Why horse stuff is a ripoff, part 3 ( or something- I have complained at least twice before).

Stock ties.  A strip of plain white cotton fabric runs about $20 - $30.  I am not joking.  I bought my kid a pair of shorts today- they cost me $8.  EIGHT DOLLARS.  For PANTS.  They have about 5x as much cotton fabric as the stock tie, and they are plaid.  (FYI, white cotton doesn't even NEED dye.  COTTON IS NATURALLY WHITE).  They have a button and a zipper and an elastic waist.  And yes, they were BRAND NEW.  The cost of material for a stock tie is about $1.35.  I don't think there is actually all that much labor seeing as how you only have to sew along the edge.  Were I a less crappy seamstress, I would make one myself.  I may still try just out of sheer annoyance.