I guess it's all a matter of supply and demand. Around here, there's so much demand that the price is much lower. The commercial cages (5-gallon) are about $5 each and have reinforced seams to prevent unraveling, but I found a guy who makes them for $2.75 each. His have a fancy curved top to keep the gophers from coming into the cage from above ground. He delivers them to me for free because I usually buy anywhere from 60 to 100 rose cages at a time and about 25 one-gallon cages for bulbs @$1.75.
