I've been trying to get my hands on a Veritas Low Angle Jack for a few weeks now, since early January. For a while now they've been out of stock or limited quantities online & in-store. I visited my local store twice when they had them in limited quantities, and both times found out they were just sold out, the second time actually had to watch another gentleman walk away with what I assume was the last one. I've been watching the status online (expected in store February 18), planning to go in on the 18th to make sure, but today I refreshed my cart and notice the price went up by around 5% over last week. Looking at the items in my wishlist, like the cabinet scraper and the shooting plane, it seems the price increase was applied to all the woodworking tools. Is there a fixed time that the price increase occurs every year? That would be good to know for planning purchases. I assume it is something to do with the poor loonie .

Just goes to show that sometimes it doesn't pay to have patience!