Because no profit was mentioned, the comment was quite clearly tongue in cheek and (sadly) there are people out there who may just see it on eBay listed used at £649, look at the current list price and (wrongly) assume they were getting a bargain. [emoji38]
Happy to say that exploitation isn't in my nature. IF it were sold, then as long as the price is covered, all good.
Experience of Traxxas electrics dictated a UK buy, with direct warranty support from MS, plus, supporting UK hobbyshops is a good thing - trying to achieve a balance of buying from home and abroad is sometimes difficult to manage.
Very good point , not something I'd thought of but that ms warranty and service is worth it's weight in gold , an the reason I'll most likely be buying the x from them , they were very good to me when I owned my xl .