Guys... it's working!
@VeroniqueB99 oh, I can assure you that people are still buying, but not at Amazon.. it has finally transpired to the public that their "deals" are just artificially inflated prices a week earlier just so they can "reduce" them during the sale. The few things that are really discounted compared to the average price of the previous months are few and far between.
All thanks to price watching websites and services.