I was going to buy a car...mine is 18 years old. Can’t do it now. Prices are crazy.
I’m glad I bought a new washing machine last year.
I was visiting with a friend in the office supply business today.
Their raw materials that they buy from vendors have exploded in price, and they are made out of many different materials and come from many different locations...
I bought a 2015 fully loaded crew cab Ram 4X4 about 4 years ago with 20K miles on it for 30K. It now has 90K miles on it and I can get 34K for it.
When has that ever happened?
For future references on food prices…
The charts included cost of N/lb., DAP, MAP, potash, urea, 10-34-0, anhydrous, UAN28 and UAN32.
DRY
Date Range DAP MAP POTASH UREA
Jun 29-Jul 3 2020 406 427 361 357
Jul 27-31 2020 410 429 358 355
Aug 24-28 2020 430 435 352 355
Sep 21-25 2020 434 453 338 361
Oct 19-23 2020 446 476 332 359
Nov 16-20 2020 455 488 336 358
Dec 14-18 2020 466 522 360 361
Jan 11-15 2021 486 551 373 373
Feb 8-12 2021 588 642 398 453
Mar 8-12 2021 615 690 423 483
Apr 5-9 2021 618 699 431 504
May 3-7 2021 634 705 436 514
May 31-Jun 4 2021 652 712 443 524
Jun 28-Jul 2 677 721 476 542
LIQUID
Date Range 10-34-0 ANHYD UAN28 UAN32
Jun 29-Jul 3 2020 468 461 233 272
Jul 27-31 2020 465 454 223 262
Aug 24-28 2020 464 442 219 258
Sep 21-25 2020 457 425 215 253
Oct 19-23 2020 456 424 209 249
Nov 16-20 2020 455 422 207 249
Dec 14-18 2020 463 450 210 253
Jan 11-15 2021 469 474 210 247
Feb 8-12 2021 512 524 243 285
Mar 8-12 2021 581 625 306 344
Apr 5-9 2021 605 692 341 378
May 3-7 2021 618 712 358 398
May 31-Jun 4 2021 619 719 363 412
Jun 28-Jul 2 625 730 366 421
BACON??!!?!? Maybe now people will get motivated!
Wonderful...
I’m flying out to Virginia and Maryland (in early September) for a week to see some Civil War battlefields and now rental cars have gotten more expensive.
Increasing prices for used cars and car rentals/leasing are indicators that people are putting of buying cars until the new generation, non ICE cars are available and cheaper. The other big indicator is terrible new ICE car sales. How are new car sales going? No one wants to be in the first couple of years of ownership of an ICE car when the alternative becomes a no brainer.
I am in need of a new (used) car. At the beginning of covid I thought, with shutdowns and mass unemployment, that I would be able to get a good deal so I waited a little bit (plus, at first, I didn’t want to go around town much). Anyway, I was way wrong. Stimulus money came flowing, and used cars sold quickly. Now, even new cars are hard to get due to the chip shortage. When I search online and find something of interest, more often than not I discover it has already been spoken for.
So, I have to decide whether to plunk down maybe $7500+ to replace the engine in my current car (and the car will be worth about that much after repairs) or to find a car for around the same price.
Grocery prices, especially meat are horrible. Biden has to go.
Every year I rent an auto for a fall car trip. It usually costs me arund $400. Just checked on what it will cost me in September: $840! Half of that is taxes and various fees.
Pickup truck rentals at Enterprise are up 200%.