thats a good point, but I'm a junior in highschool and work between sports at our school pool? I pay for all my own gear and right now everything but my skis are at least 4 years old... Its not like i'm being greedy, I either want a good price for the ski or I want to have fun skiing them myself. Also, there's no way you can claim its over retail price, when they aren't on the market yet and considering last years made'ns retail is like 700(according to getboards.com), I'm not sure about this price being that high.