Yea, kits add up. I remember on another forum there was a lot of people talking about this emergency prep kit that was being sold on e-bay for like $1500 and the components were pretty cheaply made. They all kept saying how overpriced it was, I actually took the time to find the prices of everything and add them up. It came out to be like $1800, so it was still a bargain (even though most of the stuff was junk). I guess since we assemble and modify our kits slowly over time it doesn't seem to add up in our head how much we have actually spent. Then when you see someone charging what it actually cost it is pretty shocking.