Over Priced Things That Shouldn't Be?

[Upstatepe]

GRAVEL, I just got 2 big truck loads last week and it is crazy high.

 

[KurtR]

GRAVEL, I just got 2 big truck loads last week and it is crazy high.

I get to hear that alot but most people don’t know what goes into processing it and then the trucking is the expensive part.

 

[RS3579]

Life!

 

[KenLee]

GRAVEL, I just got 2 big truck loads last week and it is crazy high.

Ugh. I need some to go under a RV awning. I'll pucker up

 

[Q child]

GRAVEL, I just got 2 big truck loads last week and it is crazy high.

How much are we talking? I've only ever bought gravel by the pickup load. I go the gravel place and they dump a little scoop with their loader into my bed. I get like 3/4 ton for maybe $20. It always seems very cheap to me.

 

[S.Clancy]

GRAVEL, I just got 2 big truck loads last week and it is crazy high.

Trucking gravel is expensive, $150+ an hour where I am. Gravel itself is freaking cheap.

Branding is what makes most stuff so expensive. If you saw the costs to produce the goods you buy it's crazy how much gets paid to glorified middle men, etc.

 

[Macintosh]

If you think buying stuff is expensive, try making it! A lot of my work involves costing and procurement of manufactured goods. The more I learn, the more I am continually shocked at how cheap a lot of stuff is. I dont wish stuff to be more expensive, but I cant complain about prices. Plus, no one is forcing me to buy it.

Required insurance though…

And dont even get me started on the mandatory registration fees $$$$$ I have to pay to the US govt just for the privilege of putting our factory on a list. Again.

 

[Flat Range]

For sure beef jerky!

 

[tony]

House building
Modest 2 bedroom with a full basement and 2 car garage went from $350,000 to $520.000 over night.

I can't see any scenario a 2-bedroom home in southeast Ohio costing $350,000 let alone half a million dollars

 

[S.Clancy]

House building
Modest 2 bedroom with a full basement and 2 car garage went from $350,000 to $520.000 over night.

I can't see any scenario a 2-bedroom home in southeast Ohio costing $350,000 let alone half a million dollars

What % of that increase is labor?

In MT where I live labor prices have increased an incredible amount in the last 5-6 yrs.

 

[Ten Bears]

Blackhorn 209. FFS you’d think someone would make an alternative at this point.

 

[hunterjmj]

15% silver Brazing rod went from $65/lb in 23' to $365/lb today. I keep increasing my torch charge to cover my cost. Refrigeration equipment has gotten insane. I feel bad for these small restaurants that need to replace compressors, etc. I've had to start taking payments on smaller mom and pop shops.

 

[CodeMonkey]

Overseas produced pocket knives.

I won't be buying a $640 Spyderco produced in someplace I can't pronounce and will likely be taken over by China in the next decade.