One thing that pissed me off was when nike made 84 Jordan retros not so long ago the material and pricing was fucked up. The stiched ones were something like $100, but the ones that had screen printed logos cost $50 more because 'that's how they were made back in the day.'
Some of the material for retros is cheaper because they used that actual material back in the day. And they cost so much because of them having to buy the rights to making the jerseys. And that whole supply and demand thing.
edit: jae is almost in the 3000 post club.