Well.... many people who are just expecting a recession and then things to be normal on the other side
... the last time this happened, all the prices fell, and it was better to buy later.

Used car prices are a good example.
Right now, they are in the stratosphere, but soon they will be in the shitter.
So, waiting to make a used car purchase is a good idea.

However, if you want a new car.
The 2024 version of many new cars may not exist.
Plants, and soon, entire car manufacturers may be closed permanently.

Computers... the demand for them has already fallen. At the same time, getting all the parts and building a functioning computer is become more and more tenuous.
Any actual conflict with China, and we may see new computers as unobtanium.

BUT FOOD, buy all you can now.
Two really bad things are going to happen.

1. Food is going to become more costly
2. Good food may become impossible to find

You will eat ze bugs...
No i won't!
But the FDA is already making "emergency" decisions to remove sell buy dates.
They will allow food factories to leave off of the ingredients list, bugs: crickets, grasshoppers, mealy worms...
So, that box of cheerios? How much bug content is in there?
General Mills won't tell you, but there will be all kinds of whistle blowers saying that bugs go into the factory.