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  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think you will hear an uproar when they no longer will offer gallon of milk anymore. >>



    Taxpayer subsidies keep the gallon at 128 oz.
  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Paid $19 for a dollar. At least it was a silver one.

    The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Paid $19 for a dollar. At least it was a silver one. >>




    40% ... 1972 Eisenhowerimage
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,187 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Vacations to Australia are 9% cheaper than a month ago and 12% cheaper to New Zealand.
    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • rawteam1rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭
    all that matters is gas is down big and goin down more...
    keceph `anah
  • mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Paid $19 for a dollar. At least it was a silver one. >>




    40% ... 1972 Eisenhowerimage >>



    Picked up a dozen Peace silver dollars for about $13 each.....melt!
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  • PokermandudePokermandude Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭
    I ordered a box of 500 small size bubble mailers again recently. Same price as last year, same company, same ebay listing even. I opened them up and they felt thin/light. I toss one on the scale and it weighs 9.5 grams. The old ones were 11 grams.
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  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,244 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I ordered a box of 500 small size bubble mailers again recently. Same price as last year, same company, same ebay listing even. I opened them up and they felt thin/light. I toss one on the scale and it weighs 9.5 grams. The old ones were 11 grams. >>



    Now that is what I call STEALTH-flationimage , they totally never thought anyone would check that.

    I surmise its because each bubble is only 86% inflated , which come to think of it , is an example of inflation, deflation, and dis-inflation all rolled into one

    edited to say this thread has become a page behind for me I had to manually type page 34

    it took the gold kennedy half thread at least 50 pages to do thatimage
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I ordered a box of 500 small size bubble mailers again recently. Same price as last year, same company, same ebay listing even. I opened them up and they felt thin/light. I toss one on the scale and it weighs 9.5 grams. The old ones were 11 grams. >>



    Jiffy's?
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Paid $3.69 for gas. Down from $4.25 early Summer.
  • CoulportCoulport Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I ordered a box of 500 small size bubble mailers again recently. Same price as last year, same company, same ebay listing even. I opened them up and they felt thin/light. I toss one on the scale and it weighs 9.5 grams. The old ones were 11 grams. >>



    Company just trying to save you on postage. image
    The most money I made are on coins I haven't sold.

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gas is in the $2.80 range in Fredericksburg VA....Down from a high of $3.40 over the last 12 month.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We're at $2.99 for reg in my area, high this summer was $3.39 I think. We should see $2.79 in November if oil stays near $80.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gasoline will continue to get cheaper as will PMs.

    The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

  • PokermandudePokermandude Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Jiffy's? >>



    Kraft / bubble-lite brand. Basically the same thing.
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  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Jiffy's? >>



    Kraft / bubble-lite brand. Basically the same thing. >>



    Basically yes, I was quality manager at an old Jiffy plant near St. Louis in '94-'95. We used ground newspapers as "batting" in our padded mailers, other plants used bubble wrap in the mailers. Jiffy was purchased by Sealed Air Corp in 1980's - Sealed Air uses bubble wrap in their logo.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Your central bank says inflation is good for you.

    The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,311 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I ordered a box of 500 small size bubble mailers again recently. Same price as last year, same company, same ebay listing even. I opened them up and they felt thin/light. I toss one on the scale and it weighs 9.5 grams. The old ones were 11 grams. >>

    Better check your boxes of cookies. They may be short 1/2 cookies and you'd never know the difference as no one counts them. Multiply by the 10's of 1000's of boxes produced short 1/2 cookies and there you have pure profit.
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  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Better check your boxes of cookies. They may be short 1/2 cookies and you'd never know the difference as no one counts them. Multiply by the 10's of 1000's of boxes produced short 1/2 cookies and there you have pure profit. >>



    Represented a line of plastic sheeting in the early 80's. Highly cost competitive. Found out that my competition was shorting each roll by a foot (4%).

    Went to a large customer, rolled out the competitions product against mine and sure enough, we were 25 feet vs 24 on the other guys.

    Customer didn't care, she said as long as they were cheaper, she was staying with the other guy.
  • rawteam1rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Better check your boxes of cookies. They may be short 1/2 cookies and you'd never know the difference as no one counts them. Multiply by the 10's of 1000's of boxes produced short 1/2 cookies and there you have pure profit. >>



    Represented a line of plastic sheeting in the early 80's. Highly cost competitive. Found out that my competition was shorting each roll by a foot (4%).

    Went to a large customer, rolled out the competitions product against mine and sure enough, we were 25 feet vs 24 on the other guys.

    Customer didn't care, she said as long as they were cheaper, she was staying with the other guy. >>


    She musta been a scientist...
    keceph `anah
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>She musta been a scientist... >>



    Sadly, going along with the program was the mantra of the business.

    She was a hardware distributor and figured that it would be easier to deal with the rare customer complaint than try to increase prices.

  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    she said as long as they were cheaper, she was staying with the other guy

    The obvious questions are - were they cheaper and was the quality comparable?
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    I knew it would happen.
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>she said as long as they were cheaper, she was staying with the other guy

    The obvious questions are - were they cheaper and was the quality comparable? >>



    They were cheaper and quality was the same.

    Difference is our product measured 10 x 25 as advertised. Their product measured 10 x 24 though label stated 10 x 25.

    Lot of that crap went on 30 years ago. Hope that it got cleaned up.
  • Hey mg, should crypto be banned for saying the same thing I said? Or should only I be banned?
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Hey mg, should crypto be banned for saying the same thing I said? Or should only I be banned? >>



    Sorry CRH but I cannot teach you the wisdom of life. That was the responsibility of your parents.
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They were cheaper and quality was the same.

    Difference is our product mea sured 10 x 25 as advertised. Their product measured 10 x 24 though label stated 10 x 25.


    It's an interesting question. If the stuff was cheaper by the linear ft. and equal in quality then you had an uphill battle even though your competition was somewhat on the sleazy side of full disclosure.
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.


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    << <i>Hey mg, should crypto be banned for saying the same thing I said? Or should only I be banned? >>



    Sorry CRH but I cannot teach you the wisdom of life. That was the responsibility of your parents. >>



    You didn't answer the question, Mg-you have yet to answer the question.
  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My fish taco place raised prices 20%image
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  • << <i>

    << <i>Hey mg, should crypto be banned for saying the same thing I said? Or should only I be banned? >>



    Sorry CRH but I cannot teach you the wisdom of life. That was the responsibility of your parents. >>



    Did your parents ever teach you not to contradict yourself? Did they teach you to be honest and answer questions? Looks like your parents didn't do their job.


  • << <i>

    << <i>Hey mg, should crypto be banned for saying the same thing I said? Or should only I be banned? >>



    Sorry CRH but I cannot teach you the wisdom of life. That was the responsibility of your parents. >>



    forum double post/not responding
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>They were cheaper and quality was the same.

    Difference is our product mea sured 10 x 25 as advertised. Their product measured 10 x 24 though label stated 10 x 25.


    It's an interesting question. If the stuff was cheaper by the linear ft. and equal in quality then you had an uphill battle even though your competition was somewhat on the sleazy side of full disclosure. >>



    Very true. Outside of knowingly selling a falsely labeled rol , her customers seemed satisfied with a smaller and less expensive product.
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Outside of knowingly selling a falsely labeled rol , her customers seemed satisfied with a smaller and less expensive product.

    Well, you know that I have to pose the question "Was she hot?"image
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Outside of knowingly selling a falsely labeled rol , her customers seemed satisfied with a smaller and less expensive product.

    Well, you know that I have to pose the question "Was she hot?"image >>



    Mid 50's owned a hardware business in Detroit. Think about it for a minute. image
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭
    hotter than a two dollar pistol
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mid 50's owned a hardware business in Detroit. Think about it for a minuteimage

    Post pics of the calendars, or it didn't happen!image
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Those little supermarket sushi trays are quickly catching up to the restaurant price for the stuff.

    I refuse to eat raw fish out of a Kroger. Stick to the veggie product.
  • rawteam1rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭
    Let's see from 2007/2008 gas is down over 60%, some nice manipulation... Lol...
    keceph `anah
  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "A nation where the top 10 percent reaps more than 50 percent of the income is doomed to end up in the quicksand of deflation. 571 U.S. billionaires simply don’t have enough hours in the day to spend adequate money to buy enough goods that would require the restocking of shelves, create new factory orders and thereby ramp up job hiring to keep a nation of 317 million people afloat." - Wall Street on Parade

    The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

  • rawteam1rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Did your parents ever teach you not to contradict yourself? Did they teach you to be honest and answer questions? Looks like your parents didn't do their job. >>


    I think if he contradicted himself, it was an scientific experiment, theory if u may...
    "Honesty", where did honesty originate from, who, what or where was it put into some kind of foundational law? Why must one act on it?...
    keceph `anah
  • piecesofmepiecesofme Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭
    I never thought I'd praise the day of $2.96/gal. gasoline, but I guess I am. ULSD still at $3.78 though. Funny, because it should be the opposite
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  • rawteam1rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭
    Man I remeber those +$5 a gallon days...
    keceph `anah
  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I remember a gas war at 32 cents a gallon.
  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I remember a gas war at 32 cents a gallon. >>



    Lowest price I can remember is 36 cents a gallon in 1969. I walked by the sign daily on my way to kindergarten and still remember it.

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  • meluaufeetmeluaufeet Posts: 764 ✭✭✭
    20072008 gas down 60%

    And what about oil in 2009?

  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I remember a gas war at 32 cents a gallon. >>



    Lowest price I can remember is 36 cents a gallon in 1969. I walked by the sign daily on my way to kindergarten and still remember it.

    image >>



    I remember the "gas wars" of the 50's....25 cents a gallon + an attendant pumped the gas for you, checked the oil (that was always low) and gave you a coffee mug to boot.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    In Detroit gas seemed to get down to 19.9c in the very early 1960's. Cigarettes were 25c.

    Of course the old mans Buick deuce and a quarter only got 8 mpg.
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    UPS just announced 4.9% post holiday rate hike.

    Maybe deflation is not the problem that it was a week ago! image
  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,187 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>UPS just announced 4.9% post holiday rate hike.

    Maybe deflation is not the problem that it was a week ago! image >>



    Use email. Pay your bills online. I use lots less stamps than I did a decade ago.
    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,311 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>My fish taco place raised prices 20%image >>

    My local Burger King raised the apple pie price from $1.19 to $1.39. Looks like back to McD for pie,2 for $1.00.
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A 3/4 lb grassfed NY from Trader's was $10.00 even yesterday

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    similar steak a year ago was $8-9. Good bourbon seems to be going up too.

    Still, some of the best things in life remain free

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    have a good weekend

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