HMMM
Working well for a cheap gun seems like a great quality.
For someone buying a first gun and not wanting to spend a lot of money that sounds wonderful. For someone who doesn't have a lot of money and wants a gun it's great.
As one learns more about guns and what they want and don't want, if they have a larger budget then yea being cheap isn't a top priority. But it always goes back to what someone prioritizes. In my case, I'm all for value. But to me they're not a good value. But to someone else they could be a great value!
The original post was written by someone who has 4,000+ posts and is a "contributing member" to this website. They're decent guns and a good bang for their buck, but I'm assuming the OP already has multiple semi-auto handguns and I'd also be willing to bet the vast majority of those guns are probably superior to a Hi Point. What's the point of buying a Hi Point other than it cost less than a case of 9mm ammo? I picked up a .40 S&W a number of years ago for cheap and would sell it in a moments notice because it never gets shot. It's not a bad gun, it's just that I have no reason to own it. If I had hours every week to go out and shoot it might get used, but realistically it does nothing for me other than take up space in the safe.