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Economy

bucolic_frolic

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13. Corporations are up to all sorts of tricks to fatten profits

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Nov 24, 2023, 07:28 PM

Nov 2023

Seems Wally's has all but eliminated model # from computers sold online. I swear there is a PC I looked at in early Sept that was on sale in store and online for $179. I know because I will buy one at some point. It's the last of the Celerons. But today it's on Wally's site - sans model # - for $279. And a competing color, same hardware, which was also $179 back then is now $199.

So buyer beware. If you buy on Black Friday you may be bamboozled into a higher price.

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The viral $16 McDonald's meal that may explain voter anger at Biden [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP

*In reality, inflation has been steadily subsiding, elleng Nov 2023 #1

Same for the idiot eating at the airport with a burger and fries (forgot to mention the double single malt scotch!) Freethinker65 Nov 2023 #2

LOL. The WP must demand that their feature writers write so many words per day. PSPS Nov 2023 #3

That is what happens House of Roberts Nov 2023 #4

SUPERsize! JoseBalow Nov 2023 #7

That's nothing compared to the $86 David McBrooks combo Blue Owl Nov 2023 #5

I used to be able to afford a 6" inch Subway Submariner Nov 2023 #6

Idiots will believe what they want to believe. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2023 #8

I don't do TikTok, so I looked around Warpy Nov 2023 #9

I don't have any anger at Pres. Biden over the price of f**king McDonald's food. All of the fast SWBTATTReg Nov 2023 #10

This one? usonian Nov 2023 #11

Does Biden get credit for the drop in egg prices? keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #12

Corporations are up to all sorts of tricks to fatten profits bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #13

Go to any casual dining restaurant (Applebee's, Chili's, Denny's, etc.) and find me a sinkingfeeling Nov 2023 #14

The real problem is that inflation has seemed to hit every aspect of life except wages Trailrider1951 Nov 2023 #15