Well, in most of the normal goods you listed, someone's free to sell good, cheap furniture or toys. Target's in business, as are smaller businesses. Telecom's

Well, in most of the normal goods you listed, someone's free to sell good, cheap furniture or toys. Target's in business, as are smaller businesses. Telecom's a natural monopoly, which is prone to distortions -- in a normal market, you'd think competition would drive the price of texts down to free, right? It's finally happening but it took a long time. Essentially now it's just a hidden cost in the price, add in $15 to what's advertised for the unlimited texts.