It always amazes me when people invest in a Jeep, invest their hard earned money on the wheels, tires and lift they want, and are perfectly fine with hanging cheap built Teraflex or Smittybilt Chinese crap off their rigs. Me, personally, I'm not putting cheap Chinese crap on the most iconic American vehicle made (where I have a choice). There are so many good American companies like JCR, Genright, EVO MFG, Crawler Concepts, Full Metal Fabworks, Poison Spyder, etc. Hell, isn't the ORFab swing away tire carrier around the same price as the TF supposed "HD" carrier? Not even in the same league as far as I am concerned. If you can, but quality American parts and buy once folks!! Sorry for the rant!
Sometimes people don't have a lot of money left after buying the Jeep in the first place. These rigs are expensive for what they are and the components for them are equally so because of the hype and demand for the market. Some stuff is expensive just because it's marketed for a Jeep JK. Also, depending on the characteristics of the tire carrier you're shopping for, your options can be extremely limited. If you want your carrier to be a directly replacement for your hinges without having to modify the factory hinges you're pretty much limited to the Teraflex or Smitty hinge and carrier. If you want a one-handed operation (for opening and closing the tailgate) and don't want a rear bumper your limited again to the Crawler Conceptz, AEV, Maximus-3 and Smitty makes one for that too. If you're okay with a two step opening and closing system then you have more options. We decide the options available to us based on our requirements.
It's also funny that you mention putting cheap crap on an expensive vehicle. You've heard about the gold-plated Lamborghini's and other exotic cars in Dubai. They're covered in vinyl. So few are actually painted. There are $500,000 super cars running around Dubai with $400 worth of gold vinyl covering them. Kinda ironic.