My husband hates change. He’s an extreme LBYMer and uses things until long past they time they are worn out. He grumbles when I replace them with nice, new things. Not because of the cost, which we can easily afford and which I usually pay for out of my own pocket. But just because he dislikes change.
I guess it’s a good thing he doesn’t mind damaged older goods since we’re still together after 35 years despite my various surgeries. 
DH spends most of every day in his large recliner. He sleeps most of the time in the recliner. The recliner is over 20 years old. A bolt broke in the undercarriage so the back is slanted. I replaced the bolt but it broke again.
Last year, I shopped in the local furniture store for a “tall guy” recliner. They had a couple of models. Recliners are like shoes – the person who uses it has to feel comfortable in it. But DH refused to shop.
This week, DH and I went for a drive together. Then I said, “Since we’re out, why don’t we stop at the furniture store so you can pick out a recliner?”
He sat in several recliners and liked one. But he hated the color (moss green) so we needed a special order. The salesman told us that the manufacturer (Best Furniture) was backordered 8 months. We went home and I phoned several other furniture stores but none of them had the specific model in stock.
I went to the furniture store yesterday to order the recliner. It was a rainy Monday afternoon. The aged owner (probably in his late 70s) and the secretary were the only people in the store. When I said I wanted to order the chair, the owner followed me with his walker to the chair and pulled off the price tag.
The price tag said $789 but he told me the price was now $799 since his supplier had raised prices. I didn’t argue with him since he’s an old guy trying to make a living in a small town during a pandemic. But I did make sure that the price I was paying wouldn’t rise if the chair cost more when it is finally delivered, who knows when. I put a down-payment and took the receipt.
If my husband wasn’t so particular about his chair I would have gone somewhere else and bought a chair from inventory. The sale would have been lost.
The owner agreed that inflation would probably persist. It will make it even harder for him since most jobs in this small town are low-wage.
Sure signs of inflation are changing prices and changing amounts of product if the price is stable.
Wendy