Ok looking to buy couple of remotes for my 04 edge and dealer told me they are $55 each for the two button remote. Looking at them on-line they seem to go for $10-$20. Programming is not too difficult from what I understand so no need to go to dealer for that.
Has anyone bought these aftermarket remotes? are there some to avoid?

 

you can find used oem ones on eBay for the same price.

 

I can't speak to your year, but the aftermarket fobs for my '99 are about $10 for a two pack on Amazon and worked great.

 

I have done aftermarket standard fobs, keys with the fobs incorporated into the key head (requires altering the ignition shield) and a switchblade key with built-in fob (also requires altering the ignition shield). ALL of these aftermarket fobs work just fine... all of them were cheap on eBay.