Add shipping (overnight in some cases) to their prices and it's all definitely more bitter than I like. Definitely a site for Yuppies.
Besides, I live in Los Angeles where you can get just about anything from anywhere in the world for less, with the convenience of a local store.
A funny: Friends of mine spent a lot of time traveling the world. In Turkey, I think it was, they bought some rugs as an "investment".
Preparing for their next tour they took them to a rug dealer here. He looked at them and shook his head. "First, they've been hung on walls which decreases their value, but more important is this: in the world there are two centers of the rug trade where rugs can be had for less than where they were made. Those two centers are Hamburg and Los Angeles".
He quoted prices - and they gave them away to friends. I have two of them.