Me too. Back in the day, you could get a 3-pack of 20-round Tankers with canvas pouch and cleaning kit for $29. Mind you, 30-round steel surplus (like new quality) were only about $5 each, so why pay more for less? Bench shooting required a 20- round mag, plus I had an AMD-65, so I needed them for that rifle. Whom ever had that "kit" would occasionally give free shipping on $100 orders. So, fortunately I would buy 4 of the sets and get a good deal, no tax and free shipping. The pouches were nice, but it was still hard to stomach a $10 20-round mag. Now a used, beat up and re-painted one goes for $35 on the cheap end. I took advantage of several of those free shipping deals, so now I laugh at the fact that I was upset paying about $10 for them.
For anyone out there reading, surplus is getting harder and harder to find, especially in good quality, so buy it cheap and stack it deep. Prices are only going to go up. Import bans, new laws, etc. all come out of no where. Hind sight is always 20-20.