I will admit that everything I have purchased from ROCKVILLE has been a solid value, and worked out great.
My brother bought a couple of 8" Rockville Speakers for sound in 2 additional rooms for a wedding a couple weeks ago. He said they worked out great, and the sound quality was better from each speaker than the sound quality from his American Audio 8GO BT speaker. Those two Rockville speakers only cost $194.99 together. $5 less than MSRP originally on the American Audio speaker he purchased.
My two cheap moving head lights I got off of Ebay years back still work great! My ADJ Mini Pocket Spots have some issues with them, and I used them way less at events than I used the cheap ebay moving heads.
I got a call today from a guy looking for a transfer case on his 2014 Mercedes. Only had 116K miles on it, and the transfer case went. We don't work on Mercedes transfer cases because Mercedes does everything they can so remanufacturers can't have access to their cores and parts. Mercedes dealer quoted the guy $4,200 to replace it. I also got a call today from a guy with a base model Chevy Silverado from 2000. Has 360K miles on it. Finally having to replace the transfer case on it. Cost for a remanufactured TC from us...$695 + $125 round trip shipping. $820. The most expensive Chevy transfer case I sell is $1,795, and that is a rare unit.
I get calls from people all the time with BMWs and Mercedes who are desperately trying to find a cheaper option for a TC. They are basically stuck with going through the dealer and spending $3,500+ or trying to find a used unit from a junk yard, and their vehicles are usually under 12 years old, and under 150K miles needing to replace the transfer case. People with Chevys, Fords...even sometimes DODGE are usually over 12 years old, and well above 150K miles on their vehicle.
I don't tell people over the phone they have to pay to play when it comes to buying a Mercedes, Audi, or BMW, but they really do have to open their pockets and pay the piper to own those vehicles long term.
I still have a $10 pair of Skullcandy head phones in one of my DJ bags. I haven't even used them this year, but I know they still work just fine.
It seems to me the cheaper products are typically longer lasting, and are far cheaper to fix when parts go bad.
I purchased a $80 pair of Skechers a few years back. The soles were becoming unglued, and a hole was forming on the side of the shoe after only wearing for 3 months. I was mad. Went right back to Reebok Shoes. I buy a pair of Reebok DMX walking shoes twice a year. Regular price is $70. I usually get them 40% off. I only buy every 6 months because the memory foam just doesn't feel as nice inside, but outside of shoes are durable as can be. I have one pair that is almost 3 years old that I use on bad weather days when I know I won't be doing a lot of walking (I rotate 4 pairs of sneakers to keep them lasting longer)
Not always the case with every product, and mileage varies with everything, but generally speaking I seem to have better experiences, and ROI with my purchase with lower priced products.