I can agree on that, everything has gone insane, something to do with the zombie attack coming soon.
To answer the posters question, yes we are seeing way overpriced reps for what we recieve. Now I know some of you will say the movements have improved (I disagree), some will say were getting more accurate reps (maybe in some cases), and some will say the reps we see now are better quality then a few years ago (I disagree).
It really depends on what you qualify as better. Years ago we could buy a very good rep with a gen ETA movement, get a very solid rep, and pay two to three hundred. Now guys pay twice that and recieve a cheap ass clone movement, pearls are still falling off, bezels are still wrong, and in many cases the watch case is still wrong. The game remains the same where version after version is released to get the customer to buy the same watch over and over and over, always hoping the newer model will be better. But the fact remains something is always wrong even though were led to believe its better.
But who is it better for?? The factories, the wholesalers, the middlemen, and the dealers, thats who.