Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Spirit, My email is in my profile here...Would love to hear about items you want to unload...I got a bunch of goods today relating to Disney that I feel sure I can turn a profit on...Sad part is I want to keep everything...Let me hear from you seriously...>> Email has been sent.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<That is truly the problem. It is not just that airfare has gone up, which is a major problem. It would be one thing if airfare went up $20-50 a roundtrip but in many cases airfare has doubled in the last 2 years and who knows where it will be if oil keeps going up. But everything is more expensive. Our idiotic pursuit of corn based ethanol(which has an energy ratio of 4 to 1 instead of sugar cane based ethanol which is almost 1 to 1 which Brazil is using but they are clearing more rainforest to do it so that causes its own problem, ok I will stop making your heads hurt now) has caused corn prices to spike and in case you haven't noticed corn(in some form or another) is in almost everything we eat now. Of course food prices have also gone up because of the price of gas in transportation. And now your electrical bill is gonna go up because the energy companies gotta pass their increased costs onto you. So while this summer may not see a drop if things keep going the way they are going we may see a dramatic drop this fall in domestic tourists and eventually it will effect the international tourists. >> And that's what Disney is worried about. Right now, all looks to be well (at least on the surface) at WDW. The parks are very busy, the resort load levels are good to very good. I don't have current access to guest spend numbers, but I imagine they are still fairly healthy. But fall (which really starts around 8/1 at WDW) and winter are another story. Many people are canceling ressies now. And most of the airline cutbacks won't even take affect until September or October. A lot of people are hurting in this country right now, and from where I'm sitting things aren't looking to improve. Keep an eye on the WDW website calendar pages and see what happens with operating hours. They are the proverbial canary in the coal mine.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< And now your electrical bill is gonna go up because the energy companies gotta pass their increased costs onto you. >>> Tell me about it! I just got my bill for last month: $508! And my bill had previously never been above $300, and my usage has not gone up.
Originally Posted By leemac <<^^Tell me about it ... I decided earlier this year to divest myself of some major Disney-related clutter (i.e. collectibles) and found there is practically no market unless I want to sell the stuff for less than half what I paid for it.>> Spirit - I noticed that kennect mentioned this - but if it is WDCC pieces shoot me a note if you like - a good friend is always looking for secondary market pieces for resale in his store. My email address is my first name (at) laughingplace.com
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Tell me about it! I just got my bill for last month: $508! And my bill had previously never been above $300, and my usage has not gone up.>> WOW! Our electric bill has never broken the $150 mark, and we have a 3000 sq ft house that is air conditioned in the Summer. I even pay a $9 surcharge to buy 600 kwhr per month of wind gemerated electricity. I think our current rate is 7 cents per kwhr.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Spirit - I noticed that kennect mentioned this - but if it is WDCC pieces shoot me a note if you like - a good friend is always looking for secondary market pieces for resale in his store. My email address is my first name (at) laughingplace.com>> Lee -- I have two interested parties ahead of you, but if they decide to pass I'll let you know! Will drop you an email anyway in the next day or two.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Spirit, Lee's friend is the guy I was telling you about (I suspect we're talking about our mutual Warwick friend Lee?). He is the best guy in the UK for all things WDCC
