I'm browsing ebay and came across this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2544080415&category=7266 This is a headstock badge, sitting currently at £86 ($143)!!! Are you people CRAZY?!
I'd have to agree with you, but RIC will not sell you a nameplate (truss rod cover) without sending in an old one. They do this so people can't buy one and put it on a RIC copy and sell it as a real RIC.