• TesterJEnglish
    481·
    2 years ago

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

    • ivanafterall@kbin.social
      26·
      2 years ago

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

      • Klystron@sh.itjust.works
        12·
        2 years ago

        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 😭

        • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          2 years 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.

      • son_named_bort
        2·
        2 years ago

        I remember the 5 for $5 roast beefs. Then it went up to 5 for $5.95 and later 4 for $5. Last I checked they would do a 2 for $5 promo.

    • cm0002
      9·
      2 years ago

      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

      • TesterJEnglish
        2·
        2 years 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.

    • Bye
      31·
      2 years 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

      • Serinus
        8·
        2 years ago

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

        • Fester@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          2 years 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.

      • kurwa
        41·
        2 years ago

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

  • CluckN
    21·
    2 years ago

    Dollar Tree having the audacity to charge $5-$10 in the Beyond section.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    17·
    2 years 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.

  • DavidGarcia@feddit.nl
    151·
    2 years ago

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

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      11·
      2 years ago

      If we didn’t introduce new currency into the economy the hoarders owners would have all of the wealth. There wouldn’t be money to pay people because you get paid less than the owner takes in, eventually they’d end up with literally everything. Of course they’re trying that now anyway, but still, odd as it is to say, we need inflation.

  • metaStatic@kbin.social
    71·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug
    4·
    2 years ago

    I worked at Walmart and vividly remember seeing the black Friday magazines showing stuff on sake for ehat it cost just a few months ago