And Lobo has locked the thread asking for more information.

I'm not effected by vector prices because I don't have vectors on iStock, but the thing that bothers me the most is that we have to watch iStock like a hawk in hopes that they don't sneak a price increase or a % decrease under our noses just to meet the bottom line on their year end profit. It really makes me wonder how many out there are effected and don't even know about it and would never know because all they do is check balances....not which one sold for what.

Thanks for the update, Jo Ann.

Still a shame how this whole thing played out. I'm still assuming that this also means that a price hike is coming sometime soon, certainly within 2011. My take is that if someone is testing something, it's often to implement the tested feature at some future point in time.