I think I made my problem with Avery pretty darn clear; shoddy decoys & the worst customer service in the business. Never said there was anything wrong with their realism, just their quality when compared to others..
I fell for the "Averys look good & cost less than Hardcore, Steve Smiths, G&H's ect. bit" a number of years ago too. It turned out to be money ill spent. The objective fact is by & large they aren't holding up to extensive hard hunting as well as higher quality/more costly stuff I have, and some of the Avery decoys, such as their cheapie Hot Buys have been dismal failures.
The objective fact of my experience with Avery is each & every time I've attempted to get any customer service from Avery, they have dropped the ball, or flat out ignored it.
Even casual research reveals that I'm far from alone in my opinion on Avery. Lots of folks have had problems with the paint on their decoys (extremely common complaint with their floating decoys on the waterfowling forums a few years ago...), and lots have had problems with their customer service. Now if you have good luck with them, be darn happy & more power to you.
BTW, I don't have anything personal against WS7 and even admire in some small way his earnest teenaged zeal, just that the blind Avery cheerleading bit gets old at times. I have waders older than the young man and he's being compensated in some fashion by Avery so it's a bit tough for met to give him much expertise & objectivity cred....