From what I’ve seen I am now inclined to believe the reason people use them is because they’re more durrable and stable environmentally speaking. I imagine the reason you see them less in newer electronics is just because chip resistors and such have gotten better to the point where MELFs usually aren’t required.

As far as the additional fee, I’m not on the pricing side of things but I sure hope we charge extra because the damn things are the bane of my existence.