Not sure how else to title. So basically I currently shop in various stores for work here in a major city in the Northeast US and am seeing huge price increases when stores are re-stocking as well as going through their weekly price cycles for the last 2 weeks.
These batteries are just one example from this morning with a $20 difference, given one being on sale:
I’ve noticed a huge price jumps and spreads similarly in various office supplies, paper/paper products, cables and flash storage (no surprise), aluminum foil (doubled in some stores it seems), water bottles, gloves, fruit, and other things.
I haven’t saw much talk on it other than basic inflation 3.8% that came out earlier today in the news. Nothing on reddit either from a basic search there so wanted to start a thread here to see if anyone else has noticed the differences. I know most people dont shop 3-4x a day so aren’t as hyper aware but might see something they may want to share with the group. I’ve been sharing them and grabbing stuff for personal if I do spot them while out grabbing things for work so I’m pretty stocked up on what I feel might not come back down in those updated priced stores. Most the talk seems to just be about gas which I get is the most immediate expense for majority of Americans but products seem to be jumping drastically.
TLDR: Prices go up, big spread between stores, do you notice?
Idk who is charging $25+ for a four pack of rechargeable batteries. Maybe the tag is for a different product, like one that included the charger?
Every retail listing I’m seeing of that 4 pack is much less
Office supply store I’m guessing, someplace that’s priced for p-cards
What’s a “p-card?”
Purchasing card. It’s a special credit card that companies give to employees to make purchases when they cannot issue a purchase order or it is otherwise more convenient to use a credit card for a transaction.
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That price at Staples was definitely the highest price. Noticed it while I was in the checkout lane, I just purchased the same batteries for that $5.89 price since I figured that was a already a deal since my last pack was $10 and noticed them at $15 at Walmart last week which it still looks to be that price online for pickup there.
Pack of batteries like that is £5 in the UK from Tesco (so about $6.50).
Mad that you’re paying 5 times more.
I always dreamed to use gold plated batteries.
In other words: WTF with that price?
By northeast US I assume you mean the Aleutian Islands at those prices…
I have noticed differences from store to store on certain grocery items (like 3-4 bucks at most). Probably in a similar area as you. And then massive sales on the overpriced things weeks later.
Its called price gouging, everywhere has learned from COVID supply issues that some people will pay almost anything for the convenience of their life to not be interrupted
