sense. How much a person will pay for something determines its "value" to them. If a person will pay $10 for a bottle of ketchup, then it doesn't matter what the production cost was, the value they received was at least $10.