[citation][nom]gorehound[/nom]maybe it is timne not to shop there.that was/is a very lame thing to do to consumers.[/citation]
These type of posts get really tiresome. Look, it really is economics 101: if supply goes down, then price goes up. It is just that simple. Put it another way... let's say you won some tickets for a really hot, sold-out concert, but for a band you don't really like. Are you going to sell those tickets at face value, or are you going to sell them to the highest bidder? If you were to find an old comic book in your closet, then you come to learn it is particularly valuable because it was a limited print run, are you going to sell it for the 25 cents it originally cost, or are you going to sell it for the current market value?
One last example... let's say you own an online store. Your prices are normally very low and you move a lot of inventory. But this new item, the Widget Pro 2000 XLR, is a pretty hot selling item and your supplies are starting to run low because the manufacturer isn't making them fast enough. Do you sell at the current price and get bought out by a competitor, or do you raise your prices to current market value?
Businesses exist to make money. They aren't there to provide people with jobs and benefits, or to help consumers (which is not to say that those aren't natural results of running a business, it's just not the REASON you are in business). This is not a bad thing. However, if you find it unpaletable, feel free to shop somewhere else... that is YOUR greatest freedom and power as a consumer.