https://community.aarp.org/t5/Budget-Savings/HOW-IS-THIS-FOR-INFLATION/m-p/2665617#M5724 <P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">Went to the Costco today. They had dishwasher tabs on sale. I anticipated the normal sale for these tabs which for years has been 100 or 110 tabs, normally about $16.00, on sale for about $13.00.</FONT></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">Guess what greeted me......</FONT></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">The regular price had been jacked up to $21.00 and the sale price was now the old regular price of about $16.00.</FONT></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">Not only that, but the box now held only 90 tabs, not the 100 or 110 tabs it used to contain.</FONT></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">NOT ONLY WAS THERE RIDICULOUS INFLATED PRICE INCREASES BUT THERE WAS ALSO SHRINKAGE!!!!!</FONT></STRONG></P> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:14:00 GMT nctarheel 2026-04-10T04:14:00Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Budget-Savings/HOW-IS-THIS-FOR-INFLATION/m-p/2665617#M5724 <P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">Went to the Costco today. They had dishwasher tabs on sale. I anticipated the normal sale for these tabs which for years has been 100 or 110 tabs, normally about $16.00, on sale for about $13.00.</FONT></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">Guess what greeted me......</FONT></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">The regular price had been jacked up to $21.00 and the sale price was now the old regular price of about $16.00.</FONT></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">Not only that, but the box now held only 90 tabs, not the 100 or 110 tabs it used to contain.</FONT></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#0000FF">NOT ONLY WAS THERE RIDICULOUS INFLATED PRICE INCREASES BUT THERE WAS ALSO SHRINKAGE!!!!!</FONT></STRONG></P> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:14:00 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Budget-Savings/HOW-IS-THIS-FOR-INFLATION/m-p/2665617#M5724 nctarheel 2026-04-10T04:14:00Z