I'd put money on this said item never going below $25 regular price again. Everyone said prices would drop after 2008, they never did.
Look, we have bought in bulk for about 30 years now as a family. This shit happens every few years and the prices never go back down. It used to be cheaper to reload your own shotgun shells (by a lot). Then the prices of reloading materials spiked in the late 90's, and it was cheaper to buy basic ammo than it was to reload basic ammo.