[dylan604]

That's interesting. That's the same one I have, but I only paid $27.99 for it. I couldn't remember what the model was, but Amazon shows that I purchased that model and clicking the View Order link it shows $27.99. I guess I bought at the right time??? Maybe it's tariffed to death?

[opello]

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B00EO1H3X8

Looks like it's steadily increased, labor maybe? Just a WAG on my part to be sure, I'm too far away to legitimately speculate.

[buckle8017]

likely the chip in it is out of production

lots of products like this are increasing because nobody is running the older cheaper fabs