You're comparison to mine although probably true is slightly different seeing how mine was professionally rebuilt. But, I do agree with you on many aspects. Hobbies are expensive, why spend more than you have to on making something more than efficient?
Its almost like saying. Hey, I bought my Works shocks brand new never been used for $700 and another guy saying... Hey, I bought these used Works shocks that were used only a couple times and spent $250 and arguing that the $700 are 3x as good.
Money is not what makes a quad good, however in many cases you get what you pay for.
Anything based from China generally has a horrible reputation yes. Can anything be rebuilt to fix exceptions and exceed expectations? Absolutely.
By GOD if you say FFS one more time I am 100% convinced you have PMS.
If you do a quick search for people that have used these shocks and had them rebuilt. There are many similar posts to mine; however, weight of quad and rider seems to matter a lot on these shocks. People out there are getting good results though.
For the record these shocks are RFY. Not GFY shocks. I would not have even attempted trying these shocks if I didn't have a dependable and reliable source for a rebuild, nor would I ever use these stock. They seem to have very inconsistent stock builds.