Yup, weird. I've bought stuff shipped from China, free shipping, for small amounts. I don't get it. I had an iPad cable get frayed after having it 5 years. I ordered a pack of ten on eBay; the total cost was about $7 for all ten combined, under 70 cents each. They looked like the real Apple iPad cables, but slightly inferior. But they worked. China is definitely flooding us with cheap imports.