Prices are what they are, the inevitable result of supply (or lack thereof) and demand courtesy of the CA roster. Blame Sacramento. The irony is that the current high prices, 11% sin tax on retail sales, and absurdly over-complex regulations most penalize the same low to moderate income constituency that some of these legislators claim to support.
I choose not to pay current Glock/CZ CA prices, this from someone who owns mostly HK. Others may not be bothered by it, and I too did crazy things before retirement.
I still have a couple of legacy Glocks but don't use them much anymore. My beefs again are largely CA-specific: never having access to on-roster gen 5 variants and their allegedly improved accuracy; and the until recently questionable reliability of 10-round Glock magazines with JHP (the orange follower gen 5 versions may finally be reliable, but I don't have enough rounds through them to fully trust yet; thus only the G26 was ever carried). No major complaints on CZ other than mostly being off-roster, although working on the 75BD that I had years ago required the hammer of Thor, simple things like replacing a barrel bushing required some muscle.
If/when we get an on-roster gen 6, I may, possibly, reconsider the above.