I’m just trying to buy wiper blades

So I have a 2020 Mercedes GLE350 and I want to replace the wiper blades. My whole life I’ve just gone to AutoZone or Advance or Walmart or whatever and just gotten some Bosch or Rain-X blades or whatever but I’ve never owned a fancy car like this. Apparently Mercedes blades are special. So I find the item number on the Mercedes OEM parts site: 167-820-94-01. Now, I can’t tell if this is one blade or two:

But holy FUCK, $104 for wipers? Well, let’s see if I can get them anywhere else for cheaper… Oh, here they are at oemvehicleparts.com for $74.34:

Though, isn’t it weird that this looks exactly like the mbusa.com parts site? Scroll down to the bottom of both pages and I see:

Ahh, ok, so they’re backed by the same actual distributor who just white-labels them. But the different prices…? Anyway, I go to add to cart on oemvehicleparts.com and

$45.31 shipping?? WTF? So I go back to the mbusa.com page and see what shipping costs there:

Uhh… so I guess this is actually cheaper in the end? I’m still in shock over the cost for these wipers. And I can’t tell if this is for 1 wiper or two. No real point here other than me shaking my head in disgust.

Edit: Found these Bosch ones that appear to be the OEM for MB for $32 so gonna give these a try. (Bosch 3397014832)

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