memory or money leak?

yepp, apple always showed some decadence when it came to memory pricing, but today their webshop really let me choke big time:
try ordering one of the latest mac pro desktop machines and throw in 16gigabyte of silicone instead of the 1gigabyte “factory default”. price difference? 5.500 euro credits. i repeat: fivethousandfivehundred. that’s the mac pro base pricing x 2. or 5 macbooks.

or: 4.500 euro credtis difference to the price of 16gigabyte ddr 2 at 667mhz shopped at the supermarket around the corner.

the white stuff seen on the latest macbooks memory slots has to be cocaine, i’m absolutely sure.