NOTHING COSTS MORE THAN IT USED TO:

Flat-screen TV prices to plunge for holiday season (David Goldman, September 23, 2010, CNNMoney.com)

By the end of this month, LCD TV prices will be about 5% lower than they were at the same time last year, according research firm DisplaySearch. But a tailspin will start in October: In the last three months of the year, the firm forecasts that prices will keep falling until they bottom out at 12% below 2009 levels.

In some blowout sales, the price slash could be even more dramatic.