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Originally Posted by HawgRyder

I once checked out the cost of building a video machine made by Sony.
The cost of the parts was almost 5 times the cost of the machine.
It appears that replacement parts are priced so that competitors cannot create the final object and sell it to make a profit.
It did not used to be this way...it changed in the 50's to 60's.
Bob

I think it has more to do with the cost of individually packaging, shipping, and warehousing than anything else...
Hardware stores make a lot of money by making cute little bags fo screws instead of bulk. The same logic applies.