You referring to the USA B/S/T? I have the cover photo for that /claim.
But yeah, on those facebook groups, there are $200 setups going for half that on a regular basis. The people saying that it's only for rich kids just want a reason to hate it just because it strays from what you consider to be "skateboarding" It's just different. In street skating, hard falls come from gnarly rails and huge gaps/other street shit. With longboarding, they come from hauling ass into a slide or bombing a hill at 45. They're on completely different ends of the "skateboarding" spectrum, and shouldn't be compared as much as they are.