tell me why

[hurricaneiked]

We were in a position after hurricane Ike that we had to buy a generator and we were not able to comparison shop. Please help me justify why a Yamaha ef5200 cost $2549, while all our friends and neighbors are getting 5500 generators for under $700. One neighbor bought a 16000 generator for $2000.
It just doesn't make sense to me and I feel like I was royally screwed.

[YamahaGenuineParts.com]

Sorry to hear you were at the mercy of IKE, your Yamaha is much better quality than that which the large big box outlets sell, such as Brushless AC Generator the others are not,Much quieter, longer run time,Economy idle down saves fuel and adds run time,automatic choke,Fuel guage and 2 year warranty ,i could go on and on but quite simply this means you made a wiser purchase than the neighbours......if you still do not think so ask them in 2 years were there genrators are.

Regards Speedy