Suddenly Noticing High Retail Prices everywhere

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 import goods from EU. The goods in the standard 40ft container I imported in May cost $226,000. In addition I had to pay $22,600 tariffs. So it cost me $248.6k instead of $226k.
Same container would cost me 226,000+33,900=$259,900 now.
Of course I'm forced to raise my prices.

It is ridiculous to claim I'm raising prices because of greed and that I would have raised them anyhow, tariffs or no tariffs.

Still nobody forces you to raise the price

So they should run their businesses at a loss so the because the cult members don't want anyone criticizing their leader?

You are an imbecile

[Anonymous]

Prices for me went way up during the pandemic because a large part of my budget is food.

Recently my food prices have been stable but I have noticed huge increases in cheap consumer crap from China such as my kids clothes.

Which personally I don’t mind increasing costs of discretionary cheap plastic crap from China. We would all be better off buying less of it.


What I need are prices of essentials to stay stable. Food, fuel, energy, insurance, and healthcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prices for me went way up during the pandemic because a large part of my budget is food.

Recently my food prices have been stable but I have noticed huge increases in cheap consumer crap from China such as my kids clothes.

Which personally I don’t mind increasing costs of discretionary cheap plastic crap from China. We would all be better off buying less of it.


What I need are prices of essentials to stay stable. Food, fuel, energy, insurance, and healthcare.

So, food is now subject to many of the tariffs, so sorry about that.

Fuel is at least a global market although people in the upper Midwest that refine mostly Canadian oil will be seeing higher prices then the rest of the country due to tariffs.

Insurance is a combination of expected casualties plus the costs to rebuild after such casualty. Tariffs will absolutely raise insurance rates because nearly all the input costs for auto and home are increasing.

Tariffs impact just about everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prices for me went way up during the pandemic because a large part of my budget is food.

Recently my food prices have been stable but I have noticed huge increases in cheap consumer crap from China such as my kids clothes.

Which personally I don’t mind increasing costs of discretionary cheap plastic crap from China. We would all be better off buying less of it.


What I need are prices of essentials to stay stable. Food, fuel, energy, insurance, and healthcare.

Where are you located that your electricity prices are stable? Mine are substantially up year-over-year for the same usage. And I easily see in my transaction history my grocery bills steadily climbing despite me having predictable buying behaviors. You're seeing what you want to see in an alternate reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prices for me went way up during the pandemic because a large part of my budget is food.

Recently my food prices have been stable but I have noticed huge increases in cheap consumer crap from China such as my kids clothes.

Which personally I don’t mind increasing costs of discretionary cheap plastic crap from China. We would all be better off buying less of it.


What I need are prices of essentials to stay stable. Food, fuel, energy, insurance, and healthcare.

How is this remotely possible, unless you are eating canned goods from Aldi only. Poultry, beef, pork, avocadoes, and cereal all up. Maybe you are not noticing the package shrinkage in food products, but the price remained the same. That's an increase in cost because you are getting less for the same price. Consumer staples such as toothpaste, deodorant, etc have increased in prices. Both Walmart and Proctor and Gamble stated last week that they were increasing their prices.

[Anonymous]

Just in.
Factory Orders are down. -4.8% vs -4.9%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prices for me went way up during the pandemic because a large part of my budget is food.

Recently my food prices have been stable but I have noticed huge increases in cheap consumer crap from China such as my kids clothes.

Which personally I don’t mind increasing costs of discretionary cheap plastic crap from China. We would all be better off buying less of it.


What I need are prices of essentials to stay stable. Food, fuel, energy, insurance, and healthcare.

Good luck with that. My husband works in biomed and they are predicting a killer, because there will be little oversight on pricing. Insurance and healthcare costs will go up. Food too, because chasing the immigrant workforce means diminishing supply, things are rotting on the fields or they have to be imported from Mexico at higher prices due to tarrifs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have noticed that Amazon prices are higher, but not Target.

Nope, target prices are higher to make up for the horrific loss they're experiencing from the boycotts. They've always been the most expensive and will continue to be.

I compared multiple items in person at Target and Walmart. At most, Walmart was maybe 20 cents cheaper. Most products were the same price.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have been shopping online and in person recently and noticed huge price jumps on stuff that I have shopped for before. It’s horrifying. Is this the tariffs kicking in? Or is it something else?

For example an item that I want to buy for months is now twice the price at multiple vendors!

I was looking at ceramic garden pots in May. Bought on for $75 and wanted to by another. It is now $575 and it is for every manufacturer.

The garden pot went up $500? BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prices for me went way up during the pandemic because a large part of my budget is food.

Recently my food prices have been stable but I have noticed huge increases in cheap consumer crap from China such as my kids clothes.

Which personally I don’t mind increasing costs of discretionary cheap plastic crap from China. We would all be better off buying less of it.


What I need are prices of essentials to stay stable. Food, fuel, energy, insurance, and healthcare.

How is this remotely possible, unless you are eating canned goods from Aldi only. Poultry, beef, pork, avocadoes, and cereal all up. Maybe you are not noticing the package shrinkage in food products, but the price remained the same. That's an increase in cost because you are getting less for the same price. Consumer staples such as toothpaste, deodorant, etc have increased in prices. Both Walmart and Proctor and Gamble stated last week that they were increasing their prices.

+1 Food prices have soared over the last few years and the amount of food per package has shrunk.

I just swung by Trader Joe's today to see about picking up something for dinner for our family of 5. Ended up leaving without buying stuff for dinner because it would have cost a fortune. Prices went up and the sizes went down.

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I think for a lot of people it’s not that noticeable because even think the increase is high as a percentage, it’s not that high in total dollars and it’s not a huge chunk of the monthly spend. Let’s say I was spending $150/week and now it’s $180. That’s a 20% increase which sounds huge. But $30/week or $120/month is just not that much in many people’s budgets. I can recoup $120/month simply by dropping 2 takeout meals for my family. Or not buying a new pair of pants. It’s pretty easy.

[Anonymous]

Happy Tariff Day. Now the prices will skyrocket more. We are paying the tariffs, not other countries. What a stupid idea.

[Anonymous]

Prices have gone up dramatically and I will be changing my habits. I recently took college aged DS out for lunch at Silver Diner, and with a 15% tip the bill was around $50 for 2 “lunch specials”.

I recently bought groceries and it was $75 for milk, bread, plain yogurt, bananas, cereal, and a few other random items that fit in 2 shopping bags.

Package shrink is a real thing, too. Manufacturers are shrinking the size of boxes and cans while raising prices. It makes following recipes difficult because a package of X is not what it used to be.

[Anonymous]

And now insurers are dropping some Medicare plans so health costs will rise for seniors on top of everything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think for a lot of people it’s not that noticeable because even think the increase is high as a percentage, it’s not that high in total dollars and it’s not a huge chunk of the monthly spend. Let’s say I was spending $150/week and now it’s $180. That’s a 20% increase which sounds huge. But $30/week or $120/month is just not that much in many people’s budgets. I can recoup $120/month simply by dropping 2 takeout meals for my family. Or not buying a new pair of pants. It’s pretty easy.

If you have growing kids, it's not so easy to put off buying new pants indefinitely. Clothes, shoes, etc. you need to keep buying. I couldn't believe a run of the mill pair of sneakers for my middle schooler is $170. But she outgrew the old ones and needs new ones.