[Yeah the key words in this is "several months ago." Prices are just going to go up, it is a fact of life now. Sucks!!]
I believe that if folks got out of the 'stock up' it's only going to get worse mentality, 'prices will only go up' thinking then a price correction would follow. At least from the companies that are gouging. As others have mentioned if a person's patient and not totally out of primers they can be sporadically purchased at LGS for reasonable prices. Will they fall back to $35 a K or less like in the past…. My guess is No, however I could see $45-50 per K if people would just vote (and be patient) with their wallets.
These clowns know some folks will panic buy no matter the price they ask. Also, personally, I ll remember the companies that played this game. This situation too 'will pass' ….
IMO