What is going on with the M&S body kit pricing?

[xot1]

I just stumpled upon this and I felt that I had to ask.

In Korea here is what the MSRP is for these products:



It is not even a discounted price, they have been selling at this price for 2 years. BTW shipping is free too.

Now, here is what two major vendors sell it for in the US:



I really wonder what the margins are on these.
Ok, it comes from Korea and there will be shipping costs, for sure. But it's not carbon fiber, it's just plain unfinished plastic (not saying its bad, do not get me wrong) so shipping it should not cost an arm, especially if you ship in bulk.
So how does a $100 (probably even less for a bulk B2B order) front lip become $400~$500?

Just curious.

EDIT: The version sold in the US may be the premium version that is less flimsy and more expensive. So for the front lip that would be 210USD here vs 400+ in the US, less huge of a discrepancy.. I guess.

 

[Pnasty]

wow i would happily buy the entire setup for those prices

 

[niko]

Do they make it in Carbon fiber

 

[SKStinger]

For Canadians and quite possibly south of the border, all of the M&S stuff is substantially cheaper on eBay from Korean vendors than it is from any of our forum sponsored vendors.

 

[BlkGT2]

I wish I knew. I should mention that similar parts for the Kia Optima are much less expensive. There is no way they are selling many of these.

 

[Kato_the_kia_stinger]

This is very interesting and exciting

 

[NismoDPB]

Sounds like a business opportunity for you