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ohdrap4 says...

Unlike the price controlled items, their margin is not fixed by a percentage.

So, if you are a dealer and buy gas at 5.00, your price at the pump is 5.45. So your profit margin is 9%.

If you buy the gas at 8.00, your price at the pump is 8.45. So your profit is 0.45÷8 or 5.6%.

Now let's look at the eggs, the margin is fixed by percentage, 10%. If you buy eggs for 5 dollars you sell at 5.50.

If you buy eggs for 8 dollars, you sell for 8.80.

So yes, like Tribanon says, the margin for tha dealer is set by amount and not percentage.

ohdrap4 says...

The effect of his 4th vaccine is waning against greed.

ohdrap4 says...

I once considered a business making jellies and preserves. But the glass containers were subject to 40% duty, and it is heavy to ship.

While mine was to be made with cane sugar, I would not be able to beat the commercial product made with high fructose corn syrup which is imported duty free.

So there are anomalies out there.

ohdrap4 says...

the tariff on packaging is ridiculous. For example, bottles and jars.
You wouild think that reduced duties on those would encourage local people to produce bottled products.

ohdrap4 says...

> in a timely manner and on a non-discriminatory basis.

Ah like Biden is doing ftom the southern border?

Bussing and flying them secretly in the middle of the night?

ohdrap4 says...

He likes taxes. Remind me not to vote for him.

ohdrap4 says...

Comin soon: Bubonic plague mass vaccination. These doctors brains release dopamine when they talk about vaccine.

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ohdrap4 says...

Not to mention the fertilizers.
The coffee people in south america already said to expect much higher prices next crop.

ohdrap4 says...

It is surprising that supervalue is actually beating prices from around town, as it is usually more expensive.

Here are some ways to avoid the high prices:

1. Bake your own bread. Can even do it on the stove top.

2. Stop buying drinks. Make ice tea from cheap lipton. With sufficient sugar and some lime juice it will be ok, and healthier than damn tampico.

3. Replace coffee with tea. The turks did during the world war and have never gone back.

4. Make peas and rice with extra peas.

I was going to say eat mackerel. But it tastes nasty and now is more expensive than tuna.

ohdrap4 says...

they would have to pay in rubles or gold.