It's what happens in a free market when the government doesn't interfere with the law of supply and demand. When supply exceeds demand prices fall to the level of which goods will sell for in a glut market. This sends a signal to manufacturer's to cut back production to bring the market back to the point at which the manufactures can make a profit for their goods. It's a simple and beautiful means of setting the true price of goods. When ever governments set price controls or production quotas it always means that in the long run producers and consumers will suffer. BTW in 1983 I paid 3200 dollars for a brand new Honda CB1100F, which was the fastest motorcycle money could buy back then. That price proves two things. The consumer can sometimes get a good deal when the market is right, and that the government should NEVER be allowed to have access to a printing press that can print fiat money. VWW