This cost of $104 plus some change is really a good price for this cane is well worth it. If you don't have the money For it hit up your family and friends for your birthday Christmas presents of whatever just ask for the money and get it. It enabled me after I fell down the stairwell to go up and down the stairs without being afraid of falling again and easier, especially going up the stairs, which was the hardest part. I don't know what that other person was talking about. A white cane?? Maybe she made a mistake as this can has been black as far as I know.