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I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but I sure have. Prices have been increasing at a fantastic rate - much faster than I can ever remember.
In fact, it started even before gas prices went crazy. One minute I was buying Irish Swiss Cheese from the deli for about $6/pound. The next time I went to buy some, the price was around $8.00/pound.
And then there’s bread. My favorite kind was maybe a couple bucks the last time I remember looking at the price. The loaf in my kitchen now bears a price tag of $3.59. Do you have any idea how much that is per slice? And, how guilty I feel if I don’t finish the entire thing before it starts growing mold? Cheez. This is driving me nuts.
And, there still isn’t a whole lot of gas in the Atlanta area - overpriced or not. I’m trying to hold off buying some so that those who have long commutes can get to work. I wish everyone was doing that. Not only is gas ridiculously priced, we just can’t find any.
I’d think this feeling of being out of control on the price of things was just a matter of getting older. I do remember that when I first got to thinking about cars, a cool car cost about $4000. I have adjusted to the fact that now car prices have risen. But, it happened over many, many years.
Now, prices are going up as we speak! Or, at least while I’m typing.
The one price increase that really has me fuming has to do with the solution I use for my contacts. Yes, I’m too chicken to get Lasik, so I still use the old contact approach for improving my eyesight.
The company that makes the contact solution has made a big deal about the new packaging they were coming out with. It was going to be round instead of oblong. It was going to be great. The new container was much more thrifty with space - easier to store - just overall a great leap forward in contact solution packaging!
After seeing those inserts in the solution I bought for a while, the new packaging finally arrived. I bought a couple bottles over the weekend. And, it was true!
The price for this wonderful new bottle hadn’t changed. The bottle was much more compact - definitely easier to store. They did forget to mention one thing, though.
The bottle is smaller than the one that they manufactured previously. So, while the price didn’t go up, they achieved the increase by supplying less product.
I’ve seen that happen before - but never with such fanfare.
I think they thought we wouldn’t notice.
Ha!
