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I ordered my Pebble Time during February 2015 Kickstarter for $169. Today the Core Time 2 is $225 which is the exact same price adjusted for inflation.

The DHL shipping though I remembered it was $25 and it is still $25 today

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When you put it like that... goddamn inflation has been awful.

That "price rise" indicates an inflation rate of 2.9%. The average inflation rate for the last 50 years is more like 3.5%. So it totally depends on your perspective. If you've only lived through low-inflation times, then yeah 2.9% seems high.

I'm in my 50's and my reaction to the same information was "yeah, seems about right".

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