> But, still, I would hope to see prices coming DOWN, not up. > >Terry Peterson A screwdriver, purchased at a hardware store and intended for home use (like digging weeds and raising blisters), might cost $4.00 because everyone's selling them to everyone else and that's all anyone will pay. The same screwdriver, purchased from a trade supply house and intended for professional service work, might cost $15.00 because it's assumed that the supplier has offered a tool specific to the professional users' needs and that ought to be worth something more. The same screwdriver, purchased from an aircraft parts and supply house, labeled aircraft quality, and intended for aircraft maintenance, might cost $45.00 because airplanes are high tech and relatively exotic and require all sorts of special high performance tools and supplies (like safety wire) and the mystique alone is worth the price. The same screwdriver, purchased through the vast and convoluted military supply acquisition system and intended for warehousing for 50 years, issuing one at a time in exchange for 40 pounds of paperwork each, and ultimately sold as surplus at $.35 each, might sell for $237.52 because no one is responsible for keeping any of these clowns in check, and none of them are worth the price whatever they're paid. So it ain't that anyone's getting screwed, except in the last category. It's just what the market will bear. Then... enter TuneLab. A new category altogether. The price is right. Then all you need is one of those amazing bargain laptops that keep getting cheaper every year, and the whole mess can be had at considerably less than the price of a half dozen screwdrivers. Ron N
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