Nothing makes me more upset, as a builder/tinkerer, is when I spend money on a expensive/luxury technical product that I have to iterate on to make it acceptable for basic functions.
Personally I consider luxury items to be inherently broken and avoid them at all costs. They're just expensive, almost never of any actual quality. Status symbols and whatnot.
When you buy something expensive that has lavish marketing, you can be pretty sure most of the difference in price went to marketing.