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re: So sick of the price of everything right now.

Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:16 am to
Posted by Westbank111
Armpit of America
Member since Sep 2013
2524 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:16 am to
I agree, this is just scratching the surface.

I’d they are not stopped, we are talking a complete & purposeful collapse of the $USD, the Great Depression will look promising compared to what’s coming.
Posted by Triple Bogey
19th Green
Member since May 2017
6103 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:16 am to
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Is it the kind you soft touch and it closes by itself? If not I'm not coming to your house again.


It is indeed. Top of the line seat. Even has the little extra seat you can put down for the kids
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
29730 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:17 am to
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They mark the price up on the To-go queso!




queso in general is the most ridiculously marked up item i can think of in eating out.

i love it, don't get me wrong, but most places will throw out $8 for heated up cheese with pico in it. $12 if you want to make it 20% larger and call it medium.
Posted by WhiteMandingo
Member since Jan 2016
6104 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:18 am to
4 more years
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25685 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:19 am to
It has to be very scary for retired people on a fixed income.

Anyone looking to retire soon better consider a holding pattern.
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 11:23 am
Posted by MrLSU
Yellowstone, Val d'isere
Member since Jan 2004
27165 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:19 am to
$100 filets, $75 dollar chicken entrees, $25 dollar shrimp cocktails, etc is fricking insane.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
2637 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:24 am to
Freaking scary and depressing. Never thought we’d see the USA become this. Evil is truly running this country.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
59475 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:33 am to
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$100 filets, $75 dollar chicken entrees, $25 dollar shrimp cocktails, etc is fricking insane.

At this rate we may eventually find out just how many eating joints are actually needed in a given part of town. Talk about an overly saturated market. But hey, they're all packed when I drive by, so we're still good right now I guess.

A while back I stood in the parking lot of a restaurant on a stretch of road that ten to twelve years ago was cotton fields. I didn't move from the spot I was standing, just turned 360°, and counted 14 restaurants within sight. If I had climbed to the top of one of them I could have probably counted a dozen more. I don't see how they're all staying in business. I'd bet good money that ten years down the line, if I'm still kicking, I can return to that spot and count empty buildings. Or, maybe then I will be counting mattress stores and pay day loan joints.
Posted by SuwMwf
Member since Jul 2012
988 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:36 am to
I picked up a flap steak at Costco for some fajitas and took a glance at the price, 53$!! I didn’t even bother looking at the $/lb but that’s over double what I expected. Tossed that sucker right back.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
111936 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:38 am to
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They are all just taking advantage of consumers
Is that not how economics works?

A corporation has a responsibility to maximize shareholder wealth. If pricing your dog food and toiletries really high doesn't reduce sales enough to reduce revenues/profits, then people are still buying it, so there's no justification for them to charge the cheaper price.


I'd love cheaper prices across the board too. But if we're paying extra for these items, then corporations will obviously continue to raise prices.
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
59565 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:40 am to
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There are legitimate market forces at work too that the government has no control over.



Did these market forces just suddenly appear once Biden took office?
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 11:41 am
Posted by Tiger Nation 84
Member since Dec 2011
36584 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:43 am to
can’t barely leave the house anymore. spend $100 everytime you step out… frick that shite
Posted by Montezuma
Member since Apr 2013
3637 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:45 am to
Corporations are pricing you into voting for their interests. As soon as they break you into voting for the corporatists, and continue to get their way, they will lower prices by about 6%. And then they will get you on the backend with us holding the debt of the nation. It's a very easy thing to see.
Posted by Mushroom1968
Member since Jun 2023
2404 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:48 am to
I like how Dems now defend corporate and big business. Something they use to fight about. You see it from the white liberals on here and also see it on FB. It's like everyone in the country is struggling with high prices except white democrats, somehow it's all good, only with them. Trump made them go pro-war, pro big money, and anti-free speech, pro gov't control, pretty amazing chain of events last few years, from where they use to be.
Posted by TheRouxGuru
Member since Nov 2019
10281 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:48 am to
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You paid for it, so there's not much argument for a corporation not to price it at that pricepoint if you and others are willing to pay for it at that price.


I read this then looked to see who posted this trash

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shel311


Go frickin figure
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
123769 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:48 am to
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So sick of the price of everything right now.


Thank a democrat
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
16005 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:49 am to
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Did these market forces just suddenly appear once Biden took office
Do you really think Biden invented inflation? A good portion of it is the massive COVID spending coming home to roost. Another part is, ironic given the name, the Inflation Reduction Act. The last part is the increase in capital costs which can be partially blamed on our current industrial build-out and partially on the retiring Boomers taking their money out of the market.
Posted by jpainter6174
Boss city
Member since Feb 2014
5595 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:49 am to
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Top of the line seat.


I’ma swing by this afternoon and take a deuce on it to see if I should upgrade mine!
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
111936 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:52 am to
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Get used to it, prices will never go back down.
It's up to us, we can force them to bring prices back down.

But complaining on a message board it's not how it'll get done, and people will mostly only complain then, as we see in this thread, still go out to dinner and still pay for that dog food, so no, corporations won't bring prices back down as long as we keep paying for it.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
56786 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:54 am to
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It has to be very scary for retired people on a fixed income.

Anyone looking to retire soon better consider a holding pattern.


I was younger and experienced the oil shocks of the 70's, this may be MUCH worse before it gets better.
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