This whole thing is set-up to earn your money under the cover of protecting somebody from something, so all the prices you see are random manager thoughts on ho

This whole thing is set-up to earn your money under the cover of protecting somebody from something, so all the prices you see are random manager thoughts on how much they want to get. There is no reasoning behind this price really and it is just arbitrary price made from rules "as high as possible" and "low enough they still buy from us". Microsoft certificate prices are essentially like drug prices, and the "authorized resellers" is basically a drug cartel