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Topic: How Cheap Things *Used* to be

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MikeDeTiger

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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #70 on: June 02, 2026, 03:36:51 PM »
Also....Subways kinda suck now.  What's up with that?  When I ever-so-rarely go into a Subway, I can't hardly find one that will make a decent meatball sub.  Used to be that I could walk into any of them and their subs ranged from good to at-least-pretty-decent.  And being more affordable then, I went more.

Now, with the higher prices and crappier quality, I'm much happier finding an alternative.  
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #71 on: June 02, 2026, 03:40:05 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 02, 2026, 02:09:40 PM
The TV in my living room:



Crazy how much cheaper TVs have gotten over the years.

I was behind the times when it came to upgrading to a flat, widescreen HD tv.  I think I bought my first one in 2007.  It was about 32" (maybe?  not big), only 1080i, which was about the best you could have then, and significantly more expensive than this one here in your picture.  

You can get so much more TV now for such a cheaper price.  

It'll probably all be over when Samsung wakes up and decides to screw the working class and jack their prices up.  
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #72 on: June 02, 2026, 04:38:27 PM »
Honestly smart TV makers are probably feeling the pinch of high DRAM and NAND pricing right now. 

You can point out that Samsung produces both, but they can make a hell of a lot more profit selling externally than shipping their supply inside their own TVs right now. 
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« Reply #73 on: June 02, 2026, 04:41:38 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on June 02, 2026, 04:38:27 PM
Honestly smart TV makers are probably feeling the pinch of high DRAM and NAND pricing right now.

You can point out that Samsung produces both, but they can make a hell of a lot more profit selling externally than shipping their supply inside their own TVs right now.

Scaler ICs have become super long lead and hela-expensive.  High demand and supply has yet to catch up, going on a couple years now.
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #74 on: June 02, 2026, 04:47:22 PM »
The TVs at Costco look amazing to me.   My 65” is probably ten years old.  Maybe more.
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #75 on: June 02, 2026, 07:02:51 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on June 02, 2026, 03:36:51 PM
Also....Subways kinda suck now.  What's up with that?  When I ever-so-rarely go into a Subway, I can't hardly find one that will make a decent meatball sub.  Used to be that I could walk into any of them and their subs ranged from good to at-least-pretty-decent.  And being more affordable then, I went more.

Now, with the higher prices and crappier quality, I'm much happier finding an alternative. 
When all of the big chains do this, none of them feels the pinch. 
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #76 on: June 02, 2026, 07:27:12 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 02, 2026, 07:02:51 PM
When all of the big chains do this, none of them feels the pinch.
Are you sure? I think that one of the reasons Subway has been lagging has been due to the rise of Jersey Mike's, Jimmy John's, and Which Wich. Only the first and third are local for me, but I do find that they offer a more compelling product at similar prices to Subway. 

Look at Domino's Pizza. They were largely known as a punchline. They went through a multi-year reinvention to focus on quality and taste. I've heard from others that it's been pretty successful. I wouldn't know as I order pizza from a local mom & pop joint instead of a big chain.

OAM, does your arm get tired always painting with such a broad brush? 
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« Reply #77 on: June 02, 2026, 08:49:43 PM »
I paint with a broad brush, yet some of you cling on to the single example I pick out of the lineup like a pitbull, lol.

The larger point isn't that successful corporations are evil for being successful, nor that they never ebb and flow in their successes.  It's that once they succeed in a snapshot of time, they want to hit the pause button, give themselves all of the advantages (diving into the political realm - gasp), and set up obstacles for anyone else in their industry to succeed as well.  Often unethically.  Nothing new there, but they're better at it now and can do it in such volume now, thanks to citizen's united.  
I don't bring that up to be political, we can just call it a SCOTUS ruling and leave the politics out of it.  
The ruling guaranteed a continuation and greater severity of $$$ = influence.

Nothing can improve without that ruling being overturned.  They should rename it Marx's Second Wind.  
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #78 on: June 02, 2026, 08:55:07 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 02, 2026, 08:49:43 PM
they want to hit the pause button, give themselves all of the advantages (diving into the political realm - gasp), and set up obstacles for anyone else in their industry to succeed as well.  Often unethically. 
This is one thing unique to us compared to other animals.  Beavers don't go gnawing down more trees than they need.  They don't hide felled trees from other beavers.  They get what they need to survive. 
Lions don't kill all the zebras.  They don't defend a kill after they've had their fill to deny scavengers a meal.  They hunt what they can eat and will keep them alive for a few days. 
I'm not going to sit here and say capitalism is wrong or prop up socialism, but unfettered capitalism does yield 0.1% winners and 99.9% victims (on a long-enough timeline). 
All I'm suggesting is that we fetter the capitalism.  Make it fair.  No, life isn't fair, but let's try to make our economic system fair.  That's a worthy pursuit.  That's my crazy, simplistic idea.  Me like fairness.  Ooga-booga.
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #79 on: June 02, 2026, 09:13:19 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 02, 2026, 12:40:28 PM
  Dammit!  What a spazz!
Bravo,baby Steps, admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery,good on you
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #80 on: June 02, 2026, 09:14:09 PM »
A good Economic metric is real median income.
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #81 on: June 02, 2026, 10:24:33 PM »
in your considered opinion
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #82 on: June 02, 2026, 10:24:41 PM »
I like Subway. It's 0.5 mile from me.
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Re: How Cheap Things *Used* to be
« Reply #83 on: June 02, 2026, 10:30:20 PM »
I have one choice within 7 miles.

therefore, I like it
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