My guess is probably not. Even though prices may go up a little, at times, when something becomes popular, manufacturing costs do change. While Newegg isn't making chump change, they're not dealing with huge margins so prices are bound to fluctuate. If I remember right, electronics is generally sold at 20% over wholesale when you shop at Newegg and Fry's. A lot of industries can't work within those margins for most items. A lot of places have to have a 100% margin to cover their expenses (and make money) because the volume simply isn't there. When you charge higher margins you can fudge the numbers a bit and not increase your price when your cost increases by 10%. It's hard to make money selling an $8 PCI Card for $10-12, let alone when the cost increases to $9 or $10 suddenly.