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Retrograde

(10,068 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:23 PM Jul 2020

Question for home canners - price increase

After putting up a batch of stock yesterday, I'm down to my last package of mason jar lids. So I went on Amazon to order some more - and the price is up by a factor of 6 or more since I last bought them! I'm used to paying ~$0.10 each for them - now the cheapest I can find are about $0.60 each. When did this happen, and why? Surge in the number of canners? Trump's tariffs?

It's been about a year since I bought any, as I buy in large quantities, but it still seems like a steep increase.

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Question for home canners - price increase (Original Post) Retrograde Jul 2020 OP
Is there a hardware store near you, or Home Depot? no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #1
I'm still using the stash from previous years, so Croney Jul 2020 #2
Not a surprise Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #3
like beans & tp. covid + sour dough. now canning. pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #4
Amazon prices are pretty volatile Saviolo Jul 2020 #5
I always seem to have hundreds of them around Kali Jul 2020 #6

Croney

(4,646 posts)
2. I'm still using the stash from previous years, so
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:26 PM
Jul 2020

I didn't know this. I'm not surprised.

Edit to add: Target has a box of 12 lids and bands for $3.79, plus a 5% discount if paying with Target card. Maybe I'll stock up.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Not a surprise
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:44 PM
Jul 2020

Amazon has gotten rather pricey since March, along with much slower. I would seriously look around for alternatives and use Amazon as a vendor of last resort. They have selection and are a good place to window shop, but in my opinion are not the best option for most of what I am ordering of late.

pansypoo53219

(20,906 posts)
4. like beans & tp. covid + sour dough. now canning.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 06:07 PM
Jul 2020

i just freeze. not gonna do parifin wax or true canning. lazy. just freeze bell peppers. get dried onions from farmers market.

Saviolo

(3,268 posts)
5. Amazon prices are pretty volatile
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 12:18 AM
Jul 2020

They do jump pretty drastically. One thing to try is to put them in your shopping cart for a few days and see if you get an alert about the price going down.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
6. I always seem to have hundreds of them around
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 09:28 PM
Jul 2020

and never enough jars, don't think I have ever bought them extra. I do buy the plastic ones for leftover storage.

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