They charge so much cuz most stuff came from Asia, LOL. To sell them over here, they need to extra on shipping plus TAX, duty free which could be 20-30% more. In addition, there's minimum wage in Vancouver. To hire someone, they have to pay at least $8ish an hour even just to tidy up stuff, but over in Asia, people are willing for work for even less than $1.00 an hour, LOL