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    From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to All on Wed Nov 22 03:37:32 2023
    Since the holidays are upon us, is anybody doing anything
    different? Are you scaling down your gifts for christmas?

    I noticed that turkey prices were quite high but then they dropped.

    For christmas i'm going to suggest to all the adults we scale back on gifts
    to eachother and focus on the kids because times are tough. I'm making decent amount of money right now due to overtime and a raise but not everyone else is.

    I think some of these stores are being greedy and it's backfiring.
    Still, the world sucks.
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  • From Dr. What@VERT/CPMDEN to MRO on Thu Nov 23 07:57:00 2023
    MRO wrote to All <=-

    Since the holidays are upon us, is anybody doing anything
    different? Are you scaling down your gifts for christmas?

    Nope. But we were never big spenders for Christmas anyway.

    I noticed that turkey prices were quite high but then they dropped.

    ... Political comment self-sensored ... :)

    I think some of these stores are being greedy and it's backfiring.

    No. The stores are trying to survive. I expect to see a good number of retailers (even big ones) going out of business early next year.

    Still, the world sucks.

    ... Another political comment self-sensored ...


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dr. What on Thu Nov 23 08:29:43 2023
    Re: holidays and inflation
    By: Dr. What to MRO on Thu Nov 23 2023 07:57 am


    No. The stores are trying to survive. I expect to see a good number of retailers (even big ones) going out of business early next year.


    major retailers are reporting more profit.
    i'm not going to include mom and pops because they are never doing well.

    Still, the world sucks.

    ... Another political comment self-sensored ...

    build back better. fund more wars. let jews kill
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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to MRO on Thu Nov 23 12:55:29 2023
    Re: holidays and inflation
    By: MRO to All on Wed Nov 22 2023 03:37 am

    Since the holidays are upon us, is anybody doing anything
    different? Are you scaling down your gifts for christmas?

    I am not downscaling my gift plans, but changing scope.

    Say, in other years I would try to plan for gifts people would like. Now I wantto plan for things that are useful.

    ie. my father would like a new watch, but he already has one that is serviceable, so maybe some cooking gear will do best since he lacks some.

    I am sure you get the idea.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Arelor on Fri Nov 24 09:33:42 2023
    Re: holidays and inflation
    By: Arelor to MRO on Thu Nov 23 2023 12:55 pm

    ie. my father would like a new watch, but he already has one that is serviceable, so maybe some cooking gear will do best since he lacks some.

    I am sure you get the idea.

    looks like a....DOWNSCALE!
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Sun Nov 26 13:57:00 2023
    No. The stores are trying to survive. I expect to see a good number of retailers (even big ones) going out of business early next year.

    major retailers are reporting more profit.
    i'm not going to include mom and pops because they are never doing well.

    Indeed but, since COVID, they *really* are not doing well -- if they are
    still even around.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Mon Nov 27 04:24:48 2023
    Re: holidays and inflation
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sun Nov 26 2023 01:57 pm

    No. The stores are trying to survive. I expect to see a good number of retailers (even big ones) going out of business early next year.

    major retailers are reporting more profit.
    i'm not going to include mom and pops because they are never doing well.

    Indeed but, since COVID, they *really* are not doing well -- if they are still even around.


    if they arent doing well then maybe it's time to give up the hobby.
    any mom and pop store i've seen in my entire lifetime has expensive older stock. hardwares stores are the worst. you get that shit AND you get a clown with an opinion.
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