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SPEAKERS

Sonos Move 2

$399.00

14.7% below its recent average.

An eighth straight check at $399.00 and still the lowest we have tracked. This low was set on an ordinary morning and it has held for well over a week.

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BUY

CHARGING

Anker MagSafe battery pack

$69.99

11.1% below its recent average.

It sat at $79.86 for twenty nine straight records before dropping to $69.99 on August 17, and this is its third check at that number. Our tracked low is $65.99.

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WAIT

SPEAKERS

JBL Xtreme (current gen)

$379.95

17.6% above its recent average.

We called this a BUY at $292.83 yesterday morning and it was $379.95 by yesterday afternoon, an $87.12 swing. It is still $379.95 today, which is the top of its range.

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