Inflation is one thing, but the prices have almost exactly doubled from 3 years ago on a lot of consumer items. Anyone who doesn't see it is out of touch with reality. I mean I posted in the lawn and garden section about replacing the engine on my grandfather's zero turn mower. I had price quotes from the year before because he had just started to think about replacing it back then. The price from the same company I ordered from (still the cheapest) had almost exactly doubled, and the shipping had almost tripled.