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  • invalid
    invalid Posts: 1,441
    VR3 wrote: »
    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.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    My previous post was listed with sarcasm for sure.

    The official inflation numbers are laughable at best
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,029
    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.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    VR3 wrote: »
    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.
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    “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

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    Gasoline's gone up by about 10% here in the past 10 days.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,352
    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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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    daddyjt wrote: »
    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.

    Tom
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,680
    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.
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,775
    Its nice that everyone’s wages are increasing at the same rate prices are 😳
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,775
    The consumer has a lot of influence to drop prices on goods…. Stop buying.
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  • invalid
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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.
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,362
    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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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,580
    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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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    edited May 2023
    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.
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    “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

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    Yeah mine is similar.

    Water is done is 750 gallon increments.
    751 gallons is treated as 1500
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,726
    Why worry. The "Fed" has got this thing under control lol:

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    This time it's different!

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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,149
    https://www.usdebtclock.org
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,922
    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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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,049
    You need to install 480 AC.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,499
    xschop wrote: »
    You need to install 480 AC.

    Single or 3 phase
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,049
    4 windows down at 80 mph.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,668
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    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

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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,680
    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.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,125
    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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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,499
    edited May 2023
    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 rewed
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  • Keiko
    Keiko Posts: 789
    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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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,499
    Assets are worthless going into recession, and will likely plummet in value in the near future. Commercial real is on the verge of a major collapse, especially in NY and CA as business move out.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,726
    edited May 2023
    Money grows on trees here so, if our government decides to cover all deposits for a particular failed bank (due to irresponsible management), it's all good. It's not like it will contribute to inflation or like it will effect the taxpayers in any way shape or form :)

    Banks will pass on any expenses they have to the consumer 😉
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  • Keiko
    Keiko Posts: 789
    Just keep printing more and more of that fiat dough to cover it.
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