Surefire makes the best flashlights on the market, regardless of what they have to charge to make them. Why don't you get on the phone with one of the three shops in the country that do hard anodizing and find out how much it would cost you to machine and hard anodize a flashlight body. Are they making profits, sure, but they are a business. No profits, no company. If you want a maglight, go buy one, but don't accuse someone who wants anything top of the line of being on drugs. $1M for a house? $100K for a car? $10K for a shotgun? $1K for a bottle of wine? $400 for a flashlight. Who are you to tell anyone that wants one of these things that they shouldn't have it?
I detect some sour grapes.