Personally i try to never buy anything from amazon or Walmart . They are ruining the country . As far as inflation goes it certainly does have to do with who is in office . What a difference a year makes . But as already said some people have feelings that are easily hurt so wont go there .
Did by some plastic for my 636 last week . It was in Florida and im in New England . Fed ex wanted 400 to ship . It only weighed 28 pds . Usps wanted 360 . Ended up going with greyhound and it was 106 . I do have to go pick it up but for the price cant beat it . They actually let me pay online and i just emailed the tag so all the guyhad to do was drop it off . Guy said it was super easy only took 5 min guy scanned the tag and took it . So that is one option if you are dealing with a private seller .