Actually, I don't mind discussions about price. it's normal. I only mind when it is the majority of discussions at times when there are more important things to discuss, or there is a ton of stuff to do and our team would rather spend 5 hours discussing price rather than 5 hours working on something.
I've written several lengthy posts on the Lill deal, its possible benefits for Karma, needed changes in priorities and concrete proposals on services we'd need to help get things moving faster in the future. Didn't exactly get much of a reaction on it though. At least not as much as on a one-liner about price got. So maybe you're right and people do care too much about that and too little about important matters.
Please, take me on holiday with you!
Well we do have a free sleeping couch in our appartment which you could crash on. So if you don't mind flying over to the "old world" again already be my guest. I'd have to check with the missus first though.

yeah, you can allways have a room in our little house if you are in Germany Kos.