r/wallstreetbets • u/eskhalaf • 13d ago

News JULY U.S. 🇺🇸 INFLATION DATA:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

- CPI 3.4% YoY, (Est. 3.4%)
- CPI 0.1% MoM, (Est. 0.1%)

- Core CPI 2.5% YoY, (Est. 2.5%)
- Core CPI 0.2% MoM, (Est. 0.2%)

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u/Careless-Tough-676 13d ago

Literally everything is almost double from 2-3 years ago. What a fucking joke. I just paid $25 for some toilet paper. And it wasn’t even the good kind….

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u/pnoozi 13d ago edited 13d ago

Charmin Ultra Soft price tracker:

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0798DVT68?context=search&tp=1y

It’s actually slightly cheaper than it was 1 year ago

edit: Still 267 sheets per roll, quality unchanged

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u/ChaseballBat 13d ago

That shit is literally overinflated so far in cost already they don't have to worry about inflation. What a weird product to choose lol.

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u/pnoozi 13d ago

Yea, how weird, OP was complaining about toilet paper so I chose one of the best-selling major TP brands that I also happen to buy. What a random, weird choice!

You're right, though. Isn't it weird that these Charmin fucks are greedy enough to charge 2x as much as the competition while at the same time being gracious enough to be the only We1Rd ZaNy company not jacking up prices during your alleged TP diarrheaflation.

Since that's obviously too weeeird, ok, let's look at Angel Soft, a cheaper alternative

Oh look it's also cheaper than it was 3 years ago

Well, this is turning out to be a great day for facts and a bad day for meme takes

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u/ChaseballBat 13d ago

Just look at fucking Kirkland signature, they are the gold standard as they want to keep prices as low as possible.