[M.D. Holloway]

We do something similar - when you buy our products at list you get all sorts of free stuff (oil analysis, eqt software, part failure analysis, ect...). If every single customer cashed in, it would raise the cost of being able to offer these things. We have a dynamic model that tracks this stuff. Not all customers take advantage of all the benefits offered. They are all paying of it in some small way, just a percentage uses it.

Thye same thing is at work here - they have a keen understanding of the costs associated overall and are able to adjust. I would imagine that next year at this time that fee will increase in response to increased shipping costs. They are hedging is all.