This is the big difference between buying cheap chinese ebay stuff and something from your local small guy:
I understand that if you're poor, you have no choice. But for all the rest of us, places like elemental led are what makes America such a great country. Gobs and tons of small businesses exist everywhere. Please try to help keep the doors open for them.
If she can do it, you can do it:
Yes, you can find all this gear a whole lot cheaper. But it is not as easy to rig up, and then the guys at elemental might not be teaching young kids about this stuff in a few years... and she might lose her job. Then who would help spread the word?