33 Things That Have Gotten So Expensive, People Now Avoid Buying Them

At the risk of sounding like an old woman, I remember when I could go to the cinema with my friends as a teenager and buy snacks and have enough for bus fare home with £5. I'm 37 so it wasn't a million years ago.

Only time I go out to the movies any more is the local independent theatre that shows all the weird foreign films and holds drag shows every Friday. Last time I was there, they were showing Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) with a live band playing the music. It's a silent film. THAT was worth the money and not something you can get at home.

good investment. In about a year, you will make back the expense just on snacks

Me too. PT an addition on the house and styled it in our way with soothing ambient lighting and a fireplace. Nice and cozy! Add a little yo ho ho! And we're watching whatever we want on demand

20 years ago, if you didn't watch a movie while it was at the cinema you had to wait 18-24 months for the VHS/DVD/Bluray release...now the turnaround time is 2 to 8 weeks for pretty much everything. It's not worth paying $12-$28 per ticket, plus another $20 per person for overpriced snacks so you get to have the overpriced expierence ruined by a sea of a$$holes screwing around on their phones through most of the movie, or endure the PoS parents that drag kids to see movies because "just cause i be a mom don't mean i don't deserve to do stuffs too" I could tolerate the prices, since it's rare that there's anything worth seeing in a cinema were it not for the other people.

A class action lawsuit needs to happen to put an end to ticketmaster

And Ticketmaster gets at least $80 of that

I have missed many concerts because the ticket prices were astronomical. Foo Fighters came around near me earlier this year and tickets were almost $200...for the shittier seats!

i think you mean "big concerts" i rarely pay more than 100. last time was around 100 for a John Fogerty gig in Dublin, general admission, had a front row spot. 95% of my concerts are not even 40 euro. edit: and yes, ticketbastard sucks ballz

In 1978 I saw Queen. $7.50. I saw KISS in 1976. Tickets cost the same. The last time Queen toured, tickets started at $350 and went up to $5000.

I get packs of mini sized ones when they come on special.

And they are smaller too

They were a lot smaller back then too though. Seriously, sometime in the last 20 years, King Size became the new normal and the new King Size is massive.

The other day I paid over $3 for two small peanut butter and chocolate holiday trees. They were not worth $1.50 @! But it's the holidays.

Okay, I thought those were dumb greedflation numbers here in Canada. I didn't realize everyone else was dealing with the same b/s. Chips and pop are 2 other items that have doubled in price. I rarely buy name brand colas now unless its a mega deal and the same for chips. I just laugh and walk away.

This one is being artificially inflated by the landlords. The city I live in has been decreasing in population for several years but rents keep going up. Thousands of units remain empty. The property owners are abusing artificial scarcity to keep rent prices high. Real estate people suck.

This one hits for me, being homeless and all.

Rent 2 High!

Move in ready homes are very high in price. There are many homes on the market that are very affordable but are in need of serious renovation. Those that can do the work themselves make out. Those that lack the skills or don't put in the effort to learn will stuck being renters.

I was in Plato's Closet awhile back and they had a WALMART brand sweatshirt, WITH STORE TAG that said $5.99. Plato's Closet's price? $14.99. I took it to the counter to let them know. They could not have cared less. Like literally didn't GAF. I'm sure they just ripped the WM tag off and hung it back on the rack but Jesus. I haven't been back since.

Why would I do to a charity shop to buy Primark gear with the label cut out that's falling apart for twice the price of brand new? Gone are the days of finding some awesome bargains.

Here's the rub....thrift stores used to be filled with actual donated clothing....well made items that were meant to last, and priced accordingly. Now...fast fashion rules the simple minded masses, who are chomping at the bit to buy $5 shirts sewn by 8 year old slaves, working 16 hours for 20 cents a day because some vapid millionaire celebrity looked cute in something that kinda sorta resembled it.....and now that you've bought the trash garment you've got 3-6 months of minimal use before it starts to fall apart. Thrift stores don't source individual items....they buy that stuff by weight. It should be very telling to everyone with two brain cells to rub together how f****d up it is that thrift stores pay more for random lots of garments than the cost that manufactures do to produce and sell the stuff new.

Flippers are at the wailing wall about thrift store prices. Ignore them

Depends on where and what, really. If you're shopping at a store that calls themselves "vintage" then, yes, you're going to pay some obnoxious, pretentious price for things but if you're at a Salvation Army store you can score some decent pants for 8 bucks.

I enjoy sewing but it has become too expensive hobby. Now I only sew to repurpose materials I already have. Old fleece blankets into dog bed covers, old curtains into seat cushion covers… I just save old worn stuff that is made of decent quality fabric and repurpose as needed.

I would give anything to have some of the clothes back my grandmother made me as a child. She made the most amazing clothes. She was an incredibly talented woman. She always made Christmas and Easter dresses for me and my sister, and they looked like something you'd get out of a high-end children's clothing boutique.

i would think that the cheap clothes you can buy for the same money are not even half the quality of the home made clothes.

I'm confused by this, because I'm not young and it was already no savings to buy fabric instead of ready made clothes when I was a kid.

Most fabric has to be imported instead of made here in the US. Overseas, they don't have to pay a living wage, provide health and retirement benefits, a safe workplace, be environmentally conscious, etc.

Don't you just love the self-serve kiosks now want you to add a tip?

Like a pretzel place - asks for tips. Really? - you actually just turned around to complete the order.

Thank god my place here dont use this kind of 'practice'.

The whole system of us needing to tip servers every time because their wages are too low; we need to fix that system by giving them a decent wage. If they go above and beyond, give them a tip as a little extra "thank you" but don't make it mandadory. I took it upon myself to tip someone at the tire place because they went waaaaay above and beyond. I did it as a "thank you for going the extra 5 miles" the tip was unexpected, but it was my decision, not a mandatory

I actually just stopped going anywhere that takes tips. Don't order pizza, Chinese, go to a place with servers, heck, I even cut my own hair now cuz the tablet at the barber had a tip prompt. I can't take the anxiety, have fun with one less customer. The corporations cleverly made it so that fighting tipping culture hurts the servers before them, so I've had to adopt this method for the time being.

And the portion sizes are way too small.