I do mostly ARF's and find most of them to be OK.
The thing I dislike most is "shelf paper" covering, lack of glue, hardware and ABS plastic.
When a model is supplied with retracts they are usually for "show" only because they don't work worth beans.
I think VQ has the right idea, they build most of their planes ready for YOUR retracts to be installed and if World, Hangar-9, Great Planes and others did the same we would all be happier.
There is a big variety of ARF's now and more coming and their getting better all the time and some are even coming with brand name hardware, wheels and fuel tanks. VQ has a P-61 Black Widow coming and their A-26 is a great flier, KMP has a Cessna 337 on the market and soon to release a B-25 so there are all kinds of goodies to be had.
Even if the ARF i'm "building" is a good one, I alway's make a mod or two, don't YOU?

Keep em comin.