The quality of design work as of late?

It used to be that many webmasters would only take the 'high end' quality design work but now it seems like more and more of them are questioning not only the quality of the design itself but also the amount of time it takes to do a good design, especially in relation to the new 'reality' style tours where one good layout can be used over and over again.

Has anyone else (designers?) noticed this or not?

Regards,

Lee