Oh, I've said it enough to be the one who probably
said it last. ^_^  The price will cap out at the 
maximum price that people are willing to pay. If 
you keep inching your price up, so will the 
dealers and the people that the dealers get their 
cels from, etc, etc.  If you back off and refuse 
to pay for something that you think isn't worth 
it, the prices will come down.

Problem is, we need to do that as a group. It 
doesn't make a difference if ten or twenty people 
do that - we *all* have to be willing to step 
back and look at this through more critical eyes.
Because I think it is overpriced, I am right at 
this *very moment* NOT buying a cel that I want 
very badly. And I'm happy to see it still sitting 
there since it gives me some hope that others 
realize it is overpriced too!

On the other hand, you have an excellent point 
about the pricing models! That's an angle of the 
whole "dealers are overpricing" argument that 
gets overlooked. When you sell more items, you 
can afford to sell them for less. . . When you 
sell the items at a higher price, you can afford 
to sell fewer of them. Overall, two different 
stores, one that follows the first pricing model 
and one that follows the second pricing model, 
will probably make the same percentage profit. It 
really depends only on the attitude of the owner 
of the store, which model they choose to follow.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac