This is a relatively fair price for a solid, large lifting platform with the wood platform included. The materials seem well made and of generally good quality. There are imperfections, like nuts that require some hard wrenching to get on. Another oversight is that the wood is a bit thicker than the foam squares, so if you are walking barefoot you might stub your toe. But after you do that once, you won't do it again (hopefully). The shipment arrived with a corner piece missing, but the Vulcan folks shipped out a replacement asap. Be prepared that the shipping company, which does not specialize in home deliveries, might be annoyed. They made a big issue about bringing the 400 lb of materials up to the house, and refused to take their dilapidated old wooden pallet with them. And then they billed me for the shipment, even though Vulcan had paid it already; (Vulcan told me to ignore the invoice, so hopefully the shipping company isn't sending the bill to collections).