Personally, I think this is worth the $30. I think if someone would put together a group buy, you should be able to get it a bit cheaper and pay less in shipping. The handle should only cost $3 or so to ship via USPS.

I now have my recovery gear up in the bin and don't have to worry about someone just being curious and opening the bin and taking it all. Not that it would be all that hard to break into the bin, the hard part is actually getting up there to try and break into it. I used a step ladder to change out the handle as trying to stand on the slider and do it was a pain.