BlackSmith
Uncivil
No more mean tweets tho, that’s the main thing. No more hurt feelz.
INFLATION how's it hitting you?
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gf beranek
Old Schooler
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I'm surprised rents haven't gone up here yet.
At the same time I fear that'll be the straw that breaks a lot of struggling poor and small businesses.
We'll see soon enough. I'm sure.
At the same time I fear that'll be the straw that breaks a lot of struggling poor and small businesses.
We'll see soon enough. I'm sure.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
They're just gonna keep squeezing and tightening the margins... for profits.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
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The Ft. Bragg Dollar Store just went up 25%.
It is now the Ft. Bragg Buck Twenty-five Store. 25%!
It is now the Ft. Bragg Buck Twenty-five Store. 25%!
vharrison
Island Girl
I think they all did
gf beranek
Old Schooler
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Figures
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Yes...heard about it last week. All the Dollar stores increased.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
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To be expected. not surprising.
Gonna have to be more careful now. They already sold stuff that wasn't worth $1, and could be had cheaper at any random grocery store. There's gonna be more products falling below that threshold now. Hopefully, they'll also get some better stuff. That's the "official" story from the company. Remains to be seen if that pans out.
BlackSmith
Uncivil
Wouldn’t you? When the potato in chief says he’s going to raise taxes on everybody that makes over 400k a year, those people are going to offset their cost by raising their prices. The people that that effects are the people that buy their goods and services.
I just bought a sandwich for $18$ in healdsburg…
Raj
TreeHouser
We were promised sunny ways. And Canada is back.
BeerGeek
Tree Numbnutz
Hits me right between the nads every time I fill the tanks. Was paying $2.40/gal for diesel at beginning of covidiocy, and it even dropped to $2.20 just before Jobama took office. Now, anywhere from $3.40 - $4.00. Food, restaurant pricing and all consumables (work and home) up anywhere from 20% - 50%. Surprisingly, most booze has not risen much, if at all.
Ya. Canada is back alright. . ."in 2022, a family of four in Canada can expect to spend almost a thousand dollars more on food in 2022 than in 2021"
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Just drove a couple hours ( each way) and back to pick up Levi's new gun. 150.00
All hwy. Regular gas. best deal was 4.24 per
All hwy. Regular gas. best deal was 4.24 per
Yup. Going by old prices cause I don't know what anything costs anymore... We'll say "expensive" oil is $20/G, though I've seen much higher. Cheapo TS oil is $8/G. That gives $12 delta, so <9G of oil, you could just buy a new bar. Point being, it doesn't matter how amazing and wear resistant your oil is if you burn up all your money buying oil, instead of just buying a new bar when it fails. IOW, who the hell is buying this oil?
How much were you making though? $1/hr? Comparing personal historic prices, I think it's better to compare how long you'd have to work to buy $product. Assuming you made $1/hr, you had to work 15 minutes to buy that oil. Minimum wage today is $7.50 I think, and you can get 5qt of full synthetic oil at walmart for $16, so that minimum wage worker would have to work 26 minutes to buy a quart of oil. Is that bad? Full synthetic is better than reconstituted single weight oil. Might be a bit better or worse, but I'd call it a wash I think.
edit:
I just looked it up, and it appears minimum wage was $2.30 in 1976. I don't feel like running the numbers again, but it makes walmart oil look a little worse. Interestingly, minimum wage was only $2.50 when I started working in the 80s. Ten years only got another 20¢ :^/
edit2:
My memory sucks. Looked up 1985, and it says minimum wage was $3.35. Could have sworn I made $2.50 at the bakery. Everything's an illusion!
edit:
I just looked it up, and it appears minimum wage was $2.30 in 1976. I don't feel like running the numbers again, but it makes walmart oil look a little worse. Interestingly, minimum wage was only $2.50 when I started working in the 80s. Ten years only got another 20¢ :^/
edit2:
My memory sucks. Looked up 1985, and it says minimum wage was $3.35. Could have sworn I made $2.50 at the bakery. Everything's an illusion!
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stikine
Treehouser
$4.08/gal here at the moment for 87 octane. Filled up today.
