Take a close look at the stock joints. You will see that the joints are really only held in by the snap ring, and a thin casting of aluminum, er likely pock metal. There is really nothing to keep them in place once the snap ring or metal ring holding the snap ring in place fails. This becomes pretty dangerous pretty quickly.
On the subject of prices, $30 might seem like a savings, but in the long run, you might be buying more joints the replace the stock ones. Look at it this way, even if you break a set of the BD joints, you will get another set for free, less shipping I'm sure.
Another thing to consider is the sheet metal tabs that they sit in. Everyone has seen them fail, and if you choose to use the stock type joints, you are kinda stuck with the weak design till you upgrade. Might as well take the initial $$ hit up front and make sure it won't break again.
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