What in the world is going on with their pricing for the holidays? I'm seeing crazy, crazy inflated list prices on things just popping up recently. I have a number of products I've followed and bought in the past so I have a decent idea on the pricing. Some things I bought as recently as 2 weeks ago and I tend to watch them to some degree. On black Friday I bought an item that was showing a list price of $89, but it was on sale for $49. Great deal right? Well, upon showing it to a family member, they decided they'd like to get one for someone. I look it up to send them the link. List price? $159.99 now. The interesting thing is that I was watching this item about a month ago when I was researching the category, so I'm well aware of what the price has been for a while now, and it's always been $89 list price and normally selling for $59.
Another item I have personally bought a number of are the battery packs for charging devices. They make good gifts for tech people. I bought 3 of them last year, with the larger one being listing for about $60, on sale for about $40 at the time. The prices on those things has been falling and I bought a smaller one, same brand, about 3 months ago for less than $15. On Amazon right now, they $129.95 list price, marked down to $22.49.
I've been watching it with interest in the last two weeks and it looks like a lot of people are inflating their list prices to crazy levels, then offering things at the same price they've been offering them for all along.
Be careful if you are shopping Amazon this holiday. The "deals" aren't what they look like by any means, on many products.