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Thanks for the kind words Daudz. Most pricing tends to be rather arbitrary and based on people's own framework and ideas of what's "valuable". Things that I think should cost a fortune, others toss out like yesterday's trash. And items that should sell for almost nothing, are often sold for small fortunes (think... "coveted" brand-name products).

If people see prices going up or staying around a certain level for long enough, even if it makes no sense whatsoever, it becomes a "self-fulfilling prophesy" as people start accepting the illusion for reality and a recursive "feedback loop" unfolds, until the inevitable "price shock" comes along and forces everyone back to reality...

Link: Understanding George Soros' Theory of Reflexivity in Markets