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How hard is inflation going to hit, or has hit?

ThePanzerFuhrer said:
Once you grill tank is empty pull out valve. Unscrew black dingus that’s on the bottom of the valve. Do not fuck with little hose. Reinstall. Tell the guy filling it he needs to use the bleed screw to fill so he doesn’t overfill.

It just sucks because we use grill tanks to run the tiger torches to heat the belts up in the morning. And you can carry a grill tank around with no issue. It sucks when the start shutting off. Turn it off bang it in the ground and hope it doesn’t do it again. Pain in the ass.
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I've never been able to get an OPD valve off a tank without mangling the fuck outta it, for whatever reason every one I've touched is torqued to a million ft/lb
 
ESC said:
Same size can...idk the price difference but I'd bet the newer one was more expensive.
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They quit making MAPP in 2008 or so. It's all MAP/PRO now. Supposedly the MAPP was introducing something to the weldment making it brittle


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MAPP gas - Wikipedia

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Amidst the constant flow of paint, concrete, pvc, rock, block etc etc price increase for janurary letters, got this one yesterday.
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And it's only been a year.

But wait....there's more!

I have never put a bumper sticker on any vehicle I've ever owned but I'm thinkin of something like, if you voted for this...I hope you're the one that starves.
 
Ol joe aint proud yet, gas prices are still lower than obummers. 6 bucks a gallon is coming to wa state this year.
 
Those price hikes are wild.

We have a cafe in the basement where i work. Their lunch special has gone from ~$8 in july of 2020 to $11.50 as of today. A month ago it was $10.50
 
I'm heading to Lowes tonight to stock up on drywall/cement board/joint compound for my bathroom reno before the prices jump. Figuring buying in advance of that jump hitting the shelves should save me at least $50-100 on materials
 
brantb said:
Those price hikes are wild.

We have a cafe in the basement where i work. Their lunch special has gone from ~$8 in july of 2020 to $11.50 as of today. A month ago it was $10.50
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we have a crappy cafeteria at the plant here. Special went from ~$6 to ~$11 over the past 2 years or so, and its often no better than a fast food item. Haven't eaten there in months
 
This inflation is gonna get out of hand pretty fucking quick.

I’m gonna have to raise my prices for 10-15% this year just to cover the increase in costs.
 
dang that's gonna suck for drywall.

Read this article this morning, not that it's a surprise to anyone.
www.usatoday.com

'That’s what I get for $7,500?' Used-car buyers balk at astronomical prices

Prices on used cars have soared so high, so fast, that buyers are being increasingly priced out of the market.
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Even so, prices of used cars are likely to edge closer to new ones. Since the pandemic started, used vehicle prices have jumped 42% — more than double the increase for new ones. Last month, the average used vehicle price was 63% of the average new vehicle cost. Before the pandemic, it was 54%.

At this point, Schrier has to tell lower-income buyers that he has very few used vehicles to sell them.

“What used to be a $5,000 car,” he said, “is now $8,000. What used to be $8,000 is now $11,000 or $12,000.”

Including taxes, fees, a 10% down payment, and an interest rate of around 7.5%, the average used vehicle now costs $520 a month, even when financed for the average of nearly six years, Edmunds calculated.

To make that payment and afford such other necessities as housing, food and utilities, a household would have to take home about $60,000 a year, or $75,000 before taxes, said Kimberly Palmer, a personal finance specialist at NerdWallet. In 2020, the U.S. median pretax household income was $67,521, the Census Bureau says.
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“The average person,” Palmer said, “can’t afford the average used car right now.”
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ThePanzerFuhrer said:
This inflation is gonna get out of hand pretty fucking quick.

I’m gonna have to raise my prices for 10-15% this year just to cover the increase in costs.
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How much have you raised prices in the last year with diesel doubling and however much oil/greese and whatever else have gone up?
 
brantb said:
How much have you raised prices in the last year with diesel doubling and however much oil/greese and whatever else have gone up?
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Nothing much ;( on the stuff I sell. I raised it some at the beginning of last year and that was it. Hard to raise it during the summer as my customers have a bunch of stuff bid already. Custom crushing that price can fluctuate as its bid only a month ahead of time.
 
budget76 said:
I'm heading to Lowes tonight to stock up on drywall/cement board/joint compound for my bathroom reno before the prices jump. Figuring buying in advance of that jump hitting the shelves should save me at least $50-100 on materials
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Just keep in mind that even though lumber went way the fuck up, it did come back down....and actually just checked, is headed back up. Was around $3 for a 2x4x8 pre-pandemic, peaked at $11, dropped to around $4, and is now back up to $6 here.
 
Lincoln consumable surcharges effective Dec 24/21. At my pricing this is an increase of 13% on solid wire, 23% on SAW flux, 34% on cored wire.

And property assessments just updated. Looks like the average detached house is up 30-40%. Insanity
 

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actually, they might just keep on lending right to the end, we'll see.
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I predict this. No way the gov will go, "we fucked up, party is over, goodluck with the recession."

Theyll have those presses running overtime and make it the next person's problem. Till some greece, Venezuela, (insert other shithole country here) crash happens
 
TRINDU said:
I predict this. No way the gov will go, "we fucked up, party is over, goodluck with the recession."

Theyll have those presses running overtime and make it the next person's problem. Till some greece, Venezuela, (insert other shithole country here) crash happens
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I’m afraid you are correct.
 
srf said:
Lincoln consumable surcharges effective Dec 24/21. At my pricing this is an increase of 13% on solid wire, 23% on SAW flux, 34% on cored wire.

And property assessments just updated. Looks like the average detached house is up 30-40%. Insanity
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Weld supply told us we should order wire even though we have a 45 spools on a pallet. "Theres going to be a shortage coming"... been waiting months for welding jackets.
 
ConwayMuddy said:
Weld supply told us we should order wire even though we have a 45 spools on a pallet. "Theres going to be a shortage coming"... been waiting months for welding jackets.
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I'm sure it's coming, I've got double my normal inventory right now got screwed too many times last year. FR coveralls have been near impossible to get for months, and our US branch just ran out of paint they're being told a month+ for delivery on speed enamel
 
SomeGuy said:
Just keep in mind that even though lumber went way the fuck up, it did come back down....and actually just checked, is headed back up. Was around $3 for a 2x4x8 pre-pandemic, peaked at $11, dropped to around $4, and is now back up to $6 here.
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I saw almost 250% increase, never came back down to pre pandy prices but fell about 130-150%, and has been on the rise again since mid November, especially plywood.:homer:. Except now its everything

electrical package on a BK was about $87000 in late 2019, late 2021 same basic bldg is $110,280 for same package, same region.
 
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