>The law of supply and demand determines what the prices should be. If the prices are dropping,
>it's because demand is drying up.

I'm no economitrician, but isn't that only half of the picture? As I see it, it's not under-demand, but over-supply. Like, too many empegs hit EBay to cover the demand these past few weeks. That's just the way I always see price drops on standard EBay items.

But, really, I like the XMas explanation: that people are using their $$ for their families and not for themselves.