I have my UKARA , im less inclined to buy from uk shops when they all seem so have gun costs $100 so therefore we charge £100 syndrome.
that is actually a good price to be fair - with £ to $ rate of now under 1:50
the shop has all the overheads & the hassle of if gun goes pear-shape
eg: gun = $100 & charge you say £145, they have had to stump up the working capital
and then have the possible chance of it failing and all that
plus agro of consumer claiming refund under distance selling act crap
so really on cheapy stuff the mark up isn't so great really
on higher end stuff - yeah the mark up or profit is better
but then not many regular retailers will stock loads of £400 high end guns that may not sell quickly
I won't mention cheapy G&G's - damn I just did, but probably easy to sell one of them to most peeps
than a genuine TM AEG that might sit there a while