Honestly, I sort of like the nicer NIS releases, in terms of balancing price vs content. I picked up the Katanagatari LEs on sale for about $50 each, and they come with both the DVDs and BDs, some nice hardcover artbooks, and quality (if strangely sized) boxes. $100-150 for the whole thing doesn't seem too unreasonable to me, although the lack of a dub will obviously be offputting to some.
The Madoka LEs are pushing it a little, but still come with nice extras, and the Fate/Zero release is, admittedly, a little silly. I'm just a sucker for these sort of things.
I think this also may have a lot to do with what people find acceptable. I started collecting back in the early days of DVDs, when a full 24-26 episode series could easily run you $200-250.
The Madoka LEs are pushing it a little, but still come with nice extras, and the Fate/Zero release is, admittedly, a little silly. I'm just a sucker for these sort of things.
As for Madoka's value, I only began to collect anime after the industry moved away from the expensive volume format, so I think we'll never see eye-to-eye on that, hah.
I think this also may have a lot to do with what people find acceptable. I started collecting back in the early days of DVDs, when a full 24-26 episode series could easily run you $200-250.