Actually the price of gas is going down around here.
Also.. I don't mind paying the increase in fabric cost... however.. I do think there (used to at least) be a "rule or law" about changing the price obviously on a product.. if something is marked one price, you can't just draw a line through it and put a higher one on it.. I could be wrong.. heaven knows I have been before.. but it does rather irk me. Or the shelf is marked up but the bolts aren't and the clerk says.. Oh.. it will be marked up at the register... that is just SOOOOO wrong. then why not just say.. oh we'll decide what we want to charge you at the checkout.. you don't need to know the cost .. just pay it. I have had this happen at a retail shop. and rather than price gouging I think it falls under "bait and switch".