Suddenly Noticing High Retail Prices everywhere

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, there was some delay in the tariffs working their way through the supply chain. This is only the beginning. Even if they backtracked immediately, it's been baked in for months now.

Let’s face it. Even we avoided having new tariffs, retailers wouldve hiked prices anyways.

This. Retailers are price gouging and it's been proven time and again, since the egg crisis. It seems in nobody's interest to fight it since corporate greed is so strong (and enriching). Even Kamala vowed to fight it during her election-- but (and I don't say this often) she was in position to DO SOMETHING THEN as VP and the administration did not. Trumps a stainy POS. So I don't think any politician will really tackle this no matter what they say. They like the bribes too much.

As VP, she was never in a position to do anything, just like Vance is currently in no position to do anything. The only job the VPOTUS has is to show up at a Senate vote and break a tie in favor of his/her political party. That's it. It reminds me of that scene in the movie "Dave" with Kevin Kline and the role of the VP was played by Ben Kingsley. The POTUS had no use for the VP and had him go on unnecessary junkets in the president's stead. It was a miserable job as portrayed by Kingsley. He had nothing to do, but wait until the president died.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop whining. This is what winning looks like.

Senator Hawley is going to send every American $600 from the vast amount of tariff money the US has collected from the losers in other countries.

Coincidence or fate?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act

[Anonymous]

Doesn't matter. If people can't/won't pay the higher prices then they will lower them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop whining. This is what winning looks like.

Senator Hawley is going to send every American $600 from the vast amount of tariff money the US has collected from the losers in other countries.

Coincidence or fate?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act

Ha well the previous poster blamed the 1930 tariffs on Coolidge, who left office in 1929, and in fact favored fewer regulations and taxes. The Smooth Hawley Act didn't cause the Great Depression, it was passed in a horrifically bad attempt to make things better, and served to deepen the Great Depression. In fact that empirical evidence of economic theory about the inefficiency of tariffs is why the prevailing (and accurate) view until now was that low tariffs were good for trade and the economy.

[Anonymous]

Prices will continue to rise and eventually markets will go down as people buy less. Then the data will eventually support a rate cut. It will all take a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, there was some delay in the tariffs working their way through the supply chain. This is only the beginning. Even if they backtracked immediately, it's been baked in for months now.

Let’s face it. Even we avoided having new tariffs, retailers wouldve hiked prices anyways.

This. Retailers are price gouging and it's been proven time and again, since the egg crisis. It seems in nobody's interest to fight it since corporate greed is so strong (and enriching). Even Kamala vowed to fight it during her election-- but (and I don't say this often) she was in position to DO SOMETHING THEN as VP and the administration did not. Trumps a stainy POS. So I don't think any politician will really tackle this no matter what they say. They like the bribes too much.

I mean, Biden put Lina Khan in charge of the FTC and they were going after monopolies and private equity rollups and trying to strengthen consumer protection. Trump/Bondi just fired two top guys he just installed at DOJ antitrust because they pushed back against political interference in merger reviews.

[Anonymous]

I bought some New Balance sneakers from the company’s website in March. Those same sneakers are now 10% more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop whining. This is what winning looks like.

Senator Hawley is going to send every American $600 from the vast amount of tariff money the US has collected from the losers in other countries.

Hopefully you are being sarcastic. If not, we pay tariffs not other countries.

Also the paltry $600 isn't happening.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/31/trump-tariff-rebate-plan/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't matter. If people can't/won't pay the higher prices then they will lower them.

The prices can only be lowered so much. When the profit margin is small to begin with, they cannot reduce the prices, they will just go out of business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I gather I may notice if we need to make a big ticket replacement. It's hard to pay attention to everyday small retail items.

What's so stupid is that now European and Japanese cars will be much cheaper than American cars because they only have a 15% tariff while US manufacturers have a 50% tariff on steel, aluminum and copper as well as a 35% tariff on parts from Canada and Mexico.

But at least now US cars won't have a tariff in the EU or Japan...where huge gas guzzling SUVs are just so popular (not).

Talk about the easiest deal point to agree...sure, we agree to 0% tariffs on a product where maybe 10 people in the country will buy it.

Everyday small retail items? You will notice when a stick of deodorant is over ten dollars. This is insanity!!

[Anonymous]

Yes, now I can't find a stick of deodorant for less than $10.

Brooks running shoes which I like... They used to be $100-$120 tops, now they are like $170.

These aren't just like 5-10% price hikes, this is much more! It's annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, now I can't find a stick of deodorant for less than $10.

Brooks running shoes which I like... They used to be $100-$120 tops, now they are like $170.

These aren't just like 5-10% price hikes, this is much more! It's annoying.

I'm shocked by how expensive shampoo has gotten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, now I can't find a stick of deodorant for less than $10.

Brooks running shoes which I like... They used to be $100-$120 tops, now they are like $170.

These aren't just like 5-10% price hikes, this is much more! It's annoying.

You can still get deodorant for $2-3. My daughter wears Brooks Ghost running shoes and they've been $150-170 for a while. I get her the prior model for around $90-100. Other Brooks models are less.

Prices have been soaring since 2020. This isn't a new issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, now I can't find a stick of deodorant for less than $10.

Brooks running shoes which I like... They used to be $100-$120 tops, now they are like $170.

These aren't just like 5-10% price hikes, this is much more! It's annoying.

lol lol Why do you all have to lie?
"I can't find a stick of deodorant for less than $10."
Yes, you can! SMH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Examples op?

Crickets from OP. No examples huh? hahaha!