Wired News: Gmail Invitation Prices Crash. Well, it is quite clear we are getting close to launch, and that Google has started handing out a lot more invites. It’s a natural progression of the market for gmail accounts based on the supply, which I find funny. I mean a Gig is a lot of storage and Gmail sports a pretty nice Web based front end, but it’s no Oddpost or anything. People, in the end, just want what they can’t have, even if what they can’t have isn’t heads and shoulders better than other similar products on the market.