• TesterJ@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m still surprised every time I go into a Subway and the footlongs don’t cost $5. Now they cost $12.

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      RIP McDonalds’ dollar menu. Little Caesars’ $5 Hot ‘n’ Ready. Arby’s 5 for $5 roast beefs (and potato cakes).

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        Fuck I miss that $5 hot n ready. When I was younger picking that up with some crazy bread and heading back to my dorm to watch some football was my favorite Sunday pastime 😭

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          11 months ago

          That just reminded me that one pizza place used to deliver $4 pizzas to the dorms back in the day. Damn those were good times.

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      Fast food is ridiculous, it used to be half the price but you can go to a bar and grill or a family restaurant and get better food for the same price now. I rarely consider it any longer unless I’m really crunched on time or have no other options. It’s such a ripoff these days.

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      You gotta have the buy one get one coupons they always mail out, then it comes to about 6$ each, not 5 but better than 12 at least lmao

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        11 months ago

        I used them a lot but I don’t get them much anymore. Used to get them once every 2 weeks, now it’s once every few months.

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      11 months ago

      And a chilope burrito is like $11, chicken used to be 5.50 when I was in college

      I’d rather stuff became cheaper instead of me making more money. Deflation time

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        11 months ago

        They make special TVs with fewer features (such as no audio out) specifically for Black Friday specials.

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          11 months ago

          Always check model numbers against what you think you’re buying. Sometimes they use the same number with a slight change, like a few numbers or letters added to it. If it’s different, that’s the Black Friday version with extra-cheap capacitors and last year’s recycled panel.

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        11 months ago

        Don’t remember the last time I actually bought anything on black Friday.

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    11 months ago

    isn’t inflation a wonderful invention? keeps the economy growing. aren’t we lucky to have such benevolent owners?

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    mfw corps raise prices for the bare minimum time to legally call the subsequent discount a discount and people buy at the inflated price anyway.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    We hit the point where the dollar is worth almost exactly half of what it was when I first started working in the mid 90s. It’s helped to reground my price expectations.