Jared, next time you use it, can you make a video? I'm looking at that thing with the same thoughts running through my head as you had.
Penny a few years ago, I went on a quest to find the best value for everything we buy regularly and built a database with that info... It's been invaluable during this time at seeing who is price gouging. I do take into account its age and inflation, but still... When I bought my daughter yeast, I got her a 3 pack of 1 pound bricks of SAF Instant and squealed a bit over the $38 price tag... But there's one vendor out there selling singles for $30. I think last time I bought yeast for me it was $5/pound.