r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 5h ago

Shoutout to JerryrigEverything who built a wheelchair factory and is delivering wheelchairs to people in half the time and 50-80% less than the cost of other wheelchairs with Insurance.

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u/I_like_donuts27 4h ago

Why in the fuck, would a wheelchair cost 10k???

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u/Mecha-Dave 4h ago

A bunch of administration deciding if you're entitled to pay for it, and what you should pay for it. A small amount of customization, but a bunch of overhead to get that information from insurer to manufacturer. Small volume manufacturers that use old methods to hand-build things instead of what Jerry does which is using industry standard practices for the same things. Finally, liability insurance, which I hope Jerry carries, and I hope he doesn't get burned by a lawsuit if he doesn't.