The refill packets are what I don't buy. My doctor gave me the original bottle and I use my own mixture for the refills after the original packet ran out............
Posted on 03/18/2010 5:09:09 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
A real sign of hyperinfation can be found in products on the shelf here and there in retail establishments. For example, let's take saline solution nose spray. At Wal-Mart, about two years ago, a 3 oz. bottle was 94 cents. Then, it jumped within the past year to $1.94. Yesterday, while looking at the same bottle, the price was $2.98. And, that's just for a little salt in water! Don't come back at me by saying that's just one item. A LOT of things are beginning to jump up in price. Leave your own examples here via commentary.
Is that the exact same product an same size????
I doubt it.
You can make your own for pennies. I use a 50/50 mixture of salt and baking soda. 3 tbs of each dry mixed in a sealable container. Then ONE teaspoon of the dry mixture in a pint of warm water. I use the nasal irrigation squeeze bottle to cleanse my sinuses since my operation two years ago..............
I’ve no idea where you are getting your info from. I have been buying the Walmart brand (EQUATE)of saline solution for probably 8-10 years and it has never been close to $.95
In fact it has been around the $3.00 level for as long as I can remember.
I dunno. But it seems like every time I top at the store to pick up a few things like bread and milk, dog biscuits, yogurt, cheese, and some other miscellaneous item or two, the bill is always like $39 when I expect it to be half that, and I walk out carrying two little plastic sacks to the car.
the price of bananas is usually a good indicator since few are grown in the USA...
How about condos in Florida that went for ~$1M in 2006 going for <$500K now...
Bacon, bananas and bread are my measuring tools. All are up.
The refill packets are what I don't buy. My doctor gave me the original bottle and I use my own mixture for the refills after the original packet ran out............
.."and now government mandated light bulbs cost $6.95"
Cups of yogurt have suddenly shrunk from 8 oz to 6 oz. Same price, but 1/4 of the product is missing. Various brands.
Try to find a 1/2 gallon of ice cream in the grocery store.
OUTSTANDING post! Thanks. I’ll see if I can find some examples (looking for old receipts...sometime in the not-to-distant future).
Bananas are 59 cents a pound this week, up a bit but not abnormally so. I either make my own bread or buy my favorite brand, Roman Meal, when it’s on sale for $1.99/loaf. This week, though, I saw bread for more than $3 a loaf. I don’t think I’ve ever seen regular sandwich bread at that price before.
Stalin, Mao, Mussolini, all starved millions of their people to death. This Death Care is going to get expensive - more than anyone can imagine. It's "free." There's going to be too many people abusing the system, and the herd will have to be culled. (Washington is no longer about "We the People.")
Dairy is on the rise. I’ve noticed a substantial increase in the price of milk, eggs and ice cream. What really bugs me about the ice cream is the price went up AND they downsized the carton.
Walmart shopping as of Monday night here in Springfield MO.
French Bread - $.99 a loaf (same as last year)
Bacon - $2.48 a package, Farmland (a little higher than last year)
Bananas - $.49 a lb (same as last year)
No hyperinflation at Walmart for me.
The price of generators is up, along with #10 cans. Don’t ask me how I know......
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