@kobilacroix OFC #Greedflation will mean that corporations like #Apple will just 1:1 the prices even if the #USD:#EUR goes 2:1.

• They already did it that in the past, and when the $:€ was >1,60:1, it was cheaper for folks to fly to #NYC, sleep one bight in a hotel, buy an #iPhone and fly back to #Germany with #customs & #ImportTax paid...

And yes, I knew a time when people got paid to order for pickup Apple devices in the #USA, fly back with them and properly declare them at customs because even at 2x19% tax + buying new chargers it was cheaper than accepting 60% price gouging.

• So just because the #iPhone will get 104% tariffs in the #US and the #EU production never enters the US it'll likely get parity by numbers because Apple always flexes numbers in disadvantage for buyers!

Also no #retailer will accept sucking up the losses, cuz even if Apple were to make 80% margin on their devices at their stores, they'd be in the red without raising prices...

• But in essence you're correct: #Consumers WILL GET SHAFTED and not the corporations - that's how it's always been! (Ask Brazilians about non - domestic-built game console prices!)…

@jackyan not that well in #Germany tho.

#KFC was always overpriced and closes shops i. #Germany because a bucket if greasy chicken for the price of multiple complete menus ain't selling.

• Same with #Subway and #PizzaHut and #Dominos and #FiveGuys: They barely made sense prior to #Greedflation kicking into high gear in 2020!

And #McDonalds "#AppWalling" and "#LoginWalling" their #Coupons and #SpechalOffer|s is cutting into their revenue when #Döner and #Dürüm have a better price/performance ratio. Why buy a #BigMac when you can get a full menue that fills you up for less?

• Same with #BurgerKing!

The weirdest thing I've seen are #MgSpaghetti in the #Philipines which baffles me to this day cuz they have so much nice, delicious and cheap food and then they want soggy, sticky noodles with tasteless sauce?

• I mean it's not even cheap food by comparison!!!

@Flummi1970 @Cyb3rrunn3r
Ja, aber Moment: Der @isotopp hatte die Tage einen Toot darüber, dass die US-Eierpreise durch künstliche Verknappung in die Höhe getrieben werden. #Greedflation

@windbliss nodds in agreement I hate the #Shrinkflation and #Greedflation.

• Bonus points for companies being extra dishonest in cutting down sizes...

I'd rather want a #honest #MSRP than a effectivley unavailable one.

• OFC I don't expect a board partner to accept a margin of just $4, but it would be easier to accept a 5% higher MSRP than having no stock at MSRP.

And yes, I blame #AMD, #nvidia and #intel doing #Greedflation against #consumers because I'm very certain they don't sell #silicon at cost for a fixed price per unit depending on the order size, but rather charge a cut of the sold model (similar to #ARM does nowadays for their #licensing)...

• People, #StopBuyingAboveMSRP!

As #GamersNexus pointed out: This is #Greedflation!

There is no other explaination re: 42% above #MSRP for #GPU|s that ain't having hands-on customer support for extreme overclocking!

• Like those were absurd but one could at least justify the price with the added cost of having to basically pre-pay at least 1 hour (if not multiple hours) of labour for a spechalized technician that walks people through on #extreme #overclocking!

@br00t4c because #Greedflation and #Privatization is the root cause for the high prices...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVdvtXkDzkE

@TomWellborn Of course they’re not. Biden got inflation down way under 3%. Our target is usually 2%. It’s #Greedflation Project 2025 has nothing in it to help Americans, it’s all about destroying our administrative state and installing the broligarchy as the ruling “class”. It never was about the #economy stupid. It’s always been about White Christian Nationalism and broligarchy. #uspol https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/trump-pete-hegseth-extremism #spheresovereignty