7 bucks a pop is high. I was thinking close to 3ish for dealer. I tell my local dealer I'm a vortex member and they give me a nice discount (which i didn't even know about until i really got to know the guys working there. Came in every week trying to figure out what hardware i needed for my first slush to manual swap on the alh back before people did write ups on it)
I reuse them on my mk4's i play with. I'm very careful to inspect them as any imperfection to the triple square bit will lead to them stripping. Which i think is why vw just says replace them. Deutsche leute...