I bought a new 3/4 ton GMC pickup in 1968 for $2500. And I was making $2.75 an hour. Today I'm retired and my last new F-150 cost me $35000. What I'm saying is everything is relative and prices on everything has gone beyond what they should be. I just bought a Ten Point Stealth SS, pricey? Yes but the quality is there and my wife can load and shoot it, in fact we are going to get her the exact same bow. Us old folks like the Acudraw. And I can't take it with me so I better enjoy it now.