Thanksgiving hasn't arrived yet, but the holiday shopping season is here and you may have noticed higher prices for some items.

The signs say sale, but for many items, the prices don't feel like bargains. Experts say some of that can be traced to tariffs, especially when it comes to toys.

"There have been a number of manufacturers that have made it clear that they're going to, in order to adjust to tariffs, do things like remove batteries - so the batteries would need to be a separate purchase. The packaging may be different," said Russell Holly, director of shopping content with CNET.

Toys are feeling the tariffs more because almost 80% are made in China, which did get hit hard by tariffs.

David Bieri, associate professor of economics at Virginia Tech, says online shoppers who find bi

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