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To be fair, the charge includes both shipping the kits to you and for you to ship the kits back to them, so the price isn't as bad as it looks. But I do agree with you that it can be lower.

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And customs duties. They are not trying to gouge you, AFAIK.

There won't be duties as it's under $1000. I did realise after that it included the return postage.

@Dramatize: but the US might charge them import duties when you send it back. Not sure if the US has a duty-free allowance like we do.

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