[buymycards]

This is completely unrelated, but I buy new running shoes every 2-3 months, and when they start to wear a little, I either toss them or use them for yard work.

On June 16th, I bought a pair of brand name shoes, nothing fancy, from a seller on eBay. I have bought from this seller in the past, and he always has large discounts. On June 16th I paid $44.71 shipped. I went to order another pair today - same seller, same size, same brand and model of shoe. All of his shoes were priced at $70. The same price increase seems to have happened on Amazon. I suppose it is because many of the shoes are made in China, so the embargo is limiting the volume of supplies coming into the U.S.