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Those are all fair points to bring up. Especially about Massdrop growing rapidly, they may still be adjusting to that growth. I understand what you're saying. And, yes, I agree that they probably have other factors to look at lower costs (I think every company does). And really that's something they need to do on their own to get business (if they choose to). My dad always says that people vote with their wallets.
All that being said, I'm thinking back to a zillion years ago when my family had a music store. We were paying for new release CDs (remember those? :D) for $15/CD and selling them at $18. Best Buy was selling the same CD for $10. They were getting it at a lower price and/or selling it at a loss to draw customers in. We couldn't compete with that. There wasn't enough that we could change to get our price that low and it wouldn't make sense for us, as a small mom and pop shop, to do that (arguably we could sell it at $10 and take a $5+ hit per sale, but we chose not to).
I agree that Massdrop could potentially do things to lower the price for us, I also think there are certain limits to what they can/choose to do. We want them to make some money so they stick around. It doesn't make sense for them to sell something where they lose money. It's not like a fabric shop or where ever you're looking for the cheaper batting where a consumer is more likely to also buy a fabric pack, and a few yards of this, etc, and the company makes profits overall. These are one off purchases on here.