Mopar nuts on eBay, I can't believe this.
So, if you sell a part for less than the market value, then the buyer could resell the part for more. As I said, you're part of it whether you like it or not. I suppose if someone offered you $1,000,000 for your car, you're going to turn him down? Yeah, right, I'm really going to believe that. As for hurting the hobby, high prices actually help in many ways. More people are willing to tool up and make reproduction parts if they can make a decent profit in doing so. If a taillight lens or some other part is only worth $20, why would anyone invest their money to tool up to make new ones? Do you have any idea what it would cost to reproduce a nice 71 Cuda grille? How many do you figure you could sell since it fits only one year and one model? The owners of those cars that have a broken grille would be the ones desparate for one but nobody else would. How many '71 Cuda owners are there? How many need grilles? If you think $2000 is crazy money for a nice used one, who in their right mind would make a repop if used ones are only worth $300 and they could only get $500 for a new one and sell maybe what......500 units? I admire your intentions but I don't think it works in the real world. In other words, if part prices are forced to be artificially low, the supply will run out and nobody will make replacements. That doesn't help the hobby in my opinion.