Prices going up?

[sincreator]

I now see the regular price in Canada for the i5 4690k is showing well above the $250 mark for the regular price. On NCIX they have the regular price set to $311.22 as of now. It's on special for 249.99, lol. 2 weeks ago I swear the regular price was at 249.99 and it would go on sale for 229.99 on a regular basis.
http://www.ncix.com/detail/intel-core-i5-4690k-unlocked-c2-97889-1029.htm

Same with motherboards. I was eying up the MSI z97 Gaming 5 two weeks ago when the regular price was at $159.99, and now it's on special for $179.99 showing the regular price as 189.99.
http://www.ncix.com/detail/msi-z97-gaming-5-atx-4d-97043-1360.htm

Maybe the companies are trying to recoup losses from black friday sales, or the demand overall drove the price up? I am not only seeing this trend on NCIX though, I've also seen the same on Newegg. One site in particular has the i5 4690k set to over $350, which is ridicules.
http://www.extreme-pc.ca/showproduct.asp?productid=380922&menu1id=12&menu2id=90&menu3id=34

I hope this isn't Intel deciding to drastically increase prices since there is barely any competition from AMD. Thoughts?

 

[gytisxp]

This is stores tricking you that its a sale ( they are making more money this way )

 

[Pr3di]

Just recovering some money after the Black Friday.
Especially that Christmas is coming, and consumerism is a very big thing now.
Most of the kids nag their parents for some new stuff, including PC parts.
Just wait till January for this to blow over.

 

[Math Geek]

the i5-4690k has been $209 on newegg for a couple weeks and still is. prices rise and fall with demand, age, sales and such.

just keep a look out for parts you want and nab them when the price is right. black friday/cyber monday prices should not be considered normal and they should go back up this week until the big christmas push in another week.