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Price Inflation
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 5:37 pm
by Danoff
Hey folks, I know a lot of you are not in the US, and it's partly why I'm interesting in getting an understanding of what prices are doing in your area. I've been noticing a lot of prices going up, and I'm curious whether others are seeing the same thing. I've seen chicken prices rise, canned goods, restaurant food, and clothing. Mostly I'm seeing something like a 30-50% rise over the last year or so. What have you seen?
Also, I'm looking at hard drive prices, and they seem to be up 50-100% over the last year as well. I think a lot of computer parts have risen.
Re: Price Inflation
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 11:48 pm
by FPV MIC
Danoff wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 5:37 pm
Hey folks, I know a lot of you are not in the US, and it's partly why I'm interesting in getting an understanding of what prices are doing in your area. I've been noticing a lot of prices going up, and I'm curious whether others are seeing the same thing. I've seen chicken prices rise, canned goods, restaurant food, and clothing. Mostly I'm seeing something like a 30-50% rise over the last year or so. What have you seen?
Also, I'm looking at hard drive prices, and they seem to be up 50-100% over the last year as well. I think a lot of computer parts have risen.
Everything is going up for us Down Under as well, but from what you've mentioned , it doesn't seem to be quite as bad.
I'll use your hard drive prices as an example of our increase. I purchased an Western Digital WD Elements 8TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive in October 2019 for $288 AUD delivered (probably way more than you guys would've paid), but that was with a voucher so the normal price would've been $320.
For that same hard drive now if found it for $403 shipped.
https://www.zotim.com.au/wd-elements-de ... 80hbk-aesn
So around an $100 increase over six years isn't too bad I suppose... but meat and fresh fruit & veg has been a killer.
We actually drive about 50km every month or so to a small country town to get our meat now. It's far better quality and the prices are much fairer... and it's a pleasant drive (except for our nanny state speed limits).