ROK , i would have to agree with you but I think they build it into there business model that they define as customer servace . So in essence they build in an estimated 33% for product failures .
I started a post on eletric retracts on another website . My point was that I bought $89 retracts from Horison , they I bought $15 ($7.95 a units ) from a well know Hobby supplier from Hong Kong . To my surprise and to the thread that is now about 30 pages long , there was no markable differance but an incredible markup .
I decided to try the orange spectrum copies in receivers , again very cheap in cost and they have been flawless, at 1/3 the price !!!
So I do believe that the price reflects as stated earlier there idea of customer servace and ability to fund returns