Are you serious? AMD dropped their prices so much that they're barely getting any margin on them anymore. What more do you expect?
Anyway, talk about extreme exaggeration. AMD's K8 processors are still nowhere near as behind as people try to pretend they are.
I apologize if I sounded too harsh, but that guys words of "Stick with AMD no matter what" is the kind of ignorance/stupidity companies rely on. AMD K8 processors are significantly behind in terms of value, heck you can get a cheap e6600 and overclock it to ridiculous levels. All core 2 duos have great overclockability which increases their value even further then AMD K8 processors.
PS: I never want AMD or ATI to be eliminated of course, since if that happened Intel and nvidia products will suddenly turn into over priced crap