This is insane.....honestly, if I were any of these companies, I think would list them at $500 and reduce until I get a solid week of inventory time.....it is crazy being out of stock for a year....if $500 keeps them on the shelves for a while, that might be the way to go......we really need these guys paying obscene prices to be run into poverty, or $200/box will become the new normal.
price is set where supply and demand reach some kind of equilibrium. Supply either has to grow a bunch or demand has to shrink. Running guys to the breaking point on $500 primers may be the only way.
and yes, $500 per 1000 primers probably won't last a week.
The longer we let $250 be the normal, the more likely we will see permanent pricing around $250.