Snappers have always been far more expensive than your generic craftsman. In the 1980's a 21" Hi-Vac with a few attachments was well over $750 which in todays market is far more than $1000. They were also a lot more of a machine then, in comparison to what they are producing now. A good friend of mine has been a Snapper dealer for 35 years, he said that he could make about $25-30 a sale on each craftsman or murray that he sold, and could make $150-200 on each Snapper that he sold. Snapper supplied their retailers with suggested retail prices and that is what they worked out to be. He no longer sells Snappers as they arent real snappers anymore
Chris