I agree the retracts in most ARF's are of poor quality. They make them well enough for you to get a couple of flights in before you have to make some adjustments for them to work correctly. I don't know how many people out there would continue to purchase ARF's if they increased the value of the plane $200.00 for a set of good retracts. I believe most of us know going in that we will be having trouble with the stock retracts in a short period of time. If you are not happy with the quality of these planes, I suggest you build from a kit then all of the responsibility will be in your hands. I don't think you can build a plane from a kit for the price that you can buy and ARF for.