I haven't had any problems with them. Maybe you should try one before you comment on something you aren't familiar with?
I am quite familiar with cassette tapes and remember very well anti resonance ceramic body made by SONY and others like TDK or Maxell - they always made excellent tapes, you will not find cheap plastic body on any of their top models. The cassette body is important too, not just a tape, here is more from TDK. Since 1979 you can find cast-metal frame used for reference TDK cassettes.
You example is very bad, because the cassette body is cheap clear plastic even if the tape is Maxell, their price is almost $3 for this.
But anyone who's looking for tapes can find and buy genuine Maxell (II) for $5 (new old stock). This year I bought nearly 50 top quality cassette tapes, from working horses like Maxell UDII or XLII (XLIIS) to some high-end like open reel cassettes with metal frame from Teac (with maxell tape) and TDK MA-XG.
It's very easy to find NOS tapes today, some of them are still inexpensive.