Look at the real rise in cost of stuff

I'm working on the electrical panel for Third Wave.  I want to change it from marine breakers to relays.  But the circuits need to be fused so for the AC portion I need to use 125 VAC rated glass fuses.  The cheapest price I could find on the web for quality Eaton brand gear is below, just $12 for a 12 position fuse block.  Not bad at all, right?  Except that for last year's price you can't actually buy any.  But no worries, they got them on order with a **196 day** lead time.

So yeah I could wait until 2/24/20friggintwo for my parts but I worry that if I do so that they will just change the price and I'll be paying more anyway.

Of course if you want shipment in "only" 3 to 5 weeks you can pay nearly 3x on Amazon.  This is for the exact same item that only cost $11.88 last year. 

 

 

I'm telling you, this is just the start of it.  If you need to buy stuff, buy it now.  Prices are only going up in the coming year.