I didn't say the retail prices weren't "worth" it though. In many cases, depending on the customer, the worth of the product is ten times the retail price.

Also keep in mind that while it's possible to obtain a lot of these remotes for a few hundred bucks, those that are intended for the CI market are usually sold as part of a larger installation and with some service labour added in as well. The final price for a fully configured remote can be quite a bit higher than the retail price, depending on what else is part of that package.