What the hell, this is just stupid.

This is ridiculous …

That sounds like a great experience, maybe not the fastest way to get a ticket, but at least prices were not hiked up like they are now

You may not be aware of that, but based on your location (eg. Germany), some stores can charge you more. When some stores record higher demand for a product, they can drastically increase the price within minutes. You may be not aware of that, but under the hood this stuff happens quite often. It drives me crazy when buying last minute ticket/hotel cost fortune …

plane tickets,hotels,online stores, almost everywhere where prices can be controlled automatically