It's funny how we so often just assume "they must know what they're doing". Yeah.., we got the option to buy or not.., but we consumers at least have the right to question these corps who "know what they're doing"

I think it's a very fair question to ask that if company way down the line jacks their prices on gear that's been out for a while..., if they'll be using that price jack as a basis for the next models. When the new models come out..., take the price jack away of the current line and then do the math to see what the real cost increase was.
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