I need to say some thing here, price is relative, and people have to compare apples to apples, if the stuff is made in a chinese or indian or bangladesh factory, you can't compare the products to some thing made in USA or Canada or UK, since the people over there, Asia, are slave worker, meaning they don't make money to save there lives, wile here and USA and UK, people actually can some what make a living... So please people, stop comparing stuff made in china with stuff made by us, of course the price won't be the same and if the price is the same then you know some one some where is making to much money on the back of others. That said, the axes at best made and a lot of there things used to be way more expensive than the same product else where... Just cause...
As for the skillet, it is made in a factory that I'm sure pays its employees, and that it is made for Best made, you won't find the exact same some where else so the price reflect that. I know a lot of you won't agree with that....