We live in a society where the instant gratification is the norm, the value of getting satisfaction by doing something is getting scare by the minute.
Why built when you can buy, if buying is cheaper, again instant gratification.
The distributors only care about what can they sale today, I'm guessing you have a lots of kids in your club, in mine we have 2 out of 200 members, when those 198 get tired or too old to fly there goes the hobby.
Kids and adults alike are getting disappointed with models crashing after a few seconds, that is what I see in my area.