You gets what you pays for.
A few years back I was approached to lease one of my very clean C152's to a flying club south of London, when I went to talk contracts to them it all revolved around money and eventually we could come to no agreement.
I did take a look at the fleet that they were leasing and I was not prepared or could afford to compete on price with a company that was leasing aircraft that were in such an appalling state. Just how they have the neck to offer aircraft with tatty paint, torn seats, Stone Age avionics, some inop and engine cowlings held on with unapproved fasteners I could not understand.
However having met a few customers of flying clubs various I can only conclude that they are happy to fly under maintained death traps if it saves them a quid or two.