I bought myself a Clip+ on Amazon a week before Christmas. It was $54. I love it so much I convinced my wife she needs one. I went to Amazon to buy another and it was $68 a couple days ago; today it’s $65… I checked another place I purchase from a lot (NewEgg.com) and same thing… was $55 before Christmas, now it’s $65. What gives? Is this a grand conspiracy, or did Sandisk raise the cost? And I thought prices usually go down after the xmas rush, not up!?!?
Amazon prices bounce around all over the place. A few weeks ago I was going to buy the Ultimate Watchmen DVD when I saw the price had suddenly jumped $15 from the previous day. I held off a day and sure enough, the price dropped back down to what I had wanted to pay in the first place.
In late 2006, after I bought my first Sansa from them (an E280) I saw the price had dropped almost $30 a few days later. Unfortunately, it was just outside the timeframe when I could have requested a partial refund for the difference (a ‘hidden’ policy they had at the time)…