Parts have always been cheaper through authorized dealers, maybe they adjusted the prices to what dealers are charging. I feel like $9 for a volume pot with the treble bleed already attached is a fair price. Whatever it was before, $28 or something, was absolutely insane.
Wow, thanks for the heads up. I wonder if maybe there were many others like me who would never buy any stuff from them because their prices were so stupidly outrageous? Even the strings are now a reasonable price.