I wonder, could it be because prices of everything except gasoline have jumped 60% in the past 2-3 years for no real reason?
Be fair. Gasoline and an hour’s work.
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An easier way to say it is:
When you’re half dead and need to be fed: liquid bread!
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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.
Beer has definitely gone up in price. Grain prices have gone up a lot since the start of the Ukraine war. Was just talking to some brewer friends about their grain bills for beer and cost per keg at my local taproom.
Whiskey has just been going up in price for the past decade. I did just pick up a handle of Beam for the holidays and I doing remember it being that crazy expensive at Argonaut
All bourbon has gone up in price.
I’d imagine. That was just one I’ve bought over the past year so I knew the prices.
Denver is a pretty bad place to compare alcohol prices price, but even still, that is so much less than everything else.
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.
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.
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)
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!
Only a year? Look at mister fancy pants paying off his credit cards.
lol
Hey look, an article about me
I feel seen
This is the way
Doesn’t help that even great credit scores give cards that have a rate of 17%+. That’s insane. It shouldn’t be a surprise since the CC companies want us in debt so they make money. I mean, duh.
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It’s still worth using cards for the rewards points. I just set mine to auto pay and enjoy having everything I buy 3-5% cheaper, plus way better purchase protection and customer service. I’ve never paid a cent in interest or accrued any debt whatsoever.
And if for some reason you ever do need a loan, it’s a lot easier to get one with a credit history. It sucks that it is that way but it’s ridiculously easy to get a score well into the 700s if you just auto pay a credit card.
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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?
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.
