$550 for a glock plastic gun is cheap?
For what you get? Pennies on the dollar for what it takes to get a "good" 1911 to work as well.
Exaggerate much?
You don't buy many pistols?
I've only owned 25? 1911s and have replaced them all.
Getting a 1911 to run as dependably as a Glock is expensive. Getting any garden-variety Glock to run is a given.