I've checked newegg.com's price for this card several times today and each time the price has been different. It has increased slowly during the day. IIRC, around 7:30am EDT the price for the retail version was around $155 and the OEM version was $150. Then around lunch time, the price of the retail version had increased to $159. Now, as of 7:45 EDT, the retail version is sitting at $161. Another interesting tidbit: last night before bed, the OEM price was actually a few bucks HIGHER than the retail box.
I've tried different browser sessions, ensuring that no cookies
exist; I've even tried different HTTP proxies at work (I work for a big multinational corp so we have firewall proxies spread throughout the world). I didn't notice any per-session "randomized" pricing like amazon.com tried a number of months ago. So newegg.com's pricing scheme is based on something else.
Perhaps newegg.com has implemented some sort of dynamic pricing based on supply and demand: as their stock dwindles, or as the number of orders increases, their price increases accordingly? Or maybe it's not a "scheme" at all. Maybe the price for this item is just volatile...
I've also kind of been keeping tabs on the KyroII card prices and the MSI and Leadtek GeForce II Pro cards. I've only seen these price fluctuations on the ATI Radeon 64MB cards. Interesting.
Anyway, it's something to keep in mind if you've got your eyes open for a bargain.