Have you ever heard of inflation and deflation? I would suggest looking it up. The value of the printer has not been dropped, but rather all the economy has, including purchases like weapons and cars. So no, just because it was higher, doesn't mean it's a "scam".
If the roles were reversed and we increased all the money printers above $750, then by your logic we should keep the custom printer the same? No? I would expect you would complain? Exactly my point, the economy has been brought down as a whole, using those printers is just as much as a bonus as before.
I will consider increasing it slightly though, as good faith.