I cant seem to sell my 1980 for $150.00
This.
Gotta remember: asking prices are not selling prices. Seeing them listed for $325 does in no way indicate that they are "going for" $325. Check the Sold Listings for a better idea.
There are several people in this thread marveling at how much people are asking, but it looks like people who have sold them have sold them for $125-150 in very good condition, which seems pretty sane to me.
I suspect it goes like this: Ludwig jacks up the price of their student drum, then some clueless seller sees that they're over $400 new, and theirs is "vintage" and in great shape, so they list it for $350. Then another clueless seller looks on Reverb or eBay and sees this listing for a comparable drum and prices theirs "to sell" at $300, and then another lists theirs "for about what they're going for" at $325, and then voila! used Acrolites start listing at $300. Except when you actually sell one, they're still $125 drums.
It'll level out as long as there are still plenty of them sitting around out there, and people need money more than they need former student model snares that nobody's using.
I think I paid about $60 for mine a few years ago. Grey anodized, as I wanted. It's sort of a "rat rod." Shell and lugs were in good shape, but a scratch or two, and missing the top hoop, the P85 was missing a part or two, I don't remember, but I just grabbed what I had in my bins and threw it on. Found a parts donor P85 at a local music store. A top hoop of unknown origin that has an etch indicating that it once belonged to a school in Berkeley. Generic butt plate. It sounded so instantly epic that I plan never to touch it. The Platonic ideal snare sound. (see, it's posts like this that drive those prices up!)