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I believe Apple stopped producing the boxed product a couple of months ago. Given basic economics, this would cause the price of any remaining boxes to increase as supply tightens.
 
people are hoarding mobileme for fear of the apocalypse

that, or as physical stock is reduced and there are less sellers flooding the market, prices will go up because demand goes up
 
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