Eggs are up another $1 per dozen !!! $3.18 per dozen at Aldi!

[jnw]

I thought it was terrible that Aldi went up to $1.99 per dozen eggs from 99 cents in just one year.  But I was absolutely HORRIFIED to find they are $3.18 per dozen now!!!  I just checked Walmart and now they are a better deal at $3.00 per dozen.. WTH..  eggs are a major staple here.. $3.18.

Eggs aren't up 10% like the news is reporting.. try 200% .. TWENTY times that!!

I would say it's time to get 6 backyard chickens but the price of grain is going to go up due to fertilizer shortages.

I think Series I Savings Bonds are gonna be a good investment for a LONG while it looks like..  inflation is gonna get worse.

Looks like it's time to start that 30+ day water only fast.

[jnw]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

[jnw]

Okay read some news just now.  They blame it on the Avian Flu.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/04/16/bird-flu-egg-prices/

[jnw]

I just checked pork butt and pork loin prices, since I guess we going to need to eat more of that now since eggs are too expensive.

Well the case price for whole bonless pork loin is up from $1.78 lb (for weeks now), up to $1.88/lb.   The case price for pork butt is up a WHOPPING 40 cents per pound from $1.48/lb to $1.87/lb.  I guess I should expect a "swine flu" story in the news soon.

[Runrooster]

Harris Teeter recently had their $.97 monthly sale, so I stocked up. The first day I went, they were sold out, so they gave me a raincheck for 10 dozen as well. 

But, yeah, I figure a dozen eggs is 84g protein, about the same as a pound of chicken breast.  Since I can get chicken breast for $2/pound, I would eat that if I ran out of sale eggs. Pork butt comes down to $.99/pound but I'm not sure what the yield is there.

[wenchsenior]

Totally aside from the tiresome egg prices, now I have to worry about a different disease sickening my husband this summer every time he goes out to do fieldwork with birds, which is weekly. The Plague Years are getting really fucking annoying.

[SunnyDays]

Pfft.  I’ve been paying 3.99 CAD for a dozen eggs for a long time.  Just bought 18 extra large for 5.97, the cheapest I could find.  I imagine they’re going to cost even more now.

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

I’ve never heard of the frito smell being related to grains.  My dog eats a grain free diet and her feet still smell like that.  All my dogs’ have.  I assumed it was just a combination of dirt and sweat.

[Michael in ABQ]

We buy the case of eggs at Costco - 15 dozen. A few weeks ago it was $37.99 - so $2.53 per dozen. In February it was $24.49 - or $1.63 per dozen. So a 55% increase in a month. Thanks avian flu (and inflation).

Two gallons of 2% milk meanwhile has gone up to $5.99. About two months ago it was $5.49 and for the last half of 2021 it was $4.99 or $5.09. So 20% inflation there.

[Cranky]

My Aldi only had regular white eggs this week, no cage free or organic at all.

We do have a backyard flock and they are good producers, but they are definitely not the cheapest way to get eggs.

We’ve taken down all the bird feeders because we don’t want the wild birds bringing avian flu into our flock.

It’s always something…

[Zamboni]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

What? Is that why my dog smells like a nacho chip?

[Sibley]

Well, one option is to look at your budget and revise. If you don't want to change your grocery list, then reallocated funds from elsewhere to cover the additional cost. Another option is to revise your grocery list. Cheaper cuts of meat, less meat, in season produce, etc. Find new recipes that use less expensive ingredients. Meat and dairy are expensive. If you can't or don't want to pay, minimize them.

[OtherJen]

Pfft.  I’ve been paying 3.99 CAD for a dozen eggs for a long time.  Just bought 18 extra large for 5.97, the cheapest I could find.  I imagine they’re going to cost even more now.

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

I’ve never heard of the frito smell being related to grains.  My dog eats a grain free diet and her feet still smell like that.  All my dogs’ have.  I assumed it was just a combination of dirt and sweat.

My cats eat a grain-free diet. Their coats are beautiful, and one of them has feet with a faint smell like Fritos. It's a normal body odor due to bacteria on the skin.

[K_in_the_kitchen]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

What? Is that why my dog smells like a nacho chip?

My chihuahua eats grain free food and still smells a little like Fritos, but for him it's the top of his head.

[K_in_the_kitchen]

This thing with egg prices is more than just avian flu, I think. This week a dozen regular white eggs is $2.59 at my Aldi in So Cal, but is only $1.39 at my son's Aldi in the midwest. I paid just over $2 per dozen for white eggs from Costco.

Egg prices have been up for awhile. I've adjusted by making two fried eggs per person, instead of 3, and we eat a second piece of whole wheat toast. Also I fry eggs more often than scrambling, because when I scramble them two eggs don't look like much to the men. And we're eating more non-egg breakfasts, such as cornmeal mush.

Still, overall, eggs are still an inexpensive source of protein, and practically count as a convenience food. As long as I have eggs and bread in the house we can avoid the too-tired, too-busy lure of takeout.

[boarder42]

I'm still mad they cost more than 1 dollar. Up to 1.69 In Missouri. I've switched to Aldi free range eggs they are 10c more a dozen than the regular ones.

[boarder42]

My Aldi only had regular white eggs this week, no cage free or organic at all.

We do have a backyard flock and they are good producers, but they are definitely not the cheapest way to get eggs.

We’ve taken down all the bird feeders because we don’t want the wild birds bringing avian flu into our flock.

It’s always something…

You know all eggs are organic and that's just a labeling tactic. As is cage free. It's slightly better but still just a bunch of chickens in a barn. 

[jnw]

Pfft.  I’ve been paying 3.99 CAD for a dozen eggs for a long time.  Just bought 18 extra large for 5.97, the cheapest I could find.  I imagine they’re going to cost even more now.

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

I’ve never heard of the frito smell being related to grains.  My dog eats a grain free diet and her feet still smell like that.  All my dogs’ have.  I assumed it was just a combination of dirt and sweat.

My dogs feet immeidately smell like fritos when I've switched her to dry only.

[MrGreen]

My Aldi only had regular white eggs this week, no cage free or organic at all.

We do have a backyard flock and they are good producers, but they are definitely not the cheapest way to get eggs.

We’ve taken down all the bird feeders because we don’t want the wild birds bringing avian flu into our flock.

It’s always something…

You know all eggs are organic and that's just a labeling tactic. As is cage free. It's slightly better but still just a bunch of chickens in a barn.

Free range is the magic word if you're looking for eggs coming from chickens that have been been less/no antibiotics and less of a grain diet.

[uniwelder]

Its interesting how food prices and shortages can vary depending on where you live.  Egg prices haven't changed at all by me.  I just checked online to verify since the last time I bought---- still $1.20 per dozen.  I'm curious to see how this might change in the coming weeks.  Its also important to realize some items are 'loss leaders'--- sold below cost for a psychological benefit to the store, while making it up with other items.  The price of eggs and milk are two things that people always keep in mind, so they play to that.

Soy milk however has been difficult.  My wife is lactose intolerant, and soy milk is her preferred substitute.  For the last month, its been really hard to find it on the shelf in any of the 3 food stores we might go to.  Store brand (also taste/texture is better in our opinion) has been non existent for about 2 months, so we get the more expensive stuff that costs 50% more when we can find it.

[nereo]

Supply and demand - not much of a mystery here.

Avian flu has forced a number of large producers to sacrifice their flocks just before the largest single week of egg sales (easter). 

There’s a lot of elasticity in egg production.  Unlike, say, olives which can take years to develop mature trees, egg-laying hens take only a few weeks several months.  This constraint will pass relatively quickly, and on to the next one.

[uniwelder]

There’s a lot of elasticity in egg production.  Unlike, say, olives which can take years to develop mature trees, egg-laying hens take only a few weeks.  This constraint will pass relatively quikcly, and on to t he next one.

I agree with your point overall, but want to correct you.  Egg laying hens take about 5-6 months to mature.  Meat birds take a much shorter time, 4-6 weeks.

[nereo]

There’s a lot of elasticity in egg production.  Unlike, say, olives which can take years to develop mature trees, egg-laying hens take only a few weeks.  This constraint will pass relatively quikcly, and on to t he next one.

I agree with your point overall, but want to correct you.  Egg laying hens take about 5-6 months to mature.  Meat birds take a much shorter time, 4-6 weeks.

Ah, right you are - which i should know having had egg-layers before. I’m still of hte opinion that this particular price-spike will fade relatively quickly

[Ron Scott]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

What? Is that why my dog smells like a nacho chip?

Have had dogs all my life. Poodles, Shepard, Muts, Goldens, and now a Yorkie. They all ate dry food with a judicious sampling of table scraps. All lived long, healthy lives. Never smelled like corn chips or anything weird. When they started smelling doggy they got a bath. All good.
My chihuahua eats grain free food and still smells a little like Fritos, but for him it's the top of his head.

[Cranky]

My Aldi only had regular white eggs this week, no cage free or organic at all.

We do have a backyard flock and they are good producers, but they are definitely not the cheapest way to get eggs.

We’ve taken down all the bird feeders because we don’t want the wild birds bringing avian flu into our flock.

It’s always something…

You know all eggs are organic and that's just a labeling tactic. As is cage free. It's slightly better but still just a bunch of chickens in a barn.

We get 30 eggs a week from our backyard. LOL I’m just reporting the local Aldi egg situation. They usually have 4 kinds of eggs, and this week they didn’t. Plus eggs are usually on special for Easter, and this week, they are not.

[Arbitrage]

When I lived near and shopped at Aldi, the eggs were all over the place in price.  Anywhere from $0.69 to $1.69 for the basic eggs, and would jump around.  Unfortunately, there aren't any Aldis in the PNW, but I've mostly been able to get eggs at good prices around here...Costco has inexpensive range-free eggs, and some of the other discount grocery stores are reasonably priced as well.  Bought 18 for $2.59 two days ago. 

I did notice that milk has been steadily increasing, though it's still cheaper here than where I lived in CA.  Nevertheless, at the cheapest place it's gone from $2.79 to $2.99 to $3.09 in the past 3 months.  3 bucks and change is still ok for a gallon of milk, but 11% in 3 months is nothing to sneeze at.  Despite my best efforts to shop with my mustache on, the inflation pain has been real and unavoidable at the grocery store.

[Dicey]

I'm trying to put my finger on what bugs me about the tone of this post. Eggs don't come out of vending machines. If farmers are tacing challenges such as having to kill off their stock to avoid the spread of disease, eggs should cost more. Their other costs of getting fresh eggs into your hands are also escalating. Egg farmers aren't some magical group protected from inflation. If their fuel costs are spiking, like everyone else's, of course they pass it along. It's a simple case of Supply & Demand, it's not a personal affront FFS.

["Tone" complaining was unnecessary.  You could just explain your point without starting that way.  MOD]

[Shane]

The price of the locally produced eggs we buy at a neighborhood grocery store has, so far, remained completely unchanged, at only $5.99/dozen.

[jnw]

I'm trying to put my finger on what bugs me about the tone of this post. Eggs don't come out of vending machines. If farmers are tacing challenges such as having to kill off their stock to avoid the spread of disease, eggs should cost more. Their other costs of getting fresh eggs into your hands are also escalating. Egg farmers aren't some magical group protected from inflation. If their fuel costs are spiking, like everyone else's, of course they pass it along. It's a simple case of Supply & Demand, it's not a personal affront FFS.

I found out after I posted about the Avaian flu as I mentioned in a subsequent post in this thread, if you bothered to notice.   I am concerned about greed though and businesses taking advantage of customers using excuses to raise prices.  I have no idea why eggs are twice as expensive here in Oklahoma compared to other states.  People here are saying their eggs are still only $1.49 per dozen.  Minimum wage here in Oklahoma is still $7.25.   Not a lot of money here in this state.. homes are relatively cheap here.. not sure why they are charging $3.18 per dozen up from 99 cents a few months ago.

[MOD NOTE:  yes, we can build on the tetchiness, or we can all turn it down a notch.]

[NV Teacher]

I paid $3.99 a carton yesterday.  I wonder how people on fixed incomes are coping with prices on everything rocketing up.

[getmoneyeatpizza]

At Kroger a 30 pack of medium eggs is $2.20. An 18 pk is $1.47.

[Dicey]

I'm trying to put my finger on what bugs me about the tone of this post. Eggs don't come out of vending machines. If farmers are tacing challenges such as having to kill off their stock to avoid the spread of disease, eggs should cost more. Their other costs of getting fresh eggs into your hands are also escalating. Egg farmers aren't some magical group protected from inflation. If their fuel costs are spiking, like everyone else's, of course they pass it along. It's a simple case of Supply & Demand, it's not a personal affront FFS.

I found out after I posted about the Avaian flu as I mentioned in a subsequent post in this thread, if you bothered to notice.   I am concerned about greed though and businesses taking advantage of customers using excuses to raise prices.  I have no idea why eggs are twice as expensive here in Oklahoma compared to other states.  People here are saying their eggs are still only $1.49 per dozen.  Minimum wage here in Oklahoma is still $7.25.   Not a lot of money here in this state.. homes are relatively cheap here.. not sure why they are charging $3.18 per dozen up from 99 cents a few months ago.

You're ignoring all the people who are paying more than you are. I have bothered to notice your posts ever since you became active on this forum. In fact, it seems to me that you are bothered a wide variety of things.

[MOD Note: yeah, here too.]

Last night we noticed that Deisel at our nearest gas station is $7.99 a gallon. That's crazy compared to other states, but probably still far less than some countries. I'm not going to start a thread about something that is beyond my control. I can either pay more or buy less. Ho-hum.

[jnw]

I'm trying to put my finger on what bugs me about the tone of this post. Eggs don't come out of vending machines. If farmers are tacing challenges such as having to kill off their stock to avoid the spread of disease, eggs should cost more. Their other costs of getting fresh eggs into your hands are also escalating. Egg farmers aren't some magical group protected from inflation. If their fuel costs are spiking, like everyone else's, of course they pass it along. It's a simple case of Supply & Demand, it's not a personal affront FFS.

I found out after I posted about the Avaian flu as I mentioned in a subsequent post in this thread, if you bothered to notice.   I am concerned about greed though and businesses taking advantage of customers using excuses to raise prices.  I have no idea why eggs are twice as expensive here in Oklahoma compared to other states.  People here are saying their eggs are still only $1.49 per dozen.  Minimum wage here in Oklahoma is still $7.25.   Not a lot of money here in this state.. homes are relatively cheap here.. not sure why they are charging $3.18 per dozen up from 99 cents a few months ago.

You're ignoring all the people who are paying more than you are. I have bothered to notice your posts ever since you became active on this forum. In fact, it seems to me that you are bothered a wide variety of things.

Last night we noticed that Deisel at our nearest gas station is $7.99 a gallon. That's crazy compared to other states, but probably still far less than some countries. I'm not going to start a thread about something that is beyond my control. I can either pay more or buy less. Ho-hum.

Seems like you are bothered by a lot of things from what I've seen.

[MOD NOTE:  Just making things worse and worse as this conversation goes.]

[Sibley]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

What? Is that why my dog smells like a nacho chip?

My chihuahua eats grain free food and still smells a little like Fritos, but for him it's the top of his head.

More than anything, this is making me suspicious of Fritos.

[Sibley]

I'm trying to put my finger on what bugs me about the tone of this post. Eggs don't come out of vending machines. If farmers are tacing challenges such as having to kill off their stock to avoid the spread of disease, eggs should cost more. Their other costs of getting fresh eggs into your hands are also escalating. Egg farmers aren't some magical group protected from inflation. If their fuel costs are spiking, like everyone else's, of course they pass it along. It's a simple case of Supply & Demand, it's not a personal affront FFS.

I found out after I posted about the Avaian flu as I mentioned in a subsequent post in this thread, if you bothered to notice.   I am concerned about greed though and businesses taking advantage of customers using excuses to raise prices.  I have no idea why eggs are twice as expensive here in Oklahoma compared to other states.  People here are saying their eggs are still only $1.49 per dozen.  Minimum wage here in Oklahoma is still $7.25.   Not a lot of money here in this state.. homes are relatively cheap here.. not sure why they are charging $3.18 per dozen up from 99 cents a few months ago.

You're ignoring all the people who are paying more than you are. I have bothered to notice your posts ever since you became active on this forum. In fact, it seems to me that you are bothered a wide variety of things.

Last night we noticed that Deisel at our nearest gas station is $7.99 a gallon. That's crazy compared to other states, but probably still far less than some countries. I'm not going to start a thread about something that is beyond my control. I can either pay more or buy less. Ho-hum.

Seems like you are bothered by a lot of things from what I've seen.

That was uncalled for.

[fuzzy math]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

What? Is that why my dog smells like a nacho chip?

My chihuahua eats grain free food and still smells a little like Fritos, but for him it's the top of his head.

More than anything, this is making me suspicious of Fritos.

Yo quiero Taco Bell

[vand]

I usually like to buy eggs in a large 24-pack. They've gone up from £3 to £4 since the start of the inflationary spike. TBF though they were pinned at £3 for ages beforehand, so it's a 25% increase but not as yet one that has become entrenched.

That said, eggs are one of those things that you can buy quite either cheaply or expensively depending on your views on the ethics of poultry farming and what you believe on the packaging... and then at the end of the day you'd struggle to tell the difference between a 20p egg and a 50p egg once you've got them out of the packet.

[OtherJen]

I usually like to buy eggs in a large 24-pack. They've gone up from £3 to £4 since the start of the inflationary spike. TBF though they were pinned at £3 for ages beforehand, so it's a 25% increase but not as yet one that has become entrenched.

That said, eggs are one of those things that you can buy quite either cheaply or expensively depending on your views on the ethics of poultry farming and what you believe on the packaging... and then at the end of the day you'd struggle to tell the difference between a 20p egg and a 50p egg once you've got them out of the packet.

I guess...it depends? I paid roughly US$12 for 3 dozen "organic, cage-free, small farm" eggs last week. The yolks are orange, rather than yellow, and the shells are thicker and harder to crack than the cheap grocery store eggs, which suggests that the hens were at least fed a nutritionally adequate and probably varied diet, resulting in more nutritious eggs (that incidentally taste better). I'm happy to pay a premium for those things.

[sonofsven]

I'm trying to put my finger on what bugs me about the tone of this post. Eggs don't come out of vending machines. If farmers are tacing challenges such as having to kill off their stock to avoid the spread of disease, eggs should cost more. Their other costs of getting fresh eggs into your hands are also escalating. Egg farmers aren't some magical group protected from inflation. If their fuel costs are spiking, like everyone else's, of course they pass it along. It's a simple case of Supply & Demand, it's not a personal affront FFS.

I found out after I posted about the Avaian flu as I mentioned in a subsequent post in this thread, if you bothered to notice.   I am concerned about greed though and businesses taking advantage of customers using excuses to raise prices.  I have no idea why eggs are twice as expensive here in Oklahoma compared to other states.  People here are saying their eggs are still only $1.49 per dozen.  Minimum wage here in Oklahoma is still $7.25.   Not a lot of money here in this state.. homes are relatively cheap here.. not sure why they are charging $3.18 per dozen up from 99 cents a few months ago.

You're ignoring all the people who are paying more than you are. I have bothered to notice your posts ever since you became active on this forum. In fact, it seems to me that you are bothered a wide variety of things.

Last night we noticed that Deisel at our nearest gas station is $7.99 a gallon. That's crazy compared to other states, but probably still far less than some countries. I'm not going to start a thread about something that is beyond my control. I can either pay more or buy less. Ho-hum.

Seems like you are bothered by a lot of things from what I've seen.

That was uncalled for.

I actually think it was called for. A poster who does not like the posts does not need to comment in the thread, it is by choice. If they choose to post a negative post, that is fine, but some negativity in return is to expected.

[MOD NOTE:  I kind of agree.  I mean, the best thing to do is to not escalate things, but it did start with tone policing and just blew up from there]

[jnw]

I'm trying to put my finger on what bugs me about the tone of this post. Eggs don't come out of vending machines. If farmers are tacing challenges such as having to kill off their stock to avoid the spread of disease, eggs should cost more. Their other costs of getting fresh eggs into your hands are also escalating. Egg farmers aren't some magical group protected from inflation. If their fuel costs are spiking, like everyone else's, of course they pass it along. It's a simple case of Supply & Demand, it's not a personal affront FFS.

I found out after I posted about the Avaian flu as I mentioned in a subsequent post in this thread, if you bothered to notice.   I am concerned about greed though and businesses taking advantage of customers using excuses to raise prices.  I have no idea why eggs are twice as expensive here in Oklahoma compared to other states.  People here are saying their eggs are still only $1.49 per dozen.  Minimum wage here in Oklahoma is still $7.25.   Not a lot of money here in this state.. homes are relatively cheap here.. not sure why they are charging $3.18 per dozen up from 99 cents a few months ago.

You're ignoring all the people who are paying more than you are. I have bothered to notice your posts ever since you became active on this forum. In fact, it seems to me that you are bothered a wide variety of things.

Last night we noticed that Deisel at our nearest gas station is $7.99 a gallon. That's crazy compared to other states, but probably still far less than some countries. I'm not going to start a thread about something that is beyond my control. I can either pay more or buy less. Ho-hum.

Seems like you are bothered by a lot of things from what I've seen.

That was uncalled for.

I agree. She's been leaving me negative replies here and there since I joined.  I she has something mean to say to me, I'd prefer she just private message me.  Rather than subject others here to this.

I'm sorry if I upset anyone here with this post. I just freaked out because eggs jumped instantly form $1.99 to $3.18 per dozen in one day.  When they were only 99 cents like 6 months ago.  In the news I recently watched, in some interview regarding inflation, they were recapping that eggs have gone up 11% and I just shook my head because they'd gone up 200% for me; I then made the post here.

I'm not only shocked with the eggs but my electricity bill going up by 40% in one year.  My home price has gone up by like 40% as well -- which I don't care for since it makes homes so unaffordable for people trying to buy homes. Natural Gas bill has gone up by like at least 25%.  Seems like much more than 8.5% increase over the past 12 months.  Social Security gave a 5.9% increase to payments starting this January, but they increased Medicare health insurance payment by 13% at the same time.  Used cars are selling for as much as new cars as well.  There's no way it's just 8.5% inflation.  Seems more like 20-25%.  I think the I-Bonds rate will be even higher than 9.62% this coming November.

[boarder42]

I'm trying to put my finger on what bugs me about the tone of this post. Eggs don't come out of vending machines. If farmers are tacing challenges such as having to kill off their stock to avoid the spread of disease, eggs should cost more. Their other costs of getting fresh eggs into your hands are also escalating. Egg farmers aren't some magical group protected from inflation. If their fuel costs are spiking, like everyone else's, of course they pass it along. It's a simple case of Supply & Demand, it's not a personal affront FFS.

I found out after I posted about the Avaian flu as I mentioned in a subsequent post in this thread, if you bothered to notice.   I am concerned about greed though and businesses taking advantage of customers using excuses to raise prices.  I have no idea why eggs are twice as expensive here in Oklahoma compared to other states.  People here are saying their eggs are still only $1.49 per dozen.  Minimum wage here in Oklahoma is still $7.25.   Not a lot of money here in this state.. homes are relatively cheap here.. not sure why they are charging $3.18 per dozen up from 99 cents a few months ago.

You're ignoring all the people who are paying more than you are. I have bothered to notice your posts ever since you became active on this forum. In fact, it seems to me that you are bothered a wide variety of things.

Last night we noticed that Deisel at our nearest gas station is $7.99 a gallon. That's crazy compared to other states, but probably still far less than some countries. I'm not going to start a thread about something that is beyond my control. I can either pay more or buy less. Ho-hum.

Seems like you are bothered by a lot of things from what I've seen.

That was uncalled for.

I agree. She's been leaving me negative replies here and there since I joined.  I she has something mean to say to me, I'd prefer she just private message me.  Rather than subject others here to this.

I'm sorry if I upset anyone here with this post. I just freaked out because eggs jumped instantly form $1.99 to $3.18 per dozen in one day.  When they were only 99 cents like 6 months ago.  In the news I recently watched, in some interview regarding inflation, they were recapping that eggs have gone up 11% and I just shook my head because they'd gone up 200% for me; I then made the post here.

I'm not only shocked with the eggs but my electricity bill going up by 40% in one year.  My home price has gone up by like 40% as well -- which I don't care for since it makes homes so unaffordable for people trying to buy homes. Natural Gas bill has gone up by like at least 25%.  Seems like much more than 8.5% increase over the past 12 months.  Social Security gave a 5.9% increase to payments starting this January, but they increased Medicare health insurance payment by 13% at the same time.  Used cars are selling for as much as new cars as well.  There's no way it's just 8.5% inflation.  Seems more like 20-25%.  I think the I-Bonds rate will be even higher than 9.62% this coming November.

Holy fuck.  Freak out.  The world is ending. It's all collapsing. Jeeze calm the f the down take a step back and breathe

[MOD NOTE:  I think JenniferW acknowledges she was getting freaked out.  But you're not making the situation any better.]

[jnw]

What do y'all think of what this guy has to say about inflation.  I don't know what to believe but some of what he is saying is resonating with me.  I think inflation is much higher than 8.5% in the past 12 months:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUi8Th1bTEs

[maizefolk]

What do y'all think of what this guy has to say about inflation.  I don't know what to believe but some of what he is saying is resonating with me.  I think inflation is much higher than 8.5% in the past 12 months:

Peter Schiff is the broken clock of recessions, inflation, and dollar devaluation: He's forecast 20+ of the last two recessions and 20+ of the one significant episodes of inflations we've experience in my (or his) adult lifetime.

The fact that after decades of predicting rapid and immediate inflation he finally happened to do in in a year when inflation actually occurred should not give you confidence in his ability to accurately forecast the future nor to describe the present.

And I say this as someone genuinely worried about inflation and guessing it is going to get worse before it gets better.

[nereo]

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I'm sorry if I upset anyone here with this post. I just freaked out because eggs jumped instantly form $1.99 to $3.18 per dozen in one day.  When they were only 99 cents like 6 months ago.  In the news I recently watched, in some interview regarding inflation, they were recapping that eggs have gone up 11% and I just shook my head because they'd gone up 200% for me; I then made the post here.

I'm not only shocked with the eggs but my electricity bill going up by 40% in one year.  My home price has gone up by like 40% as well -- which I don't care for since it makes homes so unaffordable for people trying to buy homes. Natural Gas bill has gone up by like at least 25%.  Seems like much more than 8.5% increase over the past 12 months.  Social Security gave a 5.9% increase to payments starting this January, but they increased Medicare health insurance payment by 13% at the same time.  Used cars are selling for as much as new cars as well.  There's no way it's just 8.5% inflation.  Seems more like 20-25%.  I think the I-Bonds rate will be even higher than 9.62% this coming November.

  I think inflation is much higher than 8.5% in the past 12 months:

I think what you are highlighting is how differently people experience inflation.  Personally our own budget has increased much less than the headline numbers, as a majority portion of our spending is not impacted by inflation. For others who spend a larger chunk of their money on categories which have increased dramatically, the opposite is true. That’s a core reason why the CPI is weighted such as it is - it’s based on the median.

[fuzzy math]

Everyone is piling on JenniferW and I can't help but think that their opinions lean towards defending more long term member's bad behaviors and seeming to focus highly on hers. Be kind people.

[fuzzy math]

Everyone is piling on JenniferW and I can't help but think that their opinions lean towards defending more long term member's bad behaviors and seeming to focus highly on hers. Be kind people.

I don't think everyone is piling on me.. hundreds of people read my threads and so far only three are on this entire forum.  Friends of Dicey I guess.  Dicey has been critical of me ever since my recent posting here a couple months back.  So evidently she has some issues and can't behave well on the forums.

Honestly it would be best if you stepped back and took a few mins break. You're not doing yourself any favors by continuing to call people out. I was trying to help but you're not helping yourself right now.

[maizefolk]

JenniferW, I agree with Sibley. I see you've been a member for roughly four years but starting about 10 weeks ago you've become extraordinarily active (~75% of your posts have come in the most recent 5% of your time as registered forum member). When I've seen you active in threads I'm reading, your posts have portrayed fear, stress, and jumping to worst case scenarios and conclusions about things about a wide range of topics completely outside of your control.

In addition you've posted many links to other websites and youtube videos that are sensationalistic and designed specifically to evoke fear and worry. This makes me fear that you're spending a lot of your time browsing and consuming this kind of media, and that algorithms (like the one at youtube, twitter, etc) have figured out that this is the type of content that you respond to, which means they will feed you more and more of it, the more you watch and the more you scroll.

I'm not you, I don't know what you're going through in your life or what challenges you face. But from out outside looking in, it sure seems like you're in a self-reinforcing negative cycle. If so, I hope you can find a way out of it.

I imagine you may perceive this post as an attack (or condescending, or any of a wide suite of other things). I hope you don't, but I can understand if you do. Regardless: Good luck!

[jnw]

JenniferW, I agree with Sibley. I see you've been a member for roughly four years but starting about 10 weeks ago you've become extraordinarily active (~75% of your posts have come in the most recent 5% of your time as registered forum member). When I've seen you active in threads I'm reading, your posts have portrayed fear, stress, and jumping to worst case scenarios and conclusions about things about a wide range of topics completely outside of your control.

In addition you've posted many links to other websites and youtube videos that are sensationalistic and designed specifically to evoke fear and worry. This makes me fear that you're spending a lot of your time browsing and consuming this kind of media, and that algorithms (like the one at youtube, twitter, etc) have figured out that this is the type of content that you respond to, which means they will feed you more and more of it, the more you watch and the more you scroll.

I'm not you, I don't know what you're going through in your life or what challenges you face. But from out outside looking in, it sure seems like you're in a self-reinforcing negative cycle. If so, I hope you can find a way out of it.

I imagine you may perceive this post as an attack (or condescending, or any of a wide suite of other things). I hope you don't, but I can understand if you do. Regardless: Good luck!

I don't think your post is an attack and thanks for your comment / opinion.  You might be right in *some* respects but I think you are overgeneralizing about me.  I've also contributed A LOT of useful posts here that have nothign to do with DOOM and GLOOM.

[boarder42]

Everyone is piling on JenniferW and I can't help but think that their opinions lean towards defending more long term member's bad behaviors and seeming to focus highly on hers. Be kind people.

I don't think everyone is piling on me.. hundreds of people read my threads and so far only three are on this entire forum.  Friends of Dicey I guess.  Dicey has been critical of me ever since my recent posting here a couple months back.  So evidently she has some issues and can't behave well on the forums.

Honestly it would be best if you stepped back and took a few mins break. You're not doing yourself any favors by continuing to call people out. I was trying to help but you're not helping yourself right now.

You are right about me stepping back and taking a break, I have a bit of anxiety from being attacked here in this thread.  It's not a good feeling at all.  I'd never do this sort of thing others here on the forum. I believe rules have been broken with respect to abuse.

You have anxiety?!!??!

I'm in a terrible mental state from being attacked personally here.

Not once did my comments attack you personally you did it multiple times to me.

I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight

[And so on - totally unnecessary: MOD]

[Villanelle]

Since it has kind of come up, JenniferW, I've read your posts lately with increasing... I guess maybe 'concern'.  You seem to be hyper focusing on things.  It seems like you are drawn toward sensationalism in many ways. If you can't afford these changes, it's probably time to address your overall budget, because inflation *is* happening.  (though not 200%, even on eggs)  If you can afford them, then I think maybe you need to take a deep breath and step away from the news, and maybe even stop tracking prices.  It doesn't seem healthy or productive for you, at all.  You spent a lot of time obsessing over the water flow in your shower, and now the eggs. 

I don't think people need to be mean-spirited about it, but I do understand some of where they are coming from.  It doesn't seem you are in a good place, and obsessing over the price of eggs and how much water your shower uses don't seem healthy at all.  There is almost a mania to your posts.  (Are you perhaps neurodivergent, and maybe that is coloring some of this and the way your posts come across, and causing some of the reaction you are getting?)  I think you'd benefit from stepping away from tracking every penny for a while. 

[jnw]

The only reaction I got was from Dicey and I called her out on it and now getting trolled by someone.

I will continue to track every penny.  There aren't rules here against frugalism.. I think in fact most people are for it.  I am not backing away from it and in fact about to re-read The Tightwad Gazette I read a few years back.

I'm over 50 years old and never diagnosed with any psychological issues, so nice try.