i bought this item in August 08 for $5.13. I dont know if they were having a sale on them at the time but when I go to buy another one today the price almost tripled. It was $17.59. I was shocked at how something so small could have tripled in price. Talk about a markup. It was a good product when I had it on my phone. I bumped into something and it caught the phone and snapped the clip right off. Talk about being bummed out. Now I'm stuck with a cheapy that I found on Ebay.