On the subject of price increases, I just researched getting an air gun from a Canadian online dealer. His new stock that is coming in from the manufacturer in Germany has just increased in price about 10% due to exchange rates & higher shipping costs.

Therefore, I bought an instock 'higher end' model for almost the same price as the new stock 'standard' model.

It seems that price changes are a fact of life due to the pressures caused by the global economic situation...

TAM