Why are elliptical trainers so expensive?

I went by my local fitness dealer and was looking over Precore
machines. I noticed they range from the cheapest $2400 to the most
expensive $6000. I use a Precor at my gym and would like one for my
home so I wouldn't have to travel the 25 mile trip back and forth
everyday to go to my nearest local gym. I'm really considering buying,
but I would just like to know "why" are they so expensive. Is it
really that hard to make that you have to pay up to 6k to own one. I
could by a near new Honda for that price. Can someone explain to me
why these things cost as much as they do? And do you think that the
cost of such machines would go down in the future. I can understand
the supply and demand issue, but why is health in this country costing
more then what most can afford. Everytime I go to the doctor and have
to fill out a perscription I go online and get them from Canada and
pay 1/4 of the price they charge at my local pharmacy....but thats a
different issue Thanks to any and all that reply.

13:14:03 Fri, 7 Nov 2003misc.fitness.aerobic
Never_give_up at Never_give_up <jroden RemoveThis @satx.rr.com> writes:
>I went by my local fitness dealer and was looking over Precore
>machines. I noticed they range from the cheapest $2400 to the most
>expensive $6000. I use a Precor at my gym and would like one for my
>home so I wouldn't have to travel the 25 mile trip back and forth
>everyday to go to my nearest local gym.

Walking that distance should keep you fit!

> I'm really considering buying,
>but I would just like to know "why" are they so expensive. Is it
>really that hard to make that you have to pay up to 6k to own one. I
>could by a near new Honda for that price. Can someone explain to me
>why these things cost as much as they do? And do you think that the
>cost of such machines would go down in the future. I can understand
>the supply and demand issue,

I think that is the answer: lack of supply, sort of: not enough
competition to drive the prices down. Lack of demand, paradoxically, may
be a cause of this, since the market may not be big enough to attract
enough players.

> but why is health in this country costing
>more then what most can afford. Everytime I go to the doctor and have
>to fill out a perscription I go online and get them from Canada and
>pay 1/4 of the price they charge at my local pharmacy....but thats a
>different issue Thanks to any and all that reply.

My guess: that is a problem with private health insurance: whatever is
charged, gets paid. So, prices go up.
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