Being a to the bone cheapskate, I’m diligent about checking prices, ingredients, country of origin and weights. I’m noticing prices on all kinds of things going up, and none going down.
Examples.
Bag of cat food, brand I usually purchase, went up a dollar from last month.
Simple faucet defuser, a two bit item, $3.28 at Lowes.
Basic oil change, with a coupon, $19.95++ Last year I could get it done for $9.95.
Air filter for my vehicles, for years $2 - $4, now $9.00++
Replacement windshield washer nozzles, cheap ass plastic, $14.00++
Quart 10-40 oil, $2 to $5
Size and brand of shoe I always buy, up $15 in six months.
Decent, not crap, duct tape $5 a roll.
Disc brake replacement pads, from around $6 to $15 in a year.
Even the junk yards, excuse me, recycle yards are getting high. Pulled two exterior mirrors off a wrecked Contour and paid $20 each for them. Also paid a $2 admission fee just to walk on the place.
Try not to buy “Made in China” but sometimes that is all you can find. All Chinese stuff seems to taken a huge jump.
Food? Packages that were 16 oz are now 12 - 14 oz, and a higher price. Stuff on the very top or bottom of the islands used to be much cheaper. Still is less, but not by much.
It is inflation, which, to me, is another form of taxation. Some is supply and demand, but most is brought about by monetary policies. We are paying off all that toxic debt for the banksters. Your opinion may differ.
