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Originally posted by heymikey
hey Ron; Maybe if you had more oil wells and refineries in S.C. (like we do in Calif.) you could pay $2.14/gal like we do. Or if you lived in Montana you could buy orange juice 40% cheaper than we do. of course we're known to have dumped milk down the sewer at the dairies to "support" milk prices. And I remember when you could buy a Cadillac that got 30 mpg in the early '80's but today we can buy an economy car that gets 22. A$$hole politicians!! Sorry if I got off track. Blood boilin' heyMikey!!
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Guess what I do buy gas (and sometimes milk ) in all those places.
Next week I'll be buying it in Iowa. The following month in Florida then MA. Maybe Louisiana before I am done. All have higher prices than here. All also have a higher hourly wage than here.
And in my case I am the trucker, the store and the school. So guess what must happen. Either my rates go up or my wage goes down.
So which is it to be. You or me ;o)
This is a bonsai forum, not a political forum. All I am asking is what will we all do when the price of this hobby jumps too high. Not whose fault it is that the prices have shot up. Please keep that in mind.
What can we do to keep it down. Suggestions!!!.
Mind you bonsai is a hobby that comes out of the discretionary funds of most families. That fund is rapidly shrinking.
Most of the bonsai shops are barley getting by now. A price raise might just mean they are gone. After all who can afford a price change. Not my customers. That is unless it is a downward trend.
When they are gone who will be the teachers. Where will we get our supplies.
I am one of the lucky ones. Because I sold the land that my old shop was on at a GRAND profit I won't personally have problems.
There are enough pots, wire, trees, tools and yes even raffia left to last me two lifetimes. But what about you. How will you cope !!!!!!!!!!!!!