The cost of the Nature Scapes Color Enhanced Mulch is currently listed on our website with free shipping. It is true that you can get some of the products we currently carry at local brick and mortar stores. We carry the products because of high customer demand. Brick and mortar stores require you to use your time and gas to drive to the store, your time to search for the product and purchase it and then your gas money and time to drive home. When you order with us it takes but a moment to place your order and within a few days your order shows up at your door, hassle free. In cases like this, you must decide how valuable your time is and how much gas you would use to drive back and forth to determine which is the better deal for you.  Also some of our customers are rurally located and do not have local stores to purchase from.