One thing any manufacture has to contend with is the I want everything crowd. Got to have a big screen, big house, 2-3 new cars and trucks and on and on. The only way these folks can have it all is to have credit and the credit companies over extend it.
It means the rv industry has to build to price point and still stay profitable. Remember just a few years ago when the economy tanked how many RV manf. went under.
Point is that in the old days we all had a few hobbies and interests that we shelled out our dollars to participate we spent a great deal of our disposable income in those pursuits.
Fast forward to today and what do we have people that are participating in about everything at least for a while so the price of things does not have to be affordable just at the point where people can get the credit industry to be their partner. Airstream is the proof that better product can be made but they are almost a cult manufacture. So we can stop buying these units that are not well built and send that message or continue to cry about it and buy anyway. Low price and high quality does not add up.