I realise that this might be a touchy subject and that I'm probably going to come in for quite a bit of flack for bringing this up but it seems to me that a lot of the new items coming up for sale in the store are much higher in price of late. I would have thought that in hard and uncertain times like these when a lot of the communities disposable income is shrinking dramatically that prices would be even more competitive than usual to encourage members to carry on spending. Last year a lot of quality new items were coming online at around $9 - $10, but now it seems $12 - $14 is the starting point for a lot of sellers. And to be perfectly honest some of the items coming up for sale lately in the store I would'nt even rate for free never mind pay $14 for. I spent over $1,500 on Renderosity in the last 12 month's, but now as the hard times start to bite I will be much more selective in the future and price and value for money will play a major part in what I buy in the future. Vendors who price their items realistically and sympathetically in light of the current financial climate will always continue to sell. But those who are pricing according to "the going rate" rather than an items true worth will I predict find the going exceptionally hard for quite a long time to come.