I don't beleive the prices either, they are selling our gas to countrys in europe instead of lowering our prices. When I started sewing many many years ago I went to a local general store in WI for $1.00 I bought 4 yards of fabric, thread and a pattern and got $.05 in change. Maybe I"m telling my age and It wasn't to long ago (5 years) gas was $. 99 a gallon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!