"We are concerned that prices don't get out of hand."

"The price got my attention, so I started talking to people who have them," he said.

If these prices get out of line, program traders cash in on the difference.

On a more serious note though, these prices are getting out of hand.

"The price got our attention, and the product put us over the edge," he said.

"Most were waiting until the price got to the point where it wasn't a significant premium over 486 products."

And the price he'll be willing to pay for a slave won't get him anything.

"They don't pay you when the prices get this high," he said.

It's the secondary market where the prices really get out of hand.

The low price of $14 got the device some popularity.