The American way ... let me try to defend it.... based upon some of the postings here.. greed is defined as charging extra for something... to keep this short I'll just use Coke as an example... get it on sale.. maybe $.22 per can, even less sometimes, at a motel same can $1.00... go to a sporting event (Bears game Chicago) $3.75... no one is forced to pay $1.00 let alone $3.75, yet lots and lots of people do. The drinks are being sold where they are convenient adding value .

The dealers in the Chicagoland area have had a fairly tough time, profits are down... my friend just bought a brand new 08 Dodge 1500 Pick up.. and got $10,000 off of MSRP...($25,000.00 down to $15,000.00) I think we can all applaud him for skillful purchasing.

I'm paying $5,000 over MSRP to buy an 08 SRT Challenger... because that was the best deal I could get, when I decided, a little late, to join the party. And, this might make some mad .. but if when my car arrives, the dealer says... I'll give you $10,000 cash to give up this car and order an 09 at invoice... I'll jump at it.

Will this happen? I doubt it, but if it was $5,000 and a 09 at Employee pricing? ...
So bottom line, greed? or making what they (you) can when you can ... it is the American way.

Ok sorry I want to go one more example… Sears.. good company .. hire them to install roofing, and what you get is Sears hiring a local guy, paying him about 50 cents on a dollar of what you are paying them…. Don’t get mad at Sears… that is how everything is done… The mechanic at the Dodge Garage, The video games we enjoy, even the music we listen to has many hands in the cookie jar.

It’s ok, I paid over MSRP of my own free will , I didn’t want to, I’d have liked $10,000 below MSRP, but conditions were such that it was required for my entry to this game.