On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:20:24 -0400, Bill
wrote:

Mike Marlow wrote:
Bill wrote:

The price increase didn't bug me that much this year. What bugged me
was when I got home I found out there are now only 28 bags in the box
instead of 30! Along with the price increase, it bugged me...lol
There are cheaper options, and will be choosing one of them. My new
choice is unlikely to involve either Lowes or Hefty.
I understand most of your sentiment Bill, but I wouldn't put the heat on
Lowe's. They're just a retailer - not a manufacturer. They can only sell
what the manufacturer produces - and they have to do that at some profit
level.

We'll see if they notice when I buy in bulk online and remove them both
from my radar.

I was just thinking today how the availability of credit, along with
poor judgement on the part of many consumers, has advanced car prices to
where they are today.

Don't forget government mandates.

Make people pay cash and see what happens! ; )

The cost of used cars will skyrocket and there will be more clunkers
on the road. Unless, of course, the Democrats come up with another
"cash for clunkers" clunker. ;-)

Is that a "silly" notion? If so, perhaps only because we have been
marketed to so much that we think a certain way?

Did you buy your car with cash? Your house?

Mike, It seems to me that the corps you are looking out for want an
"ever-increasing" profit level.

Or maintaining their position amonges higer costs. Are you saying
that you never want a salary increase again? Have you told your boss
that?

Is that fair to the person on a fixed income (basically spending "old
money")?

Certainly it's fair. Pay it, or not. It's entirely your choice.

Fair? What's that got to do with anything? Who's definition of
"fair"?