Parts Trend - What's with the asinine Pricing?

[Verne_Frantz]

As far as the resellers are concerned, some of them have no real job. All they do is find parts for resale. They are the first ones on the field at any swap meet and they shop by truck. They don't waste time walking around to afford someone who actually needs the part the time to find it first. They often pay normal retail prices for items because they need it to resell. (at a substantial price increase).
If you're in business to sell bread, you need to have bread on the shelves. Their customers aren't hitting the swap meets at 6am; they're watching the classifieds on forums and ebay and buying their parts with their keyboard. And for that convenience, they're often paying a huge premium.
I will also say that just because a reseller gets $600. for a part that normally changes hands for $300. it doesn't set a new market price for that part. It just means he found someone who wants it now and can afford it. When someone over pays for something, it doesn't mean everyone else should.
That's just my take on it.
Verne