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Old Nov 23, 2016, 5:59 am
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Ldnn1
 
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Originally Posted by ajGoes
If my two recent purchases on Amazon.co.uk are any guide, Brits should steel themselves for a nasty bout of inflation. One electric kettle went up 25% in the five days between September 21st when I ordered it and the 26th when I resubmitted the payment after Chase declined one on a false fraud alert. Out of curiosity, I checked the other kettle I had bought a few weeks earlier; it had gone up over ten percent.
I don't think that anecdote is anything to go by at all. Prices for such things fluctuate wildly on Amazon all the time, often related to 'sale' promos not just on Amazon but other retailers against which they auto-price.

It's right that inflation is likely to rise over the coming months, but I don't think the price of your kettle from September 21-26 is evidence of that.
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