Hmmm... $500.00 in 1982 had the same buying power as $1,284.21 in 2017.When I was in high school, a buddy got the first AR I ever saw. He paid OVER $500 then. And we are talking 1982. Since then, this is the lowest I personally have ever seen.
On the flip side, $324 in 2017 is about $130 1982.