• @lynny
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    82 years ago

    Am I just being ignorant in thinking it’s strange that these vendors need to increase their prices by 24% when inflation is not even double digits?

    • @dystopOP
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      122 years ago

      Corporate greed. It happens with everything, be it prices of microchips or mashed potato.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        I‘m honestly surprised that games haven’t reached the $100 mark years ago already(excluding deluxe editions). I hear many people cry about how a console game is now $80 instead of $70 but if we’d really take Inflation of the last 20 years they should already be way above $100. It seems like games are one of the most price-stable things

    • @[email protected]
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      52 years ago

      I suspect you are not being ignorant, but don’t actually know. However, with rEcOrD pRoFiTs every quarter, well I just don’t care, it’s too much. EVERYTHING is expensive now. And it sucks. I miss my $1.99 milk and $1.50 per gallon for gas :(

    • @nivenkos
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      12 years ago

      Wow, I wish I lived where inflation wasn’t double digits.

      • @lynny
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        22 years ago

        That’s the US apparently. Is it worse elsewhere?

        • @nivenkos
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          52 years ago

          In Sweden and the UK, although it’s come down a bit at least.

          The food inflation is especially crazy, it was over 20% for a while.

          But I think the Eastern European countries like Lithuania, Estonia, etc. have had it the worst - but at least they were starting from lower prices.

          • @lynny
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            22 years ago

            Eastern Europe can’t get a break…

  • @[email protected]
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    52 years ago

    This isn’t just a tech issue. Every company loves inflation because they can use it as an excuse to raise prices.