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A harsh but true lesson in economics via Fat Joe.
Correlation is not causation. Yet there have been some serious and obvious price increases across lots of brands and retailers. We recently updated , and below you’ll find some of what stood out in terms of notable price increases. Consider this post as a pre-emptive answer to the “hey didn’t this used to cost…” question. .
- Was $499
- Now $599
(also shown very top of post)
- Was $425
- Now $450
- Q: “But aren’t they crafted in the USA?”
- A: Yes. But they use “imported materials” like European leathers, which get hit with tariffs at the border.
- Was $69.50
- Now $79.50
- Was $375ish
- Now $420ish + whatever tariffs DHL has to charge you upon entry
- (Current baseline tariff . Threatened to .)
- Was $200ish
- Now $240 – $280
- Was $169
- Now $179
- Was $219
- Now $259
- Was $89.50
- Now $98
- Was $89.50
- Now $98
- Was $895
- Now $945
- Was $168
- Now $198
- Was $25.99
- Now $35
- *Not actually in the Essentials Shop, but a basic that gets mentioned a lot, and has also been a good reference point for observing base-price movements on Amazon. And yes, .
And that’s some of them. “But don’t most of these things go on sale all the time?” Yes, but usually those on-sale prices are calculated off the full MSRP. So if the full price goes up, so does the resulting on-sale price, assuming they stick to similar discount percentages (which seems to be the general case). If it was 30% off X a few months ago, and now it’s 30% off X+1, it still costs more in the here and now.
To be fair, of in essentials shop recently in price. And no we’re not afraid to swap stuff out for an alternative. We do that all the time. But the words “affordable” and “cheap” are not one and the same. Yes plenty of cheap stuff can be high value. But sometimes something gets suggested in spite of a recent price increase because it’s still a relative winner. We will do our best to keep things updated, but as we’re all aware, the landscape is changing fast these days.