if I have learned one thing from my few years in airsoft, its that you can't kill the clones. They are like cockroaches, they survive anything, and if it appears they haven't give some time to regroup.
But yeah, one good thing is they are all rather low end companies, I know for some people they would rather have a E1 over a TM, but with some of the highend companies making sportlines(G&G and CA) theres still gonna be some selection out there. Just, your money's going to a better company.