The good book tells us to respect our elders....not always easy when they get old, lonely, and their minds falter.
I suppose some 'business expert' would tell you to blow off such an unprofitable relationship...yet, don't we have a duty to show kindness?
It's not an easy situation, with a clear solution.
Otherwise...there's a learning point here. "Better" for you might not be better for someone else. Maybe there is a place for cheap, weak receptacles.
And- maybe the GFI makers could put that @$##@ reset button where you could reach it, without a screwdriver and a plow to push it! Maybe, just maybe, there's a market for a 'single' GFI recep on a duplex frame- with an oversize reset button.
