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Hello Rob!


 RM> When you think about it, you could double fuel costs and
 RM> the cost increase on your can of beans would go up by half
 RM> a cent, if that. But the stores all take advantage of the
 RM> 'bad news' and use it to inflate prices to ridiculous
 RM> levels, often up by 50% or more, with less chance of
 RM> people complaining because they have heard the bad news
 RM> and blame it on someone else..

I am seeing ridiculous increases on books.

Pocketbooks/mass-market are up from 11.99 to 14.99

Many hardcovers typically between 29.99 to 35.99 are now over  
40$

But it's not necessarily "the stores" doing it. In my case it's  
the wholesaler raising *my* price based on their their MSRP.




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