[Noah930]

What's the difference between vinyl fencing that's available at a place like Home Depot, and what a fencing company will install?

I'm looking to install a couple gates between the side of the house and the property line (which is already fenced). However, looking at the HD website, I see these vinyl gates going for about $110 (material alone). In comparison, a quote from a fence company (coincidentally the same one which installed the existing vinyl fence we share with one neighbor before we moved in) gave us a materials cost of $450 per gate. FWIW, I'm going with vinyl fencing to match what we've already got along one property line along the side of the house.

Clearly, I'm missing something. For the price difference mentioned above (a factor of 4), what is the difference between the stuff I can get at HD/Lowes, and the stuff I'm getting from a fence company (that supposedly makes their own stuff)? Is there a difference in quality of the vinyl? The quality of the hardware? It can't be just mark-up, correct? I've kept labor costs out of the comparison.