Thank you for the honest assessment of the situation from your opportunity to listen. I’ll add to it.
Saw a link to an Ebay page a few weeks ago while running a search for AR bolt carrier groups out of curiosity. They were there—gobs of ‘em. Complete groups were going for about $500 dollars (”buy it now” prices). Didn’t check to see what the auctioned ones were going for (likely that much or higher).
So yes—scalpers. Hordes of ‘em. Wise folks will wait ‘till later and buy the stuff cheap.
I keep missing the e-mail alert from BCM saying their bolt carrier groups are available. By the time I get to the computer a couple of minutes later, they are sold out again.
Their bcgs are fetching around $500 on gunbroker right now.