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TMCP #468: Ask Rick – Amelia Island Winners, eBay Picks, and the Price Impact of COVID on EVERYTHING!

The MuscleCar Place

Robert Kibbe

Automotive, Leisure, Business, Careers

4.8701 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Rick Schmidt is back for our ever-popular "Ask Rick" segment and this weeks listener question is straight from the news headlines: the increase of prices on EVERYTHING. From global pandemics sequestering workers at home, to 2020's increased consumer buying, to stimulus packages, and then a final blow of a stuck ship in the middle of a canal blocking the worlds free trade, the global market has taken a huge hit. All of these forces and more have combined to impact the availability of goods and raise prices across the board.

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0:00.0

The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast episode number 468.

0:05.1

This week, Rick Schmidt is back for the Ask Rick segment, and we're going to talk turkey.

0:10.5

Rick will always tell you the truth, even when it's not what you want to hear.

0:14.6

The COVID shutdown affected everything.

0:16.7

It broke the supply chain.

0:18.6

And as a result, prices for everything, classic car parts, lumber, food, they're all going

0:24.8

up.

0:25.3

You know it, they know it, I know it, we all know it.

0:28.2

So I asked Rick flat out what you've been asking me, when are the prices of our car parts

0:33.4

for our funmobiles going to increase, whether from NPD or otherwise,

0:38.3

it will take a while to put Humpty Dumpty back together again,

0:41.3

and he may never really look the same.

0:43.5

But such a global effort and priority went into mandating things that were necessary

0:49.5

for COVID and for hospitals and for everything else,

0:54.1

that it has really rocked the market,

0:56.1

and raw materials are just way up.

1:02.8

This is the Muscle Car Place, weekly online podcast.

1:07.1

Brought to you by National Parks Depot.

1:09.8

This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide

1:12.9

who love American muscle cars. Whether you're buying them, selling, restoring, or even racing them,

1:20.0

this is the place for you. Now, here's your host, Rob Kibby. Yes, indeed, I am Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast.

1:30.2

So a fun show today, kind of a serious topic today with Rick Schmidt.

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