When's the breaking point?

[randlemanboater]

I feel your pain on the batteries Ferm...had to replace the one in the old minivan last week...they were $45 last time I got one for it (2008), $75 this time.

Several months ago when the stock market hit an all time high I moved all my 401k money out of stocks expecting the market to crash...since then its hit several more records in spite of the stagnant economy, the Russian's, slow job growth, etc...

None of it adds up.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by randlemanboater

I feel your pain on the batteries Ferm...had to replace the one in the old minivan last week...they were $45 last time I got one for it (2008), $75 this time.

Several months ago when the stock market hit an all time high I moved all my 401k money out of stocks expecting the market to crash...since then its hit several more records in spite of the stagnant economy, the Russian's, slow job growth, etc...

None of it adds up.

I think part of the reason that people are still investing in the market is because they don't think that the market will crash. They have no idea what $20 Trillion dollars in debt is doing to this Country's economy. One day, it's going to explode, and God help those that aren't prepared. I'm betting it will make the Great Depression of the 30's look like a stroll in the park. IMHO

[bradford]

^^ What Destroyer just said X 1000.

Randleman, I got out totally in January 2008. Had a bad feeling. People thought I was crazy.

Around september/october I was glad I did. Haven't lost any sleep yet over it.

Prefer to have more direct control over things. If I want to gamble I buy a couple mega millions lotto tickets when it gets up past 300 million or so.

[macojoe]

My fuel pump just died on the Tahoe, the garage wanted $700 to $750 to replace Autozone wanted $240 for the pump. I went online to Rockauto and got it with shipping 2 days for $125!!!!!! After a calm nice 5 hours with a few short breaks the new pump is in and working!!!!!!!
Thanks to my son and nephew.
The worse part was not being able to do anything!! Just sat and watched, advised a little but not being able to get down and help I did not know a few things cause I could not see them
O well its a done deal!! But I remeber when they were just a few bucks not all that long ago!!

[THEFERMANATOR]

Yep, I have started buying most all of my parts from ROCKAUTO. They get delivered to my door, most of the time I cna get OEM parts, and pay less than the cheap aftermarket ones from the parts stores. In the last year I have seen most things go up by 50%, if not more.