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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by billjings on Monday December 12, 2022 @01:10AM (#33951458)
> Well its nearly 2023, and we have had 10%-ish inflation going on about 2 years.

Are you not in the US? We haven't even had 10% inflation for all of the past year.

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by steveBK123 on Monday December 12, 2022 @07:08AM (#33953811)
Particularly for cars, and especially used cars.. inflation was >10% for >1 year, before turning over ~3-4 months ago.

https://publish.manheim.com/content/dam/consulting/ManheimUs...

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by billjings on Monday December 12, 2022 @09:26AM (#33954917)
That's not inflation. That's two cherry picked product categories. One of which is a luxury good.
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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by steveBK123 on Monday December 12, 2022 @07:14AM (#33953866)
Similarly for watches, luxury watches basically doubled during the pandemic in pricing before crashing from their springtime 2022 peak. Still +40% versus pre-pandemic levels.

https://watchcharts.com/watches/brand_index/rolex

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