Pretty gun or pretty woman the only real question that matters is can she cook and balance a checkbook? Ugly is only skin deep but can't cook or manage money there is just no point in even going on a first date.
There will always be a place for glamour, but solid, functional and no glaring defects that is willing to go out with me has some real advantages. While I love the look and feel of a well made object that was made with an eye toward beauty as well as function I am more than happy with finding something where function was primary that I can afford. Look at used for a cool looking bargain but why not also look at new that was built to be a bargain?
Reminded of a story told about Daniel Boone and his rifle, it was a rifle manufacturer known to make especially fine guns and he was once asked did he invest so much in his rifle because his life depended on it to which he replied no he got it cheap from some fellow who brought it out from the east and found he could not hit any game with it. When asked was this rifle bad then? Daniel said no, once I pried all the pretty silver fancy metal off so it quite flashing and scaring the game the rifle worked fine.