• zeppo@lemmy.world
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    9 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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        9 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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            9 months ago

            I’d imagine. That was just one I’ve bought over the past year so I knew the prices.

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          9 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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      9 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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        9 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.