ZaineB wrote: ... I went to get some powder the other day, they had a shipment of alliant powder, $120 454 grams, told them to shove it up their ass, ...
Which dealer is this? Name and shame them.
There will always be price gouging when supplies are difficult to get hold of, the same happened in the US, although some just call it capitalism and a natural result of supply and demand and it is actually the reason we have monopolies commissions to hold back greed.
The Australian rules that limit transport and storage of propellant powders to small quantities mean that it needs steady demand and has to come from a steady supply, any disruption is going to cause shortages and the price gouging that always seem to follow.