New Bench Seat Covers hard to get?

I work at a upholstery and auto glass shop. I have always wondered why upholstery was so high in price. After getting my feet wet on doing this type work last year I will have to defend the upholstery shops and say they earn their money! Now Im talking about making a new seat cover from scratch not the ones you purchase from Legendary. Just taking the old seat cover off, taking the old seat cover apart, using it as a pattern, etc.... is a time consuming job. To me it was a pain it the butt but Im a rookie. Then of course you have to cut the new pieces and sew it altogether and there is always something that isnt going to go correctly even with great care of matching the cuts.

So another words labor cost of $500 is cheap in my book. LOL