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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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[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 19 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Guess how much a kitchen cabinet door costs. ยฃ10-15 per door. A kitchen with more than ten 40cm cabinets is going to cost you a bomb.

if that seems excessive, you're right. A few years ago, those same doors were less than half the price.

What happened then, did the doors change? Is the flimsy wood composite they're made of go extinct?

You know the answer.

[โ€“] AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I want to know the answer. Is it just greed?

[โ€“] nis@feddit.dk 1 points 4 hours ago

No. Clearly it's aliens!

[โ€“] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

too many factors at play but yeah there are way too many middlemen.