Amazon Canada Hikes Prices on Echo, Kindle, Fire Stick by Up to 63%

Amazon has quietly raised prices on its own gadgets in Canada by up to 63%, according to recent checks. The price hikes affect Echo speakers, Kindles, Fire TV Sticks, and eero mesh systems. The biggest swings hit the entry Echo Dot and the Kindle Paperwhite, each up over 50% from recent list prices.

The affected products include:

• Echo Dot (5th Gen): $104.99 (was $69.99), up $35 or 50%
• Echo Show 8: $289.99 (was $249.99), up $40 or 16%
• Eero 7 Mesh Router (3-pack): $569.99 (was $499.99), up $70 or 14%
• Fire TV Stick HD: $69.99 (was $49.99), up $20 or 40%
• Kindle (16GB): $189.99 (was $144.99), up $45 or 31%
• Kindle Paperwhite (16GB): $279.99 (was $184.99), up $95 or 51%
• Fire TV Stick 4K Max: $129.99 (was $79.99), up $50 or 63%

Amazon blamed 'significant increases in memory and storage component costs' for the price hikes, saying it absorbed those increases for as long as it could before adjusting pricing across its product lines.