how much is 3-500? is it 300?  500? 3500???   Thanks!!!

Without seeing it in the context in which it was originally writen can't say for sure, but the way it shows in your post i would say it was a price range. 300 low end of price range, 500 high end.

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Or it could mean 3 hours for 500.