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Sorry johnska, I don't equate nylon with low quality. Nor do I equate leather with high quality (except with Lawrence holsters).
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Nylon holsters don't have to be poor quality, but any holster made to fit more than one gun isn't as good quality as it could be because a good tight fit and a design tailored to a specific gun is part of what defines quality in a holster.
Leather holsters aren't always good quality--I've seen some really bad quality leather holsters. Same thing with kydex. It's possible to make a bad/low quality kydex or plastic holster.
So I'm not saying that leather or kydex automatically means a good quality holster--but I stand by the assertion that any holster made to "fit" multiple guns is not a quality holster.
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The cost issue has several aspects. Not least is the replacement cost. If, god forbid, your 'quality' leather holster becomes damaged in any way, the replacement cost will be high.
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This is true of any quality gear. If you break or damage it, the cost will usually be significant. Same goes if poor quality gear results in damage to a firearm.
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A $10 to $20 nylon new holster will not break the bank of most shooters.
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Hope not, since that's about the price of a single box of ammunition. I seriously doubt that $50 would break the bank of most shooters either; but I'm sure that there are some folks who really can afford to spend a few hundred bucks on a good pistol but can't swing $50 for a decent holster.
If I wanted a holster for no other reason than to have a place to put a gun at the range without having to lay it down on the ground, I could see buying a nylon holster for that purpose. But no way would I actually carry a gun (as in for self-defense) in a nylon holster--at least not any nylon holster I've ever seen.