Agree. When I was in graduate school the "bad journals" were well known. The pay to play journals are very cleverly disguised, but it's extremely hard to accidentally publish to or cite from one of these journals.
There are many, many problems with the almost cult-like atmosphere of reviewers in good journals but pay-to-play isn't one of them.
There are many, many problems with the almost cult-like atmosphere of reviewers in good journals but pay-to-play isn't one of them.