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Originally Posted by arbys
Sorry, Jim, I don't have that. In my original post I said it seemed that the price....... I just wanted to see if others felt that way or saw the same thing. No graphs or statistics.
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That's why I didn't quote your post when I asked for the source. I quoted the post of the guy who said tire prices have doubled. It's one thing to state your own experiences, as you and I both did (as well as others). It's another thing to look at the big picture. It seems to me the CPI should have data about tire prices (though I couldn't find it easily). Though surveys of prices are not perfect, they would probably give a better idea than anecdotal evidence. When someone says "Here's what I paid for tires", I have no problem. When someone makes a blanket statement about tire prices doubling, I would like to know the source for that statement.
My short search indicates that tariffs on Chinese tires have at least something to do with tire price fluctuation. So it might come down to this: do you want cheaper tires (made in China) or do you want to see more Americans employed? If you opt for cheaper Chinese tires flooding the market, do you mind that the Chinese government subsidizes the tire industry over there? Or is price the bottom line, regardless of how it's reached? As with many of our problems these days, the answers are complicated, not easy or simple.
Jim
10-10-2012, 08:39 PM
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