These days, watching silver prices is like a drama.

I don't know whether to say it's interesting or absurd, but it's definitely dynamic.

Not long ago, when it hit $110 per ounce, everyone was saying, "Finally, the era of silver has arrived!"

But that momentum only lasted three days. In just three days, it slid down to the $70 range, almost like a slippery slide, and it feels like if a roller coaster drops this fast, there must be an accident.

Sure, the market goes up and down, but the problem is that while the prices have clearly dropped, the places where we buy silver seem unwilling to change their price tags.

Especially when you go on eBay, it's a sight to behold.

While the silver price hovers around $72, the price for 1 oz of silver, including taxes and shipping, exceeds $110, making you wonder, "Wait, did silver prices go up again without me knowing?" and you find yourself checking the chart again.

It's quite strange. When prices go up, they reflect it at lightning speed, but when they go down, it feels like they're moving at a turtle's pace.

It's as if they're saying, "There are still plenty of people willing to pay high prices, so there's no need to lower them."

When I add items to my cart and get to the payment stage, I feel embarrassed to be paying so much more than the market price.

At times like this, sellers always say the same thing: the physical product is different, there's a premium, distribution costs have gone up... and while all of that is true, the fact that prices remain unchanged despite silver dropping from $110 to the $70 range feels like a kind of 'gutsiness' beyond just a premium.

That unique confidence in not needing to lower prices is quite impressive.

From a Korean perspective, especially as a price-sensitive housewife, this scene feels both familiar and frustrating.

Even at the grocery store, you never see prices drop immediately when raw material costs go down. They say, "We'll reflect that in the next shipment," and hold out for a month or two.

Right now, the price of silver is just like that. The market has already entered autumn, but the prices on the screen are still stuck in the hot summer peak.

So these days, even when I think about buying a few, I stop and think, "If silver is $72, why should I pay $110?"

At this point, it seems more profitable to maintain my patience than to buy silver.