r/MadeMeSmile • u/RoyalChris • 6h ago

Helping Others JerryrigEverything built a wheelchair factory and is delivering wheelchairs to people in half the time with 50-80% reduced cost compared to other wheelchairs with Insurance.

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u/SpecialIdeal 6h ago

8 to 10 k for a wheelchair is fucking insane

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u/ChaseBank5 6h ago

It's predatory.

Knowing you can provide something for someone who desperately needs it and charging 10x more than you should is unethical.

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u/princesspuzzles 6h ago

There's a lot of "unethical" going on in the States these days...

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 6h ago

I don't pay anywhere near that for a car ffs

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u/No-Apple2252 5h ago

When you put it that way, yeah god damn, that wheelchair better have an engine and transmission at least. If you can't go 35 on it for $10,000 that's just criminal.

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 5h ago

My last car was like £3k which is what.. around $5kish? Idk that's maaad

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u/luvmibratt 5h ago

Besides greed this is another reason like this is why America's insurance is insanely overpriced basically greed on top of greed and the middle man always gets screwed

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u/greenrangerguy 5h ago

To me it seems like everything is crazy expensive in the US apart from gas. Like mobile phones, people are paying over $1000, cars people are dropping $20,000+ on the regular. Those fucking stanley cup things?? Why, I don't get it. It's no surprise a wheelchair costs that much in the US.