Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Folly's place]

Me too! A couple of the coworkers who bought our eggs moved on to other (better paying!) jobs, and one of the neighbors decided that the cheap grocery store eggs were good enough.
It's not like we make money selling eggs, just want to defray some expenses.
And inflation goes up, and down, with prices going up over time.
What hurts the most is that 'rich get rich and the poor get poorer' thing that's really happening over the last few years.
Mary

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Me too! A couple of the coworkers who bought our eggs moved on to other (better paying!) jobs, and one of the neighbors decided that the cheap grocery store eggs were good enough.
It's not like we make money selling eggs, just want to defray some expenses.
And inflation goes up, and down, with prices going up over time.
What hurts the most is that 'rich get rich and the poor get poorer' thing that's really happening over the last few years.
Mary

We had one guy my husband works with who used to buy a dozen a week. He found a place on his way home from work who sells fresh eggs for 2 dollars a dozen rather than 3 dollars a dozen which is pretty standard here. Brown eggs are now 4.29 in the store. But I guess he said $2 dollars a dozen tastes just as good as $3. He no longer buys now. My sister used to buy once a month but shes a snowbird now. Our other premier buyer (3 dozen every two weeks) retired and now goes camping a lot so hes buying less.

 

[DickMidnight]

What hurts the most is that 'rich get rich and the poor get poorer' thing that's really happening over the last few years.

just gotta get on the right side of that situation

 

[electrycmonk]

You're welcome! Like you, I've been dieting. I'm down 12 pounds since May and have another 20 to go.

Steady progress is not fast but, it’s so much safer & healthy for the body (and mind too).

 

[bruceha2000]

your money is devaluing faster than it’s earning interest in any traditional financial institution

That has been true for quite a few years.

What hurts the most is that 'rich get rich and the poor get poorer' thing that's really happening over the last few years.

And that has been true for quite a few decades.

My egg prices changed only once. I originally started selling to two co-workers (in 2012), the pullet eggs were only medium size so I charged $2.50/doz. They were grandfathered when I started selling to people in the now old neighborhood for $4. At some point the original 2 decided I wasn't charging enough so they were going to pay $5. I said $4, they said $5, I said $4, they said $5. So I charge them $4 They both pay a bunch up front so they can't pay more even if they want to

Covid didn't affect my chickens or my egg sales/prices.

 

[DickMidnight]

That has been true for quite a few years

for sure. but it’s gaining rapid momentum.

 

[bruceha2000]

True, I don't see the interest rates at the bank going up like the prices of things in the store.

Mostly Econ 101 - supply and demand curves. Things would improve if we had more truckers moving goods but you can't just decide "I was an Uber driver yesterday, I'll drive big rigs today".

And then there is the whole problem of not having people to make the products. Nantucket Nectars disappeared from our stores awhile back. They JUST started showing up again. Now in plastic rather than glass bottles. Gone are the metal caps with facts about Nantucket inside.

 

[h2oratt]

off the top of my head, im gonna say new equipment, more stringent sanitization practices, increased insurance premiums, and probably staffing. not to mention a historic demand for medical equipment since supply chains have been absolutely gutted

people complain no matter how a business decides to raise their prices. no one is ever happy

if they raise their prices and don’t tell you why, people are pissed about the “price increase out of nowhere” and when they tell you what extra costs they’re incurring and why your cost has gone up, then people complain that the thing they’re paying for is stupid.

just curious, do you own a business?

Yes in a way, I just think these procedures should have been followed for any medical business. When I drew blood we treated everyone like they had HIV. Even little old ladies. Raise your prices if you need to, things are going up all over.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Yes in a way, I just think these procedures should have been followed for any medical business. When I drew blood we treated everyone like they had HIV. Even little old ladies. Raise your prices if you need to, things are going up all over.

Thats a good way to be. And if HIV isnt scary enough treat like they have hepatitis or C. Diff.

 

[Beer can]

He wasn't there, but still a good take on things.
Mary

Yeah he's pretty young, yr younger than me, but we did go through most of that and people still do today, many houses still have lead paint in them and many houses still have asbestos, and there is a lot of kids still don't wear helmets riding bikes.
The no seatbelts a little exaggerated because yeah all cars our time period had them. But I can remember as a kid not wearing one, whether riding on the back of a truck or inside on the floor no belt lol.
And 60's cars still in regular use when we were kids just not common place everywhere. I personally don't remember any particular car not having belts except for my cousin had a '70 mustang mach 1 our senior yr 1994, he paid $1,200 for it and was really nice shape. It had lap belts and the shoulder belt for front seats was folded up above the door in clips, don't ever think we used them. Also rode in a '68 GTO the Judge that yr many times best friends uncle let him borrow all the time but I don't remember seat belt set up.