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minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·25 days agoYou didn’t believe in covid price hikes?
minus-squaresuperniceperson@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·25 days agoCompanies reached peak profits during the height of COVID, proving that the price increases were not primarily caused by supply issues. We’ve seen it more recently with egg prices greatly outpacing actual supply shortages. ‘supply and demand’ isn’t what sets a price, and hasn’t been for more than a century. Prices are simply set as high as the market can bear.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·25 days agoi believed they’d hike for profit and pretend it was because of covid… yes.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agosome of the covid prices are sitll on amazon.
You didn’t believe in covid price hikes?
Companies reached peak profits during the height of COVID, proving that the price increases were not primarily caused by supply issues.
We’ve seen it more recently with egg prices greatly outpacing actual supply shortages.
‘supply and demand’ isn’t what sets a price, and hasn’t been for more than a century. Prices are simply set as high as the market can bear.
i believed they’d hike for profit and pretend it was because of covid… yes.
some of the covid prices are sitll on amazon.