On the bright side I saw at BestBuy they now carry the 20 packs of Verbatim D/L. Something like $60 everyday but when they start going on sale I'm hoping for $1.50 or less apiece. Who knows? They may be coming down again.
I don't know about anyone else, but like saugmon said, a year ago these were 10 bucks a pop! I'll take 2 bucks each over that anyday. Of course they'll go down more in time, but for now, 2 bucks each seems to be the place they are for a while. I can live with it, don't use many DVD+R DL anyway. Wait till the High Def ones come out. Then you'll see some very expensive media!