I get the supply/demand curve, inflation, increasing gas prices and the domino effect it has on prices, I get the politics side of it along with quality ideas.....
But to me. Plastic is still plastic....IMO a jug of water and the plastic it uses is still the same plastic of goose decoys. Yes the goose decoys are thicker, "more durable", paint, different dye, etc....but it's moldable plastic!
Child Care is another.....I work in education and we have a day care connected to it and it's basically the same amount of $$ as a full time job for a couple kids.
My wife and I both have good jobs, college educated, no debt except house, cars (and my obsessive hunting appetite). Our house isn't "extravagant", 2 story, 4 bedroom and 3 car garage, but our taxes are thru the roof, esp recently! And I feel like I'm living pay check to pay check!
I just don't get it and feel I'm being taken advantage of on so many things.
I don't understand raw material prices should be similar (plastic, metals, etc) to make goods and services. But why are things using similar materials, so darn different? And I get the cost of making materials, cost of labor, etc.
But why are some goose decoys so much more damn expensive than others? Why are Avian X decoys more $$ than GHGs of similar quality? Why are DSDs $100/decoy! They're freaking heavy, and I don't notice a difference when I've hunted over them compared to Dakotas, Big Feet, Hard Core, GHGs, Avians, etc!