What Insane/Crazy Price did You Pay Today?

[2manyrocks]

Everybody raises their prices because all of their prices are being raised on them. So it is a snowball effect. And where this ends once it starts no one can predict because there are too many variables at play.

Whatever statistics and excuses there may be, the more practical question is how much I am paying for the things I need compared to what I used to pay?

 

[ljjhouser]

7/16 or 1/2" OSB sheet stock, 4 x 8. 3 years ago, $8.68 a sheet. Last year, $19.99 a sheet. last week $40 a sheet, all at Lowes.
On road diesel - 5.19 - yesterday.

 

[2manyrocks]

7/16 or 1/2" OSB sheet stock, 4 x 8. 3 years ago, $8.68 a sheet. Last year, $19.99 a sheet. last week $40 a sheet, all at Lowes.
On road diesel - 5.19 - yesterday.

Exactly.... compare these real world prices to the official "statistics."

 

[sd455dan]

Exactly.... compare these real world prices to the official "statistics."

Yep, the so called CPI has been so twisted over the years it now looks like a pretzel to get these low ball inflation numbers.

 

[ultrarunner]

Everybody raises their prices because all of their prices are being raised on them. So it is a snowball effect. And where this ends once it starts no one can predict because there are too many variables at play.

Whatever statistics and excuses there may be, the more practical question is how much I am paying for the things I need compared to what I used to pay?

I only wish this would be possible.

Managing residential rentals is a challenge as the cost of getting anything done and materials and taxes up... in many cases double.

By law I still cannot evict many that stopped paying rent or months behind and rent is basically frozen since start of pandemic.

City council did not like my suggestion property tax should be offset when owners are prevented from eviction for non payment...

 

[ljjhouser]

Seems these gov inflation numbers are a lot like a fart in the elevator. They just float around and piss everyone off.

 

[sd455dan]

I only wish this would be possible.

Managing residential rentals is a challenge as the cost of getting anything done and materials and taxes up... in many cases double.

By law I still cannot evict many that stopped paying rent or months behind and rent is basically frozen since start of pandemic.

City council did not like my suggestion property tax should be offset when owners are prevented from eviction for non payment...

Almost getting to the point of a "restraint of trade" lawsuit against the rule makers.

 

[LouNY]

Picked up 2 sheets of 1/2" plywood Thursday $61.09 each, and two 2x4-10's at $15.00 each;
Total with tax $164.35, my brother hasn't gotten a new tax exempt cert in to them yet,
it's an old lumber yard that got sold this winter to a "local" chain.

 

[ultrarunner]

I think I'm starting to think like the old timers I new as a kid.

They often complained about prices on everything from a pound of nails to a haircut, etc...

Coming up I didn't know any different and to me it was just what it cost...

Somethings continue to defy but new high prices roll on.

Exactly 100 years ago a new 2 bedroom home in the neighborhood cost $2,500...

It's relevant to me because some of my neighbors were original homeowners... still back in the 80's

Those $2500 homes now bring $750k or 300 times what they cost new.

1960's homes 15k new now sell for a million.

 

[2manyrocks]

One has to wonder about the legality of the freeze on rents and evictions by private property owners. I know they did it, but I'm not so sure about the legality of it all (why isn't it an unconstitutional "taking" of a property interest without due compensation by the government), and I'm a bit surprised we haven't seen some court calling their hand on it by now.

They probably would argue nothing was taken because landlords are still entitled to collect their rent, but good luck collecting back rent from tenants, sorry to say.

But yet another example of doublespeak from the powers that be.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

I only wish this would be possible.

Managing residential rentals is a challenge as the cost of getting anything done and materials and taxes up... in many cases double.

By law I still cannot evict many that stopped paying rent or months behind and rent is basically frozen since start of pandemic.

City council did not like my suggestion property tax should be offset when owners are prevented from eviction for non payment...

It’s supposedly being done in the name of “fairness” and yet the small landlord is being royally screwed over. This is driving out the small investor and consolidating rental housing into the hands of large corporate entities. The net effect is going to be that once rental housing is controlled by a few large corporations rents will be crushingly high.

 

[ultrarunner]

Definitely consolidating in two ways...

Large companies increase market share and small mom and pop with a single rental sell to owner occupant buyers.

It's hard to fight city hall...

 

[2manyrocks]

Mom and pop can't afford to fight the city with its taxpayer paid legal staff and political friendly local judges.

 

[IndyJay]

A tire on my daughter's Civic had a slow leak from the TPMS sensor. I carried the wheel/tire into a local tire shop and handed them a new TPMS sensor to install. It took them no more than 3 minutes to install. Charged me $35 labor, plus tax. Looking back, I'm surprised they didn't charge an $8 "shop supplies fee" on top of the labor...

The TPM sensors started failing on my Tacoma. When they told me what they charge to replace them, it occurred to me that I had driven for over 40 years without an idiot light telling me that my tire was low... I figure I can manage a few more years without that feature.

 

[LouNY]

My TPMS sensors are attached to the valve stem,
the rebuild kits are only a couple of dollars per tire.
It's not much different then replacing a tubeless tire valve stem.

TPMS Rebuild Kits​

If your vehicle was manufactured after 2007, it comes equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). These systems monitor the air pressure in your tires to alert you when it becomes low.


TPMS systems come in two different types, direct or indirect. A direct TPMS uses sensors in each wheel to communicate pressure information to a central vehicle receiver, while an indirect TPMS determines pressure information by estimating a tire's rotational speed.


If you have a direct TPMS, the sensors will need to be rebuilt every time the tire is removed from the wheel due to:

• Some replaceable parts of the sensor can corrode over time
• The sealing components become brittle and increase the risk of air loss causing a low or flat tire

A TPMS rebuild kit contains key replacement parts that keep your TPMS sensor in proper working order. By replacing these wearable parts of the sensor, it will ensure optimal sensor performance.

Rubber TPMS Rebuild Kit​

The rubber TPMS rebuild kit includes the valve stem, core, cap, and screw.

Metal TPMS Rebuild Kit​

The metal TPMS rebuild kit includes the rubber grommet, retaining nut, core, and cap.

 

[Squirrel Tooth Alice]

I was told this particular unit was not rebuildable and needed to be replaced. It was leaking, so I had to do something. If my kid were an experienced driver, I'd be less inclined to maintain the TPMS side of things, but she's a newb and has crashed once already... so I pay.

 

[Jstpssng]

Almost getting to the point of a "restraint of trade" lawsuit against the rule makers.

I've always felt that it's a violation of the Fifth Amendment;

; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

 

[IndyJay]

My TPMS sensors are attached to the valve stem,
the rebuild kits are only a couple of dollars per tire.
It's not much different then replacing a tubeless tire valve stem.

TPMS Rebuild Kits​

If your vehicle was manufactured after 2007, it comes equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). These systems monitor the air pressure in your tires to alert you when it becomes low.


TPMS systems come in two different types, direct or indirect. A direct TPMS uses sensors in each wheel to communicate pressure information to a central vehicle receiver, while an indirect TPMS determines pressure information by estimating a tire's rotational speed.


If you have a direct TPMS, the sensors will need to be rebuilt every time the tire is removed from the wheel due to:

• Some replaceable parts of the sensor can corrode over time
• The sealing components become brittle and increase the risk of air loss causing a low or flat tire

A TPMS rebuild kit contains key replacement parts that keep your TPMS sensor in proper working order. By replacing these wearable parts of the sensor, it will ensure optimal sensor performance.

Rubber TPMS Rebuild Kit​

The rubber TPMS rebuild kit includes the valve stem, core, cap, and screw.

Metal TPMS Rebuild Kit​

The metal TPMS rebuild kit includes the rubber grommet, retaining nut, core, and cap.

The way I understand it the cost is not for the parts but rather the fee they charge to program/initialize the sensors. Sort of how some shops charge an outrageous fee to to read an ODB2 code. Granted, they have to make back the cost of purchasing the equipment, but not with the first few customers and not a hundred times over.

 

[LouNY]

Because I run dedicated studded snow tires in the winter,
I set up my vehicles with winter and summer rims and tires.
As a result of the twice a year swaps I have purchased whatever programing devices
my vehicles have needed.

 

[Hay Dude]

unfreakingbelievable
Now diesel fuel now $2 more than regular?

This is an outrage and its out of control

One crisis after another!