I suppose the reason why I don't pay that much for steaks is because we don't really have access to high quality beef over here and if you do find it you kind of have to take their word in its origin and i've been told they frequently lie and say a steak is from USA when it was actually from Russia. Another issue is that very few people have grills because most people live in condos and grills are banned unless you want to lug it all the way down to the street and use it there. Hell, gas stoves aren't even allowed here and all we have is induction, which seems nice because you can't burn yourself but it absolutely sucks for carefully controlling temperature.

I stay away from "stakes" unless I am dining out for the most part and even then it is a bit of a gamble.