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DFW

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7. Wait til they want to buy a gold wedding ring

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:09 PM

16 hrs ago

The price of an ounce of gold is again $100 higher than last week. It is within $50 of the formerly impossible $4000 per ounce level. That’s something like $120 per gram. If this keeps up, people will have to mortgage their house to be able to afford a wedding ring.

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Poll: 75% say doing too little to lower prices....... [View all] riversedge 18 hrs ago OP

Many are clueing in and saying true words. ananda 18 hrs ago #1

I call it the "Trump Discount" ... everything he promises turns out the opposite of what he promised ... so ... nt eppur_se_muova 18 hrs ago #2

Inflation will vanish by December. Christmas gifts will be bargain priced, food prices will plummet dalton99a 18 hrs ago #3

Where's all the TRUMP LOW PRICES we were hearing about in 2024? durablend 17 hrs ago #4

The MAGAs actually have to walk into the meat section of the grocery store and buy food Prairie Gates 17 hrs ago #5

He could not care less about prices Bristlecone 16 hrs ago #6

Wait til they want to buy a gold wedding ring DFW 16 hrs ago #7