Yes, probably an "early adopters" tariff plus the re-sellers markup. However, they did give me a 10% new customer discount plus free 2-day shipping (which ended up being overnight because I live in Dallas and it shipped from LTS Houston) so all things considered I think I faired reasonably...
Got mine yesterday, hope to install it this weekend.
You can buy direct from this reseller which happens to be local for me but they ship anywhere: LTS LTK6128W-WIFI 2.1MP IR Fixed Wireless Doorbell Cube Network Security Camera - $221.00
Also, LaView has the same unit but their brand which...