Shortages and price variations where you are

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05_never_again said:
But why were 529s seen as a winner politically? Because it’s so damn expensive to begin with.
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Because things that look like political winners are the way to go?

The people that use 529s generally have the money and knowledge of handling money to make college.
 
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allvol123 said:
Because things that look like political winners are the way to go?

The people that use 529s generally have the money and knowledge of handling money to make college.
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It was also really damn expensive before 529s were introduced. 529s have only been around since 2001.
 
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05_never_again said:
It was also really damn expensive before 529s were introduced. 529s have only been around since 2001.
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So it is an additional part of the problem.

Between student loans and 529s you have an assload of money dedicated to higher education.

So they build nicer dorms, Rec centers, food courts, etc. it is a competition for all those dollars.
 
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508mikey said:
I dont care for her but I do agree Sen. Elizabeth Warren blames grocery stores for skyrocketing food prices
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She does raise a valid point. The mom and pop stores were shutdown while the big box stores were kept open and were raking in the cash. Now, they can't afford to eat a little bit of s**t sandwich.

She sent letters to the CEOs of Kroger, Albertsons, and Publix. “Your company, and the other major grocers who reaped the benefits of a turbulent 2020, appear to be passing costs on to consumers to preserve your pandemic gains, and even taking advantage of inflation to add greater burdens,” Warren wrote to each CEO.
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Rasputin_Vol said:
She does raise a valid point. The mom and pop stores were shutdown while the big box stores were kept open and were raking in the cash. Now, they can't afford to eat a little bit of s**t sandwich.
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I have felt that way all along since the inflated prices began - I also dont blame people for not wanting to work at those places after they stopped paying them the little incentive to work during the lockdowns
 
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I looked at the Toyota of Knoxville website. They had 79 new cars for sale. That is a huge dealership. Honestly I think their website is overstating the number. I don’t see 79 new cars when I drive past.
 
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allvol123 said:
I looked at the Toyota of Knoxville website. They had 79 new cars for sale. That is a huge dealership. Honestly I think their website is overstating the number. I don’t see 79 new cars when I drive past.
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I haven't seen a Toyota dealership in two states with more than 10. I've been in the market for a Sequoia is the only reason why I've noticed.
 
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Let’s be honest about student loans. A whole lot of students only needed say $1200 for the semester for books and tuition yet they qualified for $3000 and took the whole loan amount for living expenses, pizza and beer.

I told my eldest when she did it that she better order the best pizza money could buy because she’d still be paying interest on it in 10 years and it better be worth it.🤦‍♀️
She was raised with a much better financial knowledge than that, but learning hard lessons are part of adulting.
 
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DonjoVol said:
Businesses have used this pandemic as an excuse to raise prices.
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You never miss an opportunity to show your ignorance of basic economics and the way business works. Businesses are passing on a percentage of the cost increases that they are having to pay. They are currently eating some of the cost increases. That is why the Producer Price Index is running above 9%, while the Consumer Price Index is running just over 6%. If inflation continues unabated, that gap of approximately 3% will eventually get passed on to consumers as well. Businesses won’t continue to eat the cost increases over the long term.
 
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DonjoVol said:
Not forced. But it's their decision to raise prices and pass it on to consumers. Also the investors are more important to these businesses than their consumers and employees.
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Lol. That’s the way capitalism works.
 
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DonjoVol said:
By the way. I'm more concerned about the cost of living increase that has occurred over the years. As I mentioned before in another post. From 2004 to 2006 I paid a little over $500 a month for a 2 bedroom apartment in Knoxville. That same 2 bedroom apartment at that complex is over $1,400 a month. There has been no justification for large increases in cost of living over the past 15 years.
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Perhaps you should check out real estate prices over that period of time if you ever want to get a clue.
 
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luthervol said:
Greed is a negative motivator. The fact that many continue to feel the need to frame it as a positive motivator is proof of the flaws in the system.
The degree to which one needs to frame greed as a positive is the degree to which our system fails.
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Thank you for your input, Comrade. Why don’t you get back to the liberal indoctrination of the Oklahoma youth?
 
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This lock down crap has effected all markets.

Two years ago you could walk into any AD and try on pretty much any Rolex and buy the one you wanted. Then we went into lock down mode so people started buying stuff they normally wouldn’t and fixing up their homes. This led to a shortage on Rolex to the point where a Datejust is 6 months and everything else is like a 1 to 2 year wait. Just stupid.

Now it’s tricking down to Omega and Breitling and even Oris.

When the luxury watch market has supply chain issues you know the whole thing is upside down at this point.
 
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508mikey said:
I dont care for her but I do agree Sen. Elizabeth Warren blames grocery stores for skyrocketing food prices
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This is classic liberal posturing for effect. The government has no say whatsoever in how non-governmental businesses choose to operate their businesses. Grocery stores also have some of the smallest margins in all of business. What is the liberal end-game here? The large grocery store chains aren’t going anywhere, and consumers only option to buying from these companies is to starve. Ligerals continue to find new and unique ways to waste taxpayer dollars in attemps to store cheap political points with no basis in reality.
 
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NEO said:
This lock down crap has effected all markets.

Two years ago you could walk into any AD and try on pretty much any Rolex and buy the one you wanted. Then we went into lock down mode so people started buying stuff they normally wouldn’t and fixing up their homes. This led to a shortage on Rolex to the point where a Datejust is 6 months and everything else is like a 1 to 2 year wait. Just stupid.

Now it’s tricking down to Omega and Breitling and even Oris.

When the luxury watch market has supply chain issues you know the whole thing is upside down at this point.
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I’ve got to say this … I have no idea what you are talking about as I have never walked into anywhere and tried on a Rolex watch . But I believe you lol
 
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NEO said:
This lock down crap has effected all markets.

Two years ago you could walk into any AD and try on pretty much any Rolex and buy the one you wanted. Then we went into lock down mode so people started buying stuff they normally wouldn’t and fixing up their homes. This led to a shortage on Rolex to the point where a Datejust is 6 months and everything else is like a 1 to 2 year wait. Just stupid.

Now it’s tricking down to Omega and Breitling and even Oris.

When the luxury watch market has supply chain issues you know the whole thing is upside down at this point.
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Tell me your rich without saying “I’m rich“.
 
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hog88 said:
Tell me your rich without saying “I’m rich“.
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I've got a few thousand rounds of ammo...

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