Yeah. This. Price.

Another example of price is the year of the dollar falling. It would have been 85c when I placed my preorder for MP Hound overseas. It is what? 67c now?

Local companies don't sting you as much for delivery. For me all the big US companies are out because they seem to use a gold plated canoe to cross the Pacific. At worst a local will be Aust Post prices.

I got hit with PC over MP Megatron but a factor there was avoiding dealing with Customs. I was happy to pay to avoid involving a third party.