to be honest, the prices don't sound that bad to me. I spent half an hour rooting around in the local hardware store and ended up spending ~$10 on some hardware to install my front rack. Didn't end up needing it all. To have someone give me exactly the hardware I needed without having to look for it would have been worth several bucks (to have it shipped with the rack would have been even better, but each fork is different and I'm glad they sent as much as they did so I knew where to start).