My "wild caught" Oscar. $25 is easily three times what I could have gotten a similar Oscar for at four inches. Especially with my local petsmart getting oddball wild O's so frequently. But my guy was an F1 from Rapps, then through a local fish store I was happy to support. Since I do plan on keeping this fish for his whole life, I figured $25 is nothing in the long run with live food, dechlorinator, etc.
My L200 pleco was about $45 at four inches. Is that a bit high? He's the subviridis, if that's the more common, bigger one.