It's a shame some artists do things like this, it not only hurts them, it hurts us all by making clients less likely to hire us for big jobs.

A jaguarundi isn't all that big, to be honest, the price is still surprising based on the size of the plushie and some quick material calcuations. Unless someone is inordinately slow, 400 would work out to a -lot- more than minimum wage after the materials are subtracted.