[Almighty So]

Free market and supply and demand are well understood.
I did choose to compare this scenario to items that are still readily available, which admittedly wasn’t the best comparison seeing as no one actually looks at the main idea.
My main point wasn’t coffees availability. It’s the fact that something we all enjoyed for a reasonable price is now more expensive for everyone because some hype boys are ignorant to value.

I think our main disagreement comes from the items we are referring too. I understand supply and demand on very rare items like ones you have mentioned. However, I was referring to my previous example of the grex knob. While I’m well aware these aren’t being mass produced, they also aren’t one in a million. Dizzariot mentioned someone recently bought over ten BNIB. Myself personally have purchased two this past month, both for no more than $50 total each.
Point here being, I’m referring to items that aren’t really super scarce and rare, nor does it have a super crazy demand, but the price is still being increased. Not because of supply and demand but because ignorant and lazy people are ignorant to actual value.

Another loose example, when someone posts an entire schassis for sale with a “drift tax” price, everyone is quick to attack them because they are overly exaggerating the value in hopes to make a profit.
“So don’t buy the car”
Right that’s simple enough, but someone who is also ignorant to market/real value has mom and dads money and sees an expensive schassis. Must be ballin if it’s super pricey.

Now we have two more people who firmly believe in schassis selling for crazy amounts of money.
1, the seller because he has the cash in hand to prove it sold for over it’s value.
2, the buyer who convinces himself and everyone else that it was well worth it because he’s in denial of how bad he was ripped off.

The supply for 240s isn’t drastically low. The demand for them isn’t drastically high. But sales like these will also continue to increase the price. (Not trying to deny/undermine the fact that chassis dying also contributes)

Ignorance like that spreads like wildfire.
Why is someone selling a whole car with drift tax a moron who doesn’t understand used car value?
But then someone doing the same thing with car parts is a savvy entrepreneur with a smart hustle?

The dude with drift tax is trying to get over on someone who is ignorant to true value. It has nothing to do with the supply and demand for his chassis because I’d assure you a nicer and cheaper chassis is available somewhere.
Parts resale is similar imo.