There was a post about this not so long ago, it's likely that these third party sellers use a pricing algorithm that automatically looks at competitors' prices and then prices items some nominal amount (like .01) more.
Occasionally you get into a situation where ONLY these algorithmic copies are available, and over time they work themselves into a loop of constantly higher prices until either another (properly priced) copy hits the market, or some tripwire is hit in the pricing system.
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There was a post about this not so long ago, it's likely that these third party sellers use a pricing algorithm that automatically looks at competitors' prices and then prices items some nominal amount (like .01) more.
Occasionally you get into a situation where ONLY these algorithmic copies are available, and over time they work themselves into a loop of constantly higher prices until either another (properly priced) copy hits the market, or some tripwire is hit in the pricing system.