why do smoking accessories cost so much everywhere?

at my local smoke shop, a pipe = $5.00. Yes, even the one you got. The most expensive thing I've ever seen was a $60.00 bong but it was some next-level shit with the ice catcher, a SYSTEM of carbs, and then some trippy designs and it was big too.

Oh and, if you burn on your own and kick nice long sessions, get yourself a bubbler. You won't regret it. It knocks the hell out of using the pipe.