Insane high price

Well, there are 2 things that are confusing me:

1. 3D Studio Max tells me that the object that you find attached is 40 cm x 40 cm x 21.6 cm
When I export it in .stl format and open it in Netfabb it says 40 mm x 40 mm x 21.60 mm why?!?!
But it's not over! If i send it to shapeways the system sends me this:



2. I scale down the model in 3ds max till it says that the object has these dimensions:
0.4cm x 0.4 cm x 0.4cm
But now, if i send it to shapeways, everything its ok, exception made for... THE PRICE
5,294.27 € for an empty white plastic box?!?!?!?

That's what it says:



Tell me that i've wrong something, it's impossible that the price is so high...

Unfortunately the price is right.
For 1 cm of thickness your voulume is approximativaly:
40x20x4+40x40=4800 cm3.
At $1.5 per cm3 and 1.4€K per $ is is 5200€ which match your price.
3D printing is not adapted for such a big object (try laser cutting, perhaps).
Concerning your problem of dimension, please, check this post:
https://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=7219&a mp;a mp;start=0&

[EDIT] And welcome to Shapeways. I hope you will find other projects more suitable for 3D printing.

Thank you for the answer Magic, do you know some laser cutting services that ship in Europe like Shapeways??
If you can't post link, please send me a pm!

Never tried them, but Ponoko should ship in Europe (google it ).