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Why are faucets so expensive? (lemm.ee)

submitted 19 hours ago by greenhorn@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Seems like established technology with common metals fabricating a simple mechanism. What differentiates a relatively inexpensive, contractor-grade faucet from one that costs anywhere from double to 10x the price?

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[–] greenhorn@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

I figured production scale was part of it, but still assumed standardization in the process over time would bring the price down. But they probably aren't selling that many $700 faucets to bring the price down much below their costs, and makes sense they'd have to keep the price high to maintain the brand reputation to sell a boutique product.