I tend to agree, and I suspect too that there is improper positioning going on, simply not riding that much, diff stuff like that that leads people wanting to get "the best seat", plus we in the first world like buying stuff.

as you have mentioned numerous times, I too am too much of a cheapskate about certain things, I rode for years and years on seats that were ok but not the end of the world for comfort, never had saddle sores or stuff like that, even on longish tours, so I just rode on them.

I really only thought of getting a new seat because I really did need one, and figured what the heck, might as well try these Brooks thingees as I was going to spend some money anyway. In my case, there really was a diff in comfort once I got the positioning figured out and whatnot, hence my positive remarks.