It doesn't say the bottle is $1.00, but that it is $1.00 MORE than the cork. So it has to inlcude the price of the cork to determine the price of a cork alone. If the cork was 5 cents, that is saying the bottle is a dollar more ($1.05) totalling to $1.10. But if the cork is .025 cents, then .025 plus a dollar more than the cork ($1.025) totals to $1.05. Any better?