Being greedy and lacking attention at the same time is a bad combination. The last sale for XF I remember was in December 2023, before the general rise in price:
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This was well within the timespan you mention. As they wrote in that post the price for XF has been stable since 2018 until then. So you missed not only the sale but, refusing to pay the regular price, you also missed out to buy cheaper before the prices went up.