restlessways wrote:
Yeah, and I'm starting to think we just hit a massive blow-off top in everything, with the high fuel prices being an exclamation point. These prices are in no way sustainable, and I am seeing some of the greediest for sale listings imaginable. People are free to ask whatever they want, of course, but it kind of shows poor character when you want $30,0000 for a 15 year old camper. It's like everybody's looking for a sucker. Really gross.
It's worth that. After all, just look at what a new one would cost you!
You've got to realize the dollar of 15 years ago isn't the same dollar you're spending today. What something cost new has nothing to do with its value today. When there is little to no inflation it does go as you'd expect but when the price of everything suddenly doubles overnight, you're still in the mindset of it being a linear time against number of dollars scale.
Of course our salaries didn't double overnight...
...and honestly, I don't believe a lot of this "shortage" BS. It's a convenient excuse to charge more in many cases. If people would just calm down and go back to their normal purchasing regimen and stop panic buying and hoarding everything, there would be no "shortage" of anything.
