Lucille

I think that is putting the cart before the horse. Consumers look at price many times before they look at anything else. If they would refuse to buy cheap cr$p and demand quality their stuff would last longer. Amazon is going to sell whatever sells, and cheap sells.

The same thing happens here sometimes. Breeders who start with quality stock, who feed quality foods, get vet care when needed, and wait until a hatchling is mature and eating will naturally charge more for their quality product.
And every day some people instead choose cheap animals sold too young, fed cheap food, from breeders in it only to grab as much profit as they can get and who don't care about their critters. And the choice was made only because the critter was sold cheap.