Price Gouging?

[oldgeek]

I got the following when I clicked the link;

/big/dom/xshadowstats/www/Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL.

Maybe your browser? I use Brave, but just tried it on Edge and Chrome also and it worked. It says it's not secure, but there's no reason to enter any information anyway.

 

[lowspeedpursuit]

Their HTTPS is busted. If your browser is forcing secure connections, you have to turn that off or add an exception.

There are probably other websites that chart similar data. Whether any of the major changes to the CPI over the decades have made it less accurate gets hotly debated whenever the economy slumps.

I don't love Owner's Equivalent Rent, which was the huge change everyone talks about in '83, but I recently learned they eventually fixed the stupid part, apparently in '99.

Sucks about the deoderant getting discontinued. I wonder if it has anything to do with people freaking out over the aluminum in antiperspirants.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Yes, my browser uses https.

 

[Josh B]

Their HTTPS is busted. If your browser is forcing secure connections, you have to turn that off or add an exception.

There are probably other websites that chart similar data. Whether any of the major changes to the CPI over the decades have made it less accurate gets hotly debated whenever the economy slumps.

I don't love Owner's Equivalent Rent, which was the huge change everyone talks about in '83, but I recently learned they eventually fixed the stupid part, apparently in '99.

Sucks about the deoderant getting discontinued. I wonder if it has anything to do with people freaking out over the aluminum in antiperspirants.

It's really hard to find a true deodorant any more, it's mostly anti-persperants that basically stop up your pores

 

[dvdswan]

But you do get FREE shipping.

 

[oldgeek]

Yes, my browser uses https.

Are you sure about your settings. I'll have to look up what they are in Netscape for Windows 95.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Supply and demand is all they have to quote apparently... my usual deodorant Mennen Musk, just took a screen shot. FU if you think I'm paying $90.00 for a stick of deodorant. Before Corona it was $3.00.

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WTF?

I use old spice i think its like 4 bucks a stick

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Are you sure about your settings. I'll have to look up what they are in Netscape for Windows 95.

Attempting to upload screenshot;

 

[oldgeek]

What version of Android you using?

 

[Roert42]

WTF?

I use old spice i think its like 4 bucks a stick

I looked at other sents of that brand and they are all like $3. Just just that sent, I’ve never seen that sent before, I use the same brand.

 

[dvdswan]

I looked at other sents of that brand and they are all like $3. Just just that sent, I’ve never seen that sent before, I use the same brand.

It's been my scent since I started using deodorant. 40 some years ago, wife gets it from amazon/online since it's been disappearing from the shelves. She told me a hefty price 2 months ago when she was replenishing the shelves and told to just to order the original scent.

I don't care how much money I have lying around, I'm not paying that much for deodorant. They can pack sand or whatever they have plenty of.

Some fool will pay that though.

 

[RobbieD]

There are alternatives.

A mechanic I used to work with used WD-40.

 

[Josh B]

Last I looked there wasn't a single "deodorant" on the shelves, it was all Anti-perspirants. Last actual deodorant I found was Brute deodorant with no reference to anti-perspirant (which blocks the pores)

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Last I looked there wasn't a single "deodorant" on the shelves, it was all Anti-perspirants. Last actual deodorant I found was Brute deodorant with no reference to anti-perspirant (which blocks the pores)

Old spice still makes just deodorant

 

[James Morse]

I have Advance, Autozone, and O'Reilly (just opened) all within a half mile of here. NAPA a couple miles.
RockAuto is my go-to normally, (thanks TRS) even with shipping it's still better and customer service is pretty good.
Advance used to be the only local place and I bought plenty of stuff there. Problem with them lately is, it's like they don't care. Understaffed.... I waited a long time with basically no line and no staff either. Computers up and down, can't run sales. If there are people, they usually don't have the slightest idea what's going on. Give me parts that don't fit the vehicle and say they do and don't give a rat's when I take them back saying this is not the same part. So I go across the street to Autozone which can be ok for some things, at least they try hard and don't argue on returns.
Same thing at Lowe's and Home Depot. Used to be you'd go and ask for something and they told you aisle x and maybe go with you and show you. Now they just look it up on the phone and I can do that, the only thing is their search tells them the bay. But most don't have a clue where anything is or what it's for. Who turns rotors any more? Anybody? It used to be a standard thing, they'd tell you at NAPA, is there enough to smooth it out.
The way I look at it is you better know what you're doing because there's usually little help from staff these days. And, as to the prices, whole world has gone to he** in a handbasket. But compared to making payments on a vehicle, it's still way cheaper.