@sakic92710 wrote:
.......and before the "pandemic surge" when I would get 60-80+ a month?
Pandemic changed everything and we are far from over it. People simply don't care pay attention, for example the newest variant floating about doesn't seem care about age at all. Word has it that its developed several new proteins which help it evade immune response times. Then there is the research about "Long Covid" stating some 20 million Americans alone have reported long term impacts yet the research is showing every person who got Covid has long Covid. The proteins left in cells from the virus render the cells partially dysfunctional even if people dont realize it. This is going to be around along time just like the Flu except for the fact its not seasonal and is far far far more contagious. That's the health side and the health expense is ENORMOUS yet you won't hear that talked about much in economics nor that of the college loan burden which Covid put unto steroids. Tens of thousands of other issues, some direct, some reactionary but just about everything has changed whether people care realize or not.
The money give aways that folks embraced and online sellers very much enjoyed came full circle into inflation as one of the main drivers. Shows how blind so many folks are not connect the two and there impacts. What made for good selling come full circle make for less buying.
Mamazon be reporting earning today after the bell. I'm betting they had a very very good Q4 given banner Black Friday and Banner Cyber Monday sales not to mention the deals they'd run holiday season. I'm gonna bet Walmart exceeded expectations too as they were very very aggressive too. Towards eBay, well we'll see but I'll bet it was less than banner and the reason why was that retail aggression literally everywhere one turn yet where were the 50%+ off sales here?
I'm even going to bet third party sellers at Amazon's sales were up considerably as residual buying given their seller competitive pricing model.
