Those are some insane prices, and sadly it is exactly the same way in my area. That is the biggest reason I have been looking for almost 2 years, and still don't own one yet. I am definitely going to look at new as I found out I get special "supplier" pricing on RAM trucks through my work as the company I work for supplies parts to the auto industry so they get special discounts. It's hard to know the exact numbers until you really get into the process but it looks like somewhere between $4000 and $6000 off, plus whatever other incentives they have going at the time. And it also applies to new old stock, so a guy may be able to get a pretty good deal when the new model year stuff comes out. Worth looking into I guess.
And I do like the Laramie package, although I always have the nagging feeling it's just more crap to eventually quit working and need replacing LOL.