Jag,
great avatar, My good sense and wallet agree with you, my arse on the other hand thanks me used or new. The used market is where I turn to in most cases. I have benefited in both buying & selling of used items. Good point on the Russell/daylong & custom builds using original seat pan. For me, if timing, the right seat, and fair price is available, then yes - used is a great option. On some occasions where a used seat has not become available for a period of time - I have turned to a new purchase for usually a few hard earned hundred more. No doubt new aftermarket seats are overpriced, but the equation of comfort -vs- cost has always resulted in making the difference of enjoying a comfortable ride -vs- short & sore rides. I envy the guy's who seem to adjust to stock seats with no issues, just not the case for me. One thing I have learned - when selling a bike, get the value of a custom seat in the asking price or sell it with stock seat and list/sell the after market seat to recoup 50% of retail.