I too was at LHD earlier this month and bought some LLOM. They had the price on the box. $12.95 Now if someone is going around hand marking these, why as Hilari said, can't they just mark up the new stock as its put out. In my mind this hand marking makes this whole computer pricing/UPC code thing a moot point .It seems to me that they knew way in advance of the price increase as the catalogue has to go to the printers at least 2, maybe 3 months in advance of the publish date. My Spring 2006 catalogue has the price increase in it. I have to agree with Jim and Hilari. The way I see it is the only motivation for this price increase on present stock is greed. Mark as far as your SARCASTIC remark about the gas, there are some things that we have to learn to live with and that happens to be one of them. ONLY because its impossible to seperate the two "supplies." Grace is right, they would fall on the floor laughing, and I'm sure we would be right there with them.