I agree with your rationality justifying the $300 against the cost to repair paint or to assign preventitive medicine against the value in the thousands for paint and bodywork...
However, I am also of the school of marketing where supply meets demand and hitting your niche market in the wallet with the finesse where they are happy about it and send two buddies your way, and they tell 2... and you saw the commerical in the 80's right?
I digress... My point? Cut the price in half and sell twice as many... or by a third and sell 33% more.
That's my $.02
Now I just have to think of 14,998 other things you might like to read and we are even; at which point I will send a Ship To address.