A 1.6 year payback period is actually a pretty damn nice ROI. It would be even nicer, of course, if you invested only 75K instead of 200K. But nobody with an IQ over 41 would use your goofy numbers for an example.
I'm now in the process of starting a new department at the small company where I work. Part of the problem is that I won't be able to compete in this field without a specific software package that runs for around $65,000 these days. My company will not be buying that software at that price. If we find a comparable software package from an overseas supplier for $25,000 or so, we will probably but it. If it happens, people can complain all they want about how we are "screwing the American worker" by going to a foreign supplier. But I can assure you that this would not be the case -- because we aren't buying it for $65,000 under any circumstances.