I Think It's A Southern Hemisphere Thing... (Score 1)

...'cause they stiff us for prices for conmsumables here in Cameroun as well. I hear prices are a bit more reasonable in South Africa, but that's to be expected, isn't it?

You think the price for MiniDiscs is exorbitant in Oz? You oughta try buying a decent tech mag in Nigeria or Cameroun. .net Magazine is available in the UK for £ 4.49 an issue; I bought my last copy from the newspaper vendor for the equivalent of £ 16 an issue. Accessories and reading material -- it's scalper's prices all the way out here. Sigh!

So. I feel your pain....maybe you oughta switch to CD-RW or CD-Rs instead.