Nordic ANT transceivers price too high

I was going use the Nordic ANT transceivers in a design but when did SparkFun jack up the prices? I looked at them in Spring and don’t remember them being so expensive.

I found another vendor selling nRF24L01+ boards with trace antenna for $7.95 vs the $19.95 Sparkfun is asking.

The nRF24L01+ chip is $3.50 http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc … cts_id=690 and any board with it is $20-$25… which is more my whole microcontroller and pcb.

Anyone have an answer to this? I’ve always wondered how much a pcb batch actually costs.

Me.