IMO Charnley forest stones just aren't worth the money the way an Escher is. They are getting higher and higher in price lately and are hitting Escher type prices, a year ago you could buy one for 50.00$. I really wanted one for a while but then I already have an Escher and to pay another 300.00 on a stone just to add to the Escher at the end of my progression just didn't seem worth it.
I mean 300.00$? I can buy a Japanese Natural and Naguras for that price and have a lot more diversity with it (which is what I did).
I agree to a great extent, if I had known these rocks were to go through the roof I would have stocked up on them, putting them somewhere between the MREs and the AK rounds!