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Guys inflation is only like 5 to 10%... Not sure where you are saying these 100% plus price changes... They simply don't exist...
When you take goods and services as a whole, you are probably right, but the problem is the stuff we buy on a regular basis has gone up considerably. -
My previous post was listed with sarcasm for sure.
The official inflation numbers are laughable at best- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
I put new tires on my truck last week. I still had the invoice in the glove box from the set I replaced - $1,188 for 4 tires 3 years ago. Same exact tires now? $1,792 for a set of 4. That’s a 51% increase in just 3 years."Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow
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Guys inflation is only like 5 to 10%... Not sure where you are saying these 100% plus price changes... They simply don't exist...
There are some things that have more than quadrupled in price on the shelves. If prices go up 5 percent on everything used to make a product, the final product with go up significantly more than what would be expected.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Gasoline's gone up by about 10% here in the past 10 days.
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Super unleaded was $3.39 two weeks ago, back down to $3.09 today. Been going up and down quite often lately.
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I put new tires on my truck last week. I still had the invoice in the glove box from the set I replaced - $1,188 for 4 tires 3 years ago. Same exact tires now? $1,792 for a set of 4. That’s a 51% increase in just 3 years.
Ouch. I guess I'll have to budget more than I expected. Damn. That takes out of the audio budget...grrr.
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A walk through the grocery store tells you how much
Prices increased. The real surprise is what hasn't jumped.
Packaging is smaller as well on a lot of things. I used to
keep a tombstone pizza in the freezer for a quick and easy
meal. Now it's $2 more and the diameter is smaller.
Don't get me started on shingle prices."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
Its nice that everyone’s wages are increasing at the same rate prices are 😳
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The consumer has a lot of influence to drop prices on goods…. Stop buying.
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skipshot12 wrote: »The consumer has a lot of influence to drop prices on goods…. Stop buying.
That would work for things you don't actually need like food fuel and housing. -
skipshot12 wrote: »The consumer has a lot of influence to drop prices on goods…. Stop buying.
I’m debt-free. Still need to eat, buy fuel and utilities.
Brian
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This has nothing to do with inflation,but our water and sewer cost is outrageous. A couple of years ago, the brilliant minds of our township decided to sell the sewer facility to the water supplier. The spin was this would result in a decrease in local taxes. Yeah, right. Taxes are now back to what they were before, and my monthly bill has doubled. Last month I owed almost $400 for water and sewer. For a family of 4!
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I was getting charged for more waste going out than water coming in. If I had 100 gallons of water, I would be charged for 350 gallons of sewage. When I disputed the outrageous charges, I was told that everything was calculated for a family of 4 and everybody got billed the same flat-rate, and there wasn't a thing I could do about it because the city council set the rules they operated by.Post edited by nooshinjohn onThe Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Yeah mine is similar.
Water is done is 750 gallon increments.
751 gallons is treated as 1500- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Why worry. The "Fed" has got this thing under control lol:
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I went to pick up some 134A refridgerant to recharge my truck AC last night....WOW !!! The last time I bought a pound of it, it was $20. Last night the cheapest I could find it at the local stores it was $56 a pound....
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You need to install 480 AC.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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4 windows down at 80 mph.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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I went to pick up some 134A refridgerant to recharge my truck AC last night....WOW !!! The last time I bought a pound of it, it was $20. Last night the cheapest I could find it at the local stores it was $56 a pound....
Here's the reason, https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/bidens-cold-war-anti-air-conditioner-regulations-keep-piling-up
It won't be long before they take us back to the stone age.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Right now I don't even know what type of ac system
Installers are using. 410 is out. R454b is supposed to
be the current one, but it won't meet new restrictions in
California. It also shouldn't be used with a gas furnace
because it's flammable."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
Why does the Fed and powers that be wig out about protecting deposits in banks over 250k? Everyone understands that amount is the maximum guaranteed by the FDIC and I get that they need to stabilize faith in the banking system, but does a anyone here have that "problem" of an account with more than 250k at any bank?? lol. Yes some of these accounts are businesses or retirement accounts, but if we keep bailing them out, the risky behavior will continue. End of rant...
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This is incorrect. They are not being bailed out.
The “i” in FDIC stands for “insurance”. It’s no different from home owners’ insurance or auto insurance. The banks pay a premium to the FDIC. In case of an “accident” the FDIC steps in and uses the funds collected from premiums to protect depositors from losses. That’s how insurance works! 🤷♂️
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The FDIC limit was set at 250K in 2008, when it was raised from the prior limit of 40K! 😳
The old limit was set in 1974! 😱
These banks catered to wealthy clients with jumbo mortgages because of the high cost of housing in any large metropolitan area. 250K is not sufficient to protect the deposits of wealthy individuals. In fact, in the case of a HNWI, this would not protect more than 5 to 25% of their deposits. Nobody can afford to lose 90% of their savings. In the case of a VHNWI, 250K wouldn’t even protect 5% of their savings.
Imagine auto insurance that tops out at $10K when the AVERAGE price of a new vehicle in the US is currently almost $50K.
So the banks themselves have to decide if they want to pay higher premiums to protect themselves from the turmoil created by events such as those which have led to these failures.Alea jacta est! -
IT'S NOT THE BANKS MONEY
We are the payee's for poor corporate management, and getting tired of bad decisions beyond our control. Those FDIC funds come from our banking fee's, so they will likely increase our fee's to support the purchase....ie Chase bailout
And the lubricous bonus, and payouts for those at top of the food chain while the bottom gets sc rewed2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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Back in 2008/09 it was the taxpayers that bailed out these too big to fail banks. My question is, who's going to bail us out? Can any of y'all afford to bail them out again? I know I cannot.
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When J.P. Morgan Chase bought First Republic Bank for under $11B, it acquired $228B in assets. In deposits alone, JPM gained $92B. It also gained $30B in securities. It assumes $172B in loans.
Some analysts raised their price targets on JPM within a day of the transaction.Alea jacta est!
