Define "great"....
My point was that this thread would rapidly become about the company and the OP's question about a specific knife would get lost in the noise. Through know fault of his own, the OP poked the hornet's nest.
I happen to have had a good number of 'betties come through my little shop for handles. The are a great value, speaking of the knife on it's own merits. They do come in a range of ugly - from not too bad at all, to straight up user grade. Compared to the normal production run of a knife, the range of visible blemishes is noteworthy. But that doesn't change the base utility of the knife. My personal experience with 5 or 6 of them was that they ware all perfectly serviceable knives, and some of them were actually pretty darn nice in spite of the Ugly Betty designation.
Edit to add... they make a great platform for personalizing and customization if you are so inclined. For example (this started out as a 'betty):
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