• zeppo@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I wonder, could it be because prices of everything except gasoline have jumped 60% in the past 2-3 years for no real reason?

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      7 months ago

      This still boggles my mind. My Old Spice pomade jumped from $4-$5 for 2.6 oz container to $10 for a 2.4 oz container and I’m supposed to go about my day thinking this is how things should be right now? Granted it’s somewhat of a luxury item and there are various other products that are similar or even worse that are more of a necessity, but it proves my point in how much products have jumped in price for no fucking reason other than greed.

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        7 months ago

        There’s so much stuff now that I’ll only buy if it’s on sale… and the sale price is what a regular price was 2 years ago.

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        7 months ago

        I’ve seen some alcohol go up a fair bit… a bog Jim Beam pint used to be $9 around Denver and now is $11-14 at many places, and a lousy half pint of Vidal Sassoon or whatever (oh, Paul Masson) went from $4 to $6. Depends on the state and the store though I guess.

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          7 months ago

          Denver is a pretty bad place to compare alcohol prices price, but even still, that is so much less than everything else.

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    7 months ago

    It’s because of avocado toast according to boomers (definitely not because of wealth inequality and the top 200 net worth individuals owning 30% of all American wealth and squeezing the living shit out of the middle class)

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      7 months ago

      What else can it be?

      The economy is doing great!

      *Gestures to increased fossil fuels productiona and billionaires doubling their wealth

      Obviously everything is fine!

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    7 months ago

    One of my credit cards offered me a 0% deal for a year. I used it to have work done on my house. Why WOULDN’T I carry that balance for a year and pay it off?

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      7 months ago

      Because it’s pending exposure.

      Now if you found a way to turn around and earn interest or earn extra with that money…now you’re cooking with gas. Just make sure the earnings are worth the relative risk, and that you hedge against that risk.