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I can't speak for StarDock, but additional costs of delivery aside, it's not unusual for companies that rely on retailers to refrain from undercutting them on price. Retailers tend to take a dim view of companies that try to remove them from the sales process. They tend to stop carrying the products of companies that do that. Because of this, you often find that when you buy directly from the company, you may actually be asked to pay full price, while your local mega-discount-store may even cut