If you were buying a barbie doll you wouldn't go to the manager and haggle and complain until they lowered the price. It is the same kind of thing.

I assume you've never worked retail. There are people do that. Heck, CNN just did a story about prescription drug prices, and recommended that you try to bargain with the pharmicist to get a lower price!

Of course merchants have a right to price their stuff any way they want. Indeed, some may prefer to be elite merchants - the haute couture of Poser. But customers have a right to express opinions about the prices as well. And what you see as griping, others might see as valuable market research.