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Originally Posted by llDemonll
The Gobi is stupid over-priced to begin with, it should be a $700-1000 rack to start. Yet people still buy it.
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I haven't gone through the trouble of estimating the manufacturing cost of a Gobi style rack, but on first blush, I'd say it's not cheap. Outside of the relatively simple bending operations, you're left with 50+ welds to perform. Then you need large spray booths and powder coating ovens. When it's all done, you have pretty high freight costs (which Gobi bakes into the price).
A lot of the other full length racks on the market feature EDM cut sheet metal side rails and cut extruded aluminum cross bars. It's almost all cutting and drilling operations. The finished product can then be flat packed and shipped unassembled. So the shipping costs a lower and the lion's share of the assembly is passed on to the customer.