I have never seen a J&S Jack discounted. If I was looking at them, this would make me jump. I have had mine since 2008 and I raise it and lower it twice a day. Since I am an everyday rider that makes at least 5000 raise and lowers with nary a problem. I even have the original bottle jack. I did wrap some Teflon tape around the threaded screw on the front that you twist to raise or lower, but that is it. Since I haven't used all the jacks in the world I can not honestly say if J&S makes the best one or not, but for my part I am very happy with it. If someone ever steals my J&S I would definitely replace it with another one.