Yeah poeple have no money
- tried to book two weeks ago a weekend for a ski escape, couldn't find a room, had to postpone it by a week
- tried to get seats for Spiderman, surprise, no way to get four seats next to each other during the weekend
- my cousin went to our local Skoda dealership, delivery his car was September, went to check out offers at Hyundai, came back
- poeple might have switched to fully electric cars as the traffic was nuts even compared to pre-pandemic levels, where do they get the gas if they are all broke
- Apple sales 9% more iPhones, laptops, and PC grew by 14.8%, yeah, poeple don't have money
But, but, but prices are up, exactly prices are up because poeple are still buying that stuff if poeple wouldn't afford the stuff they would stop buying and the manufacturer would either lowe prices or go bankrupt. Yet, no such thing is happening!
- tried to book two weeks ago a weekend for a ski escape, couldn't find a room, had to postpone it by a week
- tried to get seats for Spiderman, surprise, no way to get four seats next to each other during the weekend
- my cousin went to our local Skoda dealership, delivery his car was September, went to check out offers at Hyundai, came back
- poeple might have switched to fully electric cars as the traffic was nuts even compared to pre-pandemic levels, where do they get the gas if they are all broke
- Apple sales 9% more iPhones, laptops, and PC grew by 14.8%, yeah, poeple don't have money
But, but, but prices are up, exactly prices are up because poeple are still buying that stuff if poeple wouldn't afford the stuff they would stop buying and the manufacturer would either lowe prices or go bankrupt. Yet, no such thing is happening!
You have mixed things up a bit, sorry.
* The cars are delivered so late not because there are so many buyers, no. It's because the semiconductors shortage.
* The PC, laptops (and even tablets) sales have grown hugely in the last year(s) because people switched to working from home, kids are doing school from home
But yes, the prices are up. Some still buy basically all the crap, some are going out like crazy (you're so right about holidays and the cars on the streets - especially as gasoline prices are sky high), some others have difficulties in buying enough food or paying the gas and electricity bills.