And the last bastion of non-Mog Station items gets put on Mog Station

[Hamada]

I don't have any issue with people taking issue with the price. I only take issue with the tone and the presumption. Just because I can't afford something doesn't mean that it should be cheaper, and I never hear that kind of language outside of video games. My point wasn't that you're not allowed to criticize the price, it's that you're trying to decide what the price should be. Do you take the same issue with the pricing of Bayer vs. generic aspirin?

The thing about all the example arguments you made is that all of them are decided by the market regardless of the feedback. (Well, aside from buying it under protest, but honestly I think the purchase is more honest than the feedback there.) If enough people resent the cash store enough not to buy an item, or enough people can't afford it, Square Enix will make less money off of it. If they overcharge, they suffer for it (likewise if they undercharge). To my mind, the "correct" price is whatever maximizes their revenue, and I've seen no convincing arguments why that price for these orchestrion rolls isn't $5. I mean, I seriously doubt it is $5, but I don't have access to any more data than you do. Despite the constant protestations on the forums, the Mog Station has gotten more products at a higher price as time has gone on. To me that makes it pretty clear that people are buying.
I propose that the correct price is whatever price leads to the greatest revenue (i.e., sales * price) for Square Enix. Do you agree, and if not, by what methodology would you determine the correct price?

Why are you assuming people debating the price, all can't afford it? There is a fine line of the point of view if something is worth the cost, and we compare that to costs of other products for a guideline. Here it is a no brainer to see why people feel like SE is trying to rip people off when it is 2 and some change for a MP3, but 5 dollars for a digital version of it in a game you really can't use outside the game for one character. Going with Vhailor's question, one has to question where is all this money going, because it is not going toward fixing the game, and fixing the problems 1.0 is bringing to this game.

Like I was trying to explain before (when someone tried to claim I was giving out a stawman) people re going to have back of their mind of seeing just costs from all the problems currently. Be it seeing EA news or what Vhailor explained with medical costs, people are going to be looking critically about unfair prices on things and possibility of greed. When you see a company overcharge for "optional content" and not have vast quality improvements of the game, despite the huge income, expect people to be upset and draw the conclusion the company in question is just trying to milk people for money, over trying to be a business, something most industries can't get away with. It confuses me to no end how people observe backlashes on other industries, see action taken on them, but put the same situation in gaming industry, people defend it.
my friend got a phone bill lowered for her dad, refrigerator/ freezer lowered due to being semi lemon and going out in first year, driving a bargain for a replace when deemed unrepairable, haggled isp internet costs, and did so again when a different isp attempted to charge her mom for 6 months of back pay (they failed to charge her properly for 6 months) and got them down to 3 months. Getting more money then first offer for a car trade in on multiple times, likewise talking them down in price for a new car. To think people do not discuss prices of things shows how much you know about the world outside of gaming. The gaming industry is the ONLY one that gets away with treating customers like dirt, now why is that? This arrogance of being untouchable is going to drive a 1980 game crash again if things keep moving in this manner.

Arnt these songs already available in game? You're just paying for a fancy version of something already available... it's like a paid upgrade...

As I said before

It does not matter if it is optional, being optional does not grant immunity to criticism.