It went up way beyond my expectations. I don't know what the direct cause of the surprising amount of raise was, but I'm sure it wasn't global inflation (ha-ha). Could be the devaluation of Europian currencies, but if higher demand caused OW reluctance to continue to offer this product at a reasonable price, I feel sad. I have had no opinion about mileage run OWEs (10/15/00 post)), but I'm having second thoughts... Sorry, no personal offense...