Americans fight with the way Trump prices can change shopping lists

Charlene and Phil Willingham have been thinking for some time to replace 20 -year -old household appliances in their kitchen, but by the sudden perspective of cost increases, they decided that it was time. The Willingham, both retired, appeared in a store in the suburbs of Chicago Friday with a long list of races: stove, fridge, microwave and dishwasher.

“We were going to take our time to get new household appliances, but now because of these prices, I want to get them before any price increases,” Willingham, 64, said during her purchases in the Abt Electronics store in Glenview, Illinois.

In grocery stores, car dealerships, shopping centers and large discount channels across the country, interviews with more than two dozen Americans this weekend have shown that many were running to understand how to get ahead of the new price plan, quickly making calculated, large and small purchases.

“Panic is sufficient to make me want to buy,” said Shali Santos, 28, after storing the essential elements in bulk – water, soap, rinses – in a wholesale store in Costco in Marina Del Rey, a community by the water in the county of Los Angeles, and noting that many people around her seemed to compete more than that on similar agates.

Others said that their purchasing habits were unchanged by the announcement of prices, largely because they had patience and confidence in the president’s long match, and thought that any short -term pain, including potential cost increases, would take place.

“I am convinced that this will be recovered,” said Gregg Harris, 61.