I just looked at the cost of tubes today, and after you add the currency exchange from USD to CAD, gee, it's about the same price for an oz of silver as when I bough in Novemebr 2013. so maybe the USD price per oz is dropping and people freak out wwhen they see this, when your currency also changes, it's not that bad. so in Canada anyhow, today we're flat when compared to 21 months ago. I won't buy any today, will wait until the silver drops in price in CAD currency. Don't forget to check your local currency also. The mainstream US news media never mentions that when they blast gold and silver all the time.