"Cheap" tiles often have things about them that make them less expensive other than their durability. The pattern repeat could be very small or non existent, the tiles aren't square, the tiles are warped, there are allowed glaze imperfections, there is color variation in the same lot, the actual visual looks fuzzy and not defined, the colors are just "off' having weird hues in them. None of these means they won't last years and years of looking like a cheap tile. Some things like out of square, warped make installing them and having the grout joints look good an absolute nightmare and all the money saved on the product becomes a labor expense. Take a few tiles place them on a granite counter top that's level but all the joints together at lease 2-3 long and 4 pieces wide and you'll see quick of it's square, if you start playing with lining it up then it's going to be 100x worse on the install if you don't plant for it, spacers need to be wedge style and you need a bunch of snapped lines to follow because you cannot trust the tiles. Hey every thing could be great and they could be near perfect, but I bet they are not. Doesn't mean they won't last and they won't look good at the end of the day. I've installed some tiles like that and everyone loved how it looked. But it took way longer than it should have and I recognized the issues before it was an issue. Answer from ClarenceWagner on reddit.com