What makes you think the manufacturer sets the price ? The manufacturer sells wholesale to the retailer . The retailer sets the price . This is why a can of cocacola costs a different amount depending on what store you shop in . <| sep |> Damn you need to get stuffed too <| sep |> ya could be . def a strange coincidence . <| sep |> There are several in my town , not counting the ones on the college campuses here . I ' ve seen them in use several times . Most of the time it ' s someone using the air pump on the side of the repair station . Twice I ' ve seen people changing tirestubes and using the station as a repair stand , and a few times I ' ve seen people adjusting some nonessential piece bottle cage , fender with the hex wrenches there . I like them . I think they encourage people to bike more , because it shows there is biking infrastructure being developed in the city . Repair stands are a piece of the puzzle .