stu15 wrote:
That’s true, I have a bear that I got a while back & it looks about the same as Bertie and it only cost me $5 -10 NZ & Bertie ( according to what my mum said is about $60 NZ)
... and you missed the point of that complete sentence and selectively quote me.
Postage from the UK down to NZ for something of similar weight to Bertie cost
$17 NZ... that doesn't even include the cost of the
contents.
Furthermore, truly mass produced toys (runs of
hundreds of thousands from places like China and Philipines) where the shop price in "the West" costs ~US$10, would have sourced for under US$1 from the manufacturer.
The FAQ already quite clearly states they were done at cost, so it's impossible for the bears to have been any cheaper, short of someone wanting to subsidise the costs...