Not looking for excuses, but I was shocked a week ago by the price increases across the board. I ordered a second custom Threadripper machine to complement the one I built over 2 years ago: the CPU (2xxx) that I bought more than 2 years ago had the same price, the same cooler was double (from 59 to 118), the same case was 50% more expensive. The Plantronics headset I bought 4 years ago is more expensive today, even if the model is quite old.

Even the same jeans and motorcycle boots are 50% more expensive than the list price 3 years ago, the bicycle parts ordered from Germany are 50% more expensive than 4-5 years ago, so it is not just computer parts. Not sure if this is all from the vast quantity of money printed in the past year or there is some other cause I cannot identify.