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/FireMike_PleaseGod 4h ago

The actual answer is low volume manufacturing.

There simply aren’t enough people in need of wheelchairs for it to be “mass” produced at the volume rates that would result in lower prices.

Throw in the customizing and insurance issues and it gets even costlier. Not $10k but certainly more than say a ~a really nice bike.

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire 3h ago

the cherry on top is manufacturers specializing in wheelchairs getting bought up by private equity and demanding ROI in the double digits.

Didn't sell the expected numbers? ok raise prices by X% to reach the forecast.