Who cares that there is a premium associated with the sellers name ? ( full disclosure : I don't know and haven't done any business with aforementioned seller ) .
And now we're back to Dick & Craig and Wildwood.
Those prices get reflected into gunshops and gunshows with folks like you, who think that Tommy Gun prices are the new market prices. That the demand for 99's is so extreme that 99R's in 300 can demand almost a $2000 price tag. So 99's get marked at 200% of their true market price, which does affect anybody who collects. And it affects those shops/sellers - because they get stuck with a gun they can't sell for what they were misled into thinking was it's value.
But nobody has said I'm worrying about anything... I've seen this circus come through town several times. I won't buy from Tommy, why should I pay the name premium? If I want something, I'll be bidding against the flipper on the online auctions who gets it for 40% of what Tommy sells it for. In fact I think UPS delivered my take today.
