I look at it this way, from both end: Developer and Tattoo artist. If the machine is $600 and it can last me for a good $500 fair size tattoo it paid itself about 500 times.

If the machine is expensive and it breaks right away and on top of that customer service sucks, then it's a waste of money.

To manufacture in the US is really expensive. Everything has a tag price. You are not only paying for parts, you have to take into consideration the research and development that took the builder to come up with the final result.

I'm not saying that expensive machines are better than fairly price machines but there is a market for everyones budget and need.

My 2 cents