>>11428164Amazon's secret if you have not caught on, is to use algorithmic pricing in order to manipulate people into buying. By randomly raising the price, they get an influx of purchases they otherwise wouldn't get by gullible people when it jumps back to 60. These people see the high price and then feel they're getting a deal when it's 60, and try to lock in MSRP as if it's some kind of special sale. Then the cycle repeats. And anyone who buys it at 82 out of ignorance is just gravy. They know how to manipulate humans' fallible brains. The way you should buy things is to set a price you are willing to pay and never buy it unless it hits that price or lower. But most people don't have the willpower to do that.
