If you want new product to become availible this is not the way to get it.
I'm with you, Mike. I wasn't balking at the price, but you know how it goes... I pre-ordered both my Rear Swing-Arm Bumper, and my Anvil, as I recall. Seems I had a long wait for both. Steve has a track record for announcing new products WAY before he actually starts shipping. In my experience, however, it has been worth the wait, in both cases. A month or two AFTER I ordered my Anvil, we had a discussion about what COLOR I thought customers would want (Calmini Blue, or that yellow metal treatment like on the belly armor).
I wonder what Rick Hawkins would charge for a used stock axle? I think I paid $50 to him for the long inner 26-spline shaft that went in my Anvil, so I'm guessing a rear axle (stock, used), would cost more than that. $140 each for new, bigger, better, seems reasonable.