One thing I am seeing in 2009 is that raw products are becoming much more expensive and worst of all, some are now obsolete....
One of the key herbs I use in the Spray III and the adult type sprays, etc...and many of the raw products in all the spray formulas and formulas in general that we must buy from commercial sources have all taken a big price change in 2009.
Luckily I buy larger quanities at a time ad with some of the now obsolete products I may have a year supply, etc...but this seems to be the fast growing trend.....it is becoming harder and harder to obtain good raw products. Some are doubleing in price eac year or just gone for good. I don't know if the government is telling manufacturers to drop the products or they just don't have enough demand to bother selling them anymore. Both likely the latter,,,,just not enough customers to make it worth their while.