If you want a good deal, Pinside is NOT the place to find it anymore. It's all about who you know and how much business you've done with them.
FB groups are getting just as bad. I see many Pinsiders there asking the exact same price for their pins. I have heard many times that FB groups are the "new place to find good deals" - nope.
Who's more to blame? The people paying the prices, or the distributors/private sellers asking insane money for them?