There is a sucker born every minute... Supply/Demand. Fear/Greed. They all move the markets, and as more people are getting into the hobby or want one for their home/office/business, if they have the money, they can afford to pay these higher end prices. Which in return hurts the average collector if he sees the machine he has been saving for start to go up 1.3k more in price overnight? Ebay is always a good thermometer to base what a person would be paying if he/she was to pay for an over-priced machine. Now this isn't always the case, but in most instances I find this to be true. I love MM/MB/TAF but not $16,000 + 'lovin... At the end of the day, the machine has to power on and off just like the $2000 machines in the collection.