Now, each one is approaching $20 a month, with the price rising every six months.
Even the ad-supported ones are getting expensive.
The quality isn’t there either to justify paying monthly for them.
A bag of chips shouldnt be $7 or more!!!
Corn chips, potato chips, cheese puffs…all of them have gotten wildly expensive!
3.“Coffee.
I now make my own cold brew.
It’s just as I like it.
“I make almond milk.
I bought a $30 machine off Amazon, and almonds are $7 at Costco.
What used to cost me $6075 monthly now costs $7.
I can also make almond flour and yogurt.
It’s wildly easy.”
Worst of all, those parks are crowded ALL year round.
6.“Cable.
Its so much cheaper to get a few networks than cable.
The only people I know who have it are my grandparents.”
“Clothing from thrift stores.
A men’s Dickies jacket with a hole in it cost $45 at my local thrift store.
For that much, I could buy a new jacket without any holes in it.”
8.“Camping.
Used to be a great way to spend a summer weekend for not a lot of money.
The ‘glampers’ ruined it.”
“Going out to eat.
Groceries are expensive enough.
That is mostly out the window.”
My kids have celiac disease, so it absolutely has to be GF.
A single GF loaf is half the size of a regular one and between five and seven dollars.
Now, I just make my own bread.
It’s ridiculous.”
“Paper napkins, plates, etc.
The prices are just prohibitive.
“Home improvement or fixes.
“Hamburgers at a restaurant.
They used to be one of the budget options, now theyre pushing $20!
My husband and I look for a single menu item that we can share.
Burgers are hard to share so we rarely get them.”
We don’t even use that much.
We literally measure out a tablespoon per cup, but it’s through the roof.
I would rather just use cream and sugar than buy cruddy coffee.”
It used to be, like, $9, and now its $14?!
And the free version is worse than it was a few years ago.”
“Using the post office for me.
I used to love sending postcards from abroad and, of course, holiday cards.
I had to give up.
I get it; we’re all doing things digitally now.
Good luck during a power cut.
Do we always have to throw the baby out with the bathwater?”
“Alcohol and beef.
We’re predominantly a chicken/veggie household unless there’s a sale.
It’s so much cheaper to buy a whole bird.
I miss steak and whiskey.”
“Movie theater snacks.
It’s easy to just stop at a dollar store and bring your own snacks in your purse.”
“Taking drives on the weekends.
Gas has gotten too expensive.
“New clothing for my kids.
I spent the bulk of my childhood wearing second-hand clothing because we were genuinely poor.
Now, my kids are wearing it because of the rampant greed-flation.”
“Date nights are a thing of the past for my spouse and me.
We still find ways to connect.
It just takes a little more effort.”
“Name-brand beauty products.
The ingredients are the same, and it can end up costing significantly less.”
Like, when did it start costing $9 for a bottle?
25.And lastly, “Food trucks.
Now, you’re paying more for them than a brick-and-mortar restaurant.
And you’re lucky if they have napkins or utensils.
I absolutely refuse to give them my business anymore.”
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