Doubtful around here. Sure they are some people who are truly absolutely struggling but trying and really cannot afford anything but that is not this thread. Rich people can easily only look and care about short term costs and continue paying them over and over not everyone has that luxury to be able to just buy the same thing over and over multiple times. If you are truly truly truly struggling homemade bucket panniers are a cheap way to go and beyond the mounts the buckets should last a while.

However this thread in general was more about someone buying a nice new bike and wanting panniers which ended up being Ortliebs.