Ok Dirty_F show us examples to back up what your saying.
Give us urls from 2001 to compare to what they have done recently.
Hell their is really no point because design is all subjective and personal opinion..
I will show you designs from Dickman's who I am told is #1 right now. They too have projects that are very recent but look dated.
In 2001 times were obviously different.
They had a lot less competition..
Hell Webinc. has been around since what 1995?
Why should they lower their prices? Why should they change how they do business?
You want to work with WebInc. you pay for it.
There's a 1000x reasons why you would choose 1 company over another.