This is why I usually just buy some off brand at
Amazon - the stuff at Home Depot is not any better and the stuff at the pluming supply store is very overpriced.
As long as its something you can easily replace yourself I don't see the point of buying a brand name - and honestly most of the "quality" stuff is crap. The valve we installed for the diverter did not last 5 years - now it sort of works - the plastic part snapped so it spins - and its too difficult to replace so we just don't use it. I need to take a look at that - but I am pretty sure its not a simple change out.
I had a friend who is a plumber so I got his prices at the supply store - and on most items its still higher than Amazon - the guy at the supply store was amazed at the cost difference for the same model Moen faucet - he was paying more for it. Amazon can also get it to me much quicker.
Its the same with many thing you buy at Home Depot, Walmart etc.. Its a cheaper version of the exact same thing. From what I have heard even the DeWalt products are made with cheaper parts at the big box stores.
In the end I can buy a very nice faucet for $45 at amazon and change it every 5 or 6 years (if needed) and come out ahead in the long run and have a nice new faucet.
It is a trend I am fighting. I really think it was a contributing factor to the economic crisis a lot of people started suffering in 2008. Yes, Cell Phones and TV's on the market today have features that they didn't have 2 years ago, but why not wear something out first.
Full disclosure, my family car is 27 years old and the TV in my Living room is 19 years old.
Yeah - unfortunately it seems the stuff is built to fail. Its a disposable society.
5 years is the best you can hope for on many appliances it seems - so its just out of the extended warranty.
Sometimes you can keep the stuff running - but they make it harder and harder to repair as well.
The new refrigerant they use in many things you don't even want to mess with - its butane - at least my old refrigerator I can recharge every few years and it works like new.
I keep my 20 year old Ford Explorer running because the new explorer is way overpriced and very poorly made.