well... everyone always says, if you don't like 
the price, don't pay it.  But unless a large part 
of the population ALL decide not to pay for it... 
then the prices will stay the same, and you just 
wont get the thing you want, while the rest of the 
people with looser pocket books do.

With cds though... I think the music industry to 
some degree is loosing. if they dont lower their 
prices, all the smart people really WONT buy their 
cds. and there are alot of us out there.  
I have a one word for you.
NAPSTER
and think about the huge ruckous that caused and 
how scared the music industry is.  I can burn a 
whole cd onto mp3 on my computer and put it on 
napster, and it immediately spreads across the net 
if anyone wants it.
on top of that, I can burn identical copy cds at 
comparable quality for my friends if I want to.
(actually, I cant becuase I dont have an mp3 
ripper, or a cd burner, but I'm just trying to 
illustrate a point)

I think actually the best way to avoid higher 
prices in cels is that everyone becomes a lil 
smarter, but that's not possible, so there's 
nothing you can do, other than, for you yourself 
you dont buy that overpriced cel. Noone will 
notice that you dont buy it though.  the dealer 
wont say "oh,.. person number 457 didnt buy my 
cel..." becuase they already got 4 other offers to 
buy it after they sold it.  
It's too bad there arent more dealers, more people 
who go to japan, more product would mean, less 
demand and not as high prices.