I'm sure the "bean counters" are needed for determining the cost of production and the amount of profit needed to keep the company going. I don't hold that against anyone. There also a psychological factor in setting a price point. If some things are priced to low they seem to get no respect and go nowhere. To high and they go nowhere too. Just right and it seems to work. And then there's damn greed - which I think drives way too much these days. And its the damn greed factor that may have started to become more common practice by the late 60s. But then again, greed is not an alien subject to the history of our country and to mankind in general. You just have to watch out for the bastards and your pocket book!
