TOP 10 THINGS PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD ANYMORE!
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They teach about Goodwill in foreign business schools. Imagine a business where your inventory is not only free but it gets delivered to you free as well, your profits are tax exempt and your CEO makes 6 figures, that's Goodwill.
And the problem is? Foreign business schools?
@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp it must have went WAY above your head. Everyone else gets the point though 🤣
He's right.
Im 66 years old.i get a kiddy pool.a raft and float in it on a hot day.a radio playing oldies songs a small table with homemade ice teawith sugarand lemon.ol what a day.😊❤
I used to spend over $150 a month on my hair pre-pandemic because I have short hair. Spent a lot of time watching my hairdresser cut and style my hair over the years. Well…..I started cutting my hair during the pandemic and buying my hair dye at the dollar tree (which is amazing!). I’ve been spending $1.50 a month for almost 4 years!!!! My hair looks exactly like it did when a professional was doing it. Have saved a ton of $$$$$.
I'm with you! I've been dying my own hair for years on the cheap. When I started getting gray around the edges, my home treatment didn't really cover it properly. I thought "It's okay because I'm saving so much money." But then, I had a special occasion come up and decided to go get my hair dyed professionally. BAD mistake! Not only was my gray hair not covered, but it turned out a copper color while the rest of my hair was brown! It looked awful and cost over $150! I could have done this myself and saved $120. Never Again!😞
I've always wondered about the $tree stuff...any special usage advice?
Been colouring my own hair now over 2 decades since I was 28, Nice n Easy 8 G used to be 104, never changed it up either.
I stretch it over 2 and half months before I re colour it, my hair is short pixie so I wait till I go to my walk in salon then I colour after usually.
Most I ever paid for a haircut is 20 bucks here in Canada and I am a lady. I do tip well those girls are amazing at Borics.
Inflation has become a scapegoat. People are just raising prices and blaming "Inflation" while making bigger profits.
It's called gredflation
@@diogenesw144 Or greedflation to be exact.
So you think that the government flooding the country with money has nothing to do with it? Please take an economics course.
@@MrJamespeyton I didn't say that "the government flooding the country with money has nothing to do with it". Please take a reading and comprehension course.
Absolutely correct. Insurance companies across the board increased their rates recently by 35%. They claim this is a precaution to be prepared for the expected inflation.
It seems every store I go to wants you to "round up" for something. I went into Goodwill the other day and they asked if I wanted to round up. I asked what I'd be rounding up for. They said for their mission. Aren't all your payments for their mission? I did not round up. Another one that gets me is when you go somewhere, order at the counter, wait for your food or drink and they have a tip option on your ticket or tip jar. No! I'm not going to tip you. I did not get any extra service. There are getting to be fewer and fewer places I shop. I guess that means I have more money in my pocket.
I refuse. Not donating much if at all because I need the money myself.
@@LindaC-ze5ob Yes I shop at Goodwill. I shop for reduced items that I normally would not want to buy at new price. I only make $13.50 per hour so "Yes"
I will buy at Goodwill if I need to.
@@suzie2080 I'd rather buy at Goodwill and support that organization than the corrupt elite at Walmart.
I got snarled at when I politely declined to round up. If they want to donate to veterans or whatever, just up the price by a penny. Such a waste of time.
People are spending money to be lazy! I wont even pay for a furniture delivery! I no longer buy chips, cereal, frozen meals or anything that is not a nutrient dense pantry staple. I bake Bananas or oat muffins and have a hard boiled egg. I make my own popcorn now instead of the chips and crackers. Sun tea eliminated any drink purchases.
We talked about sun tea today. We grew up on that.
Sun tea and homemade popcorn are so much healthier a snack too. I bought an air popper and a gallon jug of popcorn myself and for Christmas presents for my grown kids when I first started watching Prepper Princess's videos.
Most of the expensive foods are bad for health
I hear coffee is bad too
At the Library, movies are free to rent.
Not only are Goodwill prices ridiculous now, but they are also getting extremely picky about what they will take.
I have heard that top grade clothes, rugs, furniture that is ever gifted to thrift stores, NEVER MAKES IT TO THE FLOOR TO BE SOLD. Management and/or employees take it themselves. I have noticed the last times I went, they had REAL JUNK.
$8 for a coffee is insane!
I know a woman who was buying 16 dollar lattes on a company credit card.....she was fired.
I have a close family member that works in a very famous worldwide coffee shop in California and they work non stop any time any day any season, I never set foot in that place but many more do. It always surprises me how much people spend in ready made coffee.
Never will I ever buy a cup of coffee. I make it at home.
I've been buying Cafe Llave or Cafe Bustelo Cuban Style espresso for 4.99 a can on sale. It's so rich and delicious! A little goes a long way.
@@alinatamashevich3354 Definite financial abuse...
You have not lived until you've quietly opened a soda can in a movie theatre.
I've done that more than once
Quietly? I’m loud and proud with my bottle of coke. lol The kids working there aren’t even paying attention.
It's true. I am 1 of 5 kids. My mom would pop a grocery store paper bag of popcorn at home and sneak it in her purse + 1 can of soda each. As a kid, my siblings taught us how to time opening your can to a noisy scene. Now, I teach my kid. Ha!!!
Does anyone remember drive ins you could bring a whole supper
🤣🤣🤣
I was so saddened one day when i was at Walmart and a little girl asked her mom if they could buy a package of chicken legs. Her mother told her no, we can't afford that anymore. Imagine, chicken legs, perhaps the cheapest package of chicken you can buy no longer affordable for a young family. Then, shrinkflation is in full effect. I picked up a 1/2 gallon of milk put it in the fridge next to my already opened one and I noticed a change in the size. I looked at the carton. The one I bought a week ago was 64 oz. My new one was 52 oz. Total BS!
What brand of milk? Still 64oz in Louisiana.
You have to understand - a wise man by the name of John Kerry - the bagman of Prince Obama - explains that unless we give all our money to the UN - who will fix the climate for us - we are all doomed by 2030. And when have the predictions of Keery not been correct?
Goodwill CEO makes an "unbelieveable" income off all our free donations! Why are they raising prices? GREED!
Stevia is better. Splenda is very bad
Or Swerve
Agreed! Splenda is so bad your for your gut. It’s sucralose. Stevia is a lot better
Totally agree
Stevia is from an actual plant, I own one, they grow easily.
Splenda addicct here. I'm not going to stop using it. It's better than real sugar. And I'm in my 40s and honestly don't care how long I live at this point.
I did thrift stores a lot about 20 years ago, and realized I was just cluttering my home.
Very true
😂 that'll happen. I've got a "something in, something out guideline" I have to ask myself if a new item is worth getting rid of something I already have at home before purchasing.
@@amy010276 I wasn’t as disciplined as you. I did enjoy thrifting though. Some of my clutter are pyrex mixing bowls of various styles and sizes. I use them daily.
Charity shops / thrift stores are an absolute rip off nowadays. Its sad, because I used to go there a lot for things that I needed. Now, even a mixing bowl or set of glasses or plates are so expensive. Its greed.
I agree. They get the items donated so it's all profit. 😡
It's also due to people making videos and tiktoks showing how they flip thrift store items on ebay for profit. So the thrift stores are taking their cut off the top, to the detriment of people who really need those lower priced clothing and furniture 😢
Not disagreeing, but just a note - EVERYTHING is more expensive, so the electricity and utilities the thrift shop has to pay is more expensive, the insurance for the building & property, workers comp insurance, fuel & insurance for whatever trucks or vehicles they use, sign permits, nearly everything, has gone up for them also. I'm not sure how they pay their staff, but they may be paying more in minimum wages, too. It all adds up, so they recoup the costs through their sales.
Isn't it funny how media and politicians keep saying grocery prices are only up 20%...I want to shop where they do.
Only?
They don’t care much and they don’t want to know because they get paid for spreading lies big money!😮😮😮😢😢😢🫤🫤👍
In Canada, the federal government is trying to tell us inflation is down to 2.9% but my strata fees just went up 30%
I miss the old thrift stores and goodwill. It’s the online resellers, I think.
What were the three movie apps? I heard Tubi, but missed the other two.
@@kwclove7623freevee and Pluto
@@kwclove7623 freevee and pluto, and I agree with her and have Roku also. Tubi is my usual go-to. (There's kanopy and hoopla, associated with my public library, also on Roku). Roku is well worth it.
@@kwclove7623 Freevee was one she named. Roku has their own channel (not sure if you have to have a Roku product to activate thought) I love the Roku channel. Crackle and Popcorn are free channels too.
The thrift stores have jacked their prices to the moon - last time I went into one, I felt insulted -
Yes, the thrift stores by me have increased the prices significantly & even with broken & very shopworn items
With the prices of food today, people won't have to go on a diet.
Maybe that is the purpose.
@@cynthiacrapster6877 That is exactly the purpose. Forced austerity is a real thing. "You will own nothing and you will be happy". WEF
When I can check-out a movie for free at my library, I can't justify a theater. At home I turn off all the lights to make it dark, pop my own popcorn and I'm set. Plus.... I get the benefit of pausing a movie to go potty.
I have chosen not to see a movie since 1995. Stay at home rent a movie or look at a rerun of my own
I also do not have any pay for (5 years) use and out side
Antenna.
Look at news etc on my basic 150$ phone.
Theatres have crazy people. Avoid them
Goodwill is the greediest worst!
I refuse to donate to Goodwill anymore and make the owner of those stores a bigger millionaire!
I get my milk from a dairy @ $4.00 a gallon and there is 2" of cream on it which will make about a pound of butter. The milk isn't pasteurised so the amino acids are still alive and it taste great.
No amino acids are alive. What are you talking about.
@@amyomeara2515 pasturazation
I’ve not shopped on Amazon in 2 years. I refuse after their inhumane warehouse practices caused permanent disability to one of my close friends, their lawyers have bullied her for two years and they’ve yet to pay her a dime the judge ordered, after they lost both appeals. Absolute not interested in supporting that company.
She can put a lien on their business. ♥️
They are also extremely Leftist. They push their agenda at the work place.
I canceled my prime and my account after they shut Parler’s servers down because it was a free speech platform. I don’t miss Amazon at all.
I ordered several items and Amazon loses my packages and we have a big facility less than 20 miles away and I don’t get my packages. What’s up with that Amazon?!
VET CARE is UNAFFORDABLE!
It's outrageous !
It always was, to be honest - they know that the wellbeing of our pets is priceless - and scrupulously exploit that knowledge.
Even euthanasia is $300 to $500!
Using an overdose of gas is illegal now.
I don't want my cat feeling a needle!!! What is wrong with them? Are they soulless clones?i dk
It has never been affordable.
I am paying off student loans for a degree I can't even use now. I wish I never went back to school.
I’m probably of the only women I know who colors, cuts and styles her own hair, does her own manis and pedis, and does her own eyebrows. I don’t remember the last time I was in a salon.
There are two us! LOL. I have never had my hair professionlly colored or highlighted. I have always done that myself. I have consistantly cut my own hair the last 5 years. I have around shoulder length hair. Never had to do my eyebrows I was blessed with great ones when I was younger. Never had a professional manicure either. It is insane how much it costs to do them at salons and to maintain them.
Make that three!
Now you know two!
Was doing this even before COVID 😁 Rejecting all these horrible modern "beauty" standards and saving a big buck 👌
Hello there I'm in England my hairdresser wants 120 pounds to wash cut colour.i had a go did it all myself it looks better than what they do and cost me five pounds for colour🌈
Rather than donating to thrift stores, I set up a FREE SALE for anyone to take what they want. Started doing this because charities seem to be operating in a TAKE & TAKE again.
I love this 🙏
I will drive my 2002/Honda with 222k miles until I can't anymore. I've read it can go to 300k miles. I haven't had a car payment since 2007.
It will go to 300k if you do the maintenance. Make sure timing belt is changed every 50k miles. You'll probably have to replace a bunch of stuff like the alternator, all the radiator hoses, cat, o2 sensors, and maybe the master cylinder. At 200k miles a lot of stuff just breaks down, but you can repair all of it if you're willing to take the time to do it.
There are soooooo many things that I choose not to spend money on anymore. I'm a school teacher. I have a master's degree in math and science, and I can barely make it from paycheck to paycheck. We are steadily working on side hustles and living on less, but it really difficult if the person you are married to doesn't hand the same mentality. He's getting better, but I need a radical change in his world view! 😒
Please integrate sqrt ( 1 - x^2 ) dx
It's cheaper to go to yard sales
We don’t tip in Australia and we have laws enforced to ensure each worker is paid properly. We have a tip jar at my work but the $$ goes towards our end of year Xmas party. Customers can put in as much or as little as they please and there’s zero obligation to do so 🎉
Glad I don't drink coffee at $8 a cup. A bottle of water at a gas station is like $2 now. Shit is insane
We drive really old cars, cook at home, eat leftovers till they're gone, only buy what's on sale, cut my cable speed, my bill went down to "$36 for wifi. , firestick and antenna. Prepper has changed our lives!
yes, my Saturn ion2 is 2007. Everyone tells me to buy a new car. Are they kidding me? screw that
@@bwhiteman1 lol mine is a 2003 Saturn. I love my little car!!!!
2005 CRV
2003 Nissan here. I change the oil out on the driveway. Do all my own maintenance. Even rebuilt part of the engine a few years back. The only time I've taken the SUV into the shop was to get new tires I ordered from ebay put on. It was only $99.
Haven't had a car in two years. The complex where I live has a free bus service that takes me where I need to go. My last car was a Saturn Ion which I drove for 13 years until it died. I'm saving money by not buying car insurance or gas. So my wife and I eat out occasionally at buffets ......all you can eat. Some are within walking distance.
No one has been taught wants vs needs in the past 25 years
1. Thrift shops - I got a shirt from one about a month ago...
2. Delivery services
3. Cereals
4. Concerts - the last one I think I went to was in Q1 2020, so FOUR YEARS AGO.
5. Branded coffees - The last one I had was a year ago, if not longer.
6. Fast Foods - Last time was a year ago
7. Regular hair care, beauty
8. Streaming services
9. Theatres
10. Nails
Hi, I guess that makes me your friendly internet cave-person.
I love the white columns that lead to the living room! I know that you want to get rid of them, but they add so much character to your home! Just think about how much money you could save if you left them as is! I also love your wood paneled ceiling! It really "warms up the house".
I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Women learned how to file their own nails and they "set their hair" at home. The only women who went to the beauty parlor were little old ladies with purple hair. Then the 70's came and we discovered the blow dryer. That was a game changer. And then we learned how to use curling irons in the late 70's. I don't understand all of these young women getting all of these things done. A lot of what they do looks cheap and trashy. Sorry, if I offended any of you ladies, out there.
My parents also made their own coffee. Everyone did. All of these restaurants and drive through coffee shops didn't even exist.
I like those white columns also. Definitely gives the house character…and yes, there is nothing like a hot cup of freshly percolated coffee!
I was born in 1961 and remember all those things too.
@@denisebiendarra5996 Yep, I'm one year ahead of ya'! Born in 1960. Thanks for responding!
Ditto on those white columns. I think they are so cool!
I will never shop on Amazon...it is corporate rip off and is destroying the shopping high street here in the UK. I can no longer afford to heat my home all the time (in winter). I cannot afford to buy new clothes. I cannot afford tools, meat, eating out in restaurants, I cannot afford to go to the cinema and haven't done for years. I dont have any subscriptions to anything. I could go on. I live an extremely frugal life not by choice but by necessity. Incidently...I never go to see bands or concerts cos I cannot afford and any way I am short (5' nothing) so I can never see anything anyway!
Wanted long john silvers, going home and eating homemade vegetable soup. Thanks for encouraging sensibility
You can make Long John Silvers at home. Just look up “Copy Kat” recipes. They have all kinds of recipes for restaurant foods. It may not be exactly the same, but most times it comes pretty close to the taste. Plus cooking at home is lot healthier.
Long dong silver
We have a great movie theater near us. Top of the line reclining seats, heating seats very spacious. Spacious, very comfortable free popcorn and Tuesday admission is $5. This includes the top movies. A great thing to take advantage of!
Wow…That’s great!
That's great, but for most of us, $5 is too much. Staying home and watching a film on the big screen tv is free
I am in England and what you call thrift shops we call charity shops. Ours too are getting far too expensive. I've always said that if you make them cheaper they would make more money in the long run as more people would buy things. Sometimes they turn people down with their donated items because they don't have room to store them. It's so stupid.
Pepper Princess, I agree with you one hundred percent on those assessments: Goodwill and the Salvation army prices are so ridiculous that there's no savings in their stores at all! Sometimes I hate hate going grocery shopping, and now I'm getting stressed out just thinking about it!
If you are living on SS and unable to work, you will have no money for food, necessities, or clothes. No money for home repairs, doctors, hospital, etc. I pay my very necessary basic bills like, gas, electric, phone, and it is gone.
This is my life. I live on SS and cannot make ends meet. It scares me.
At Albertson's in Las Vegas they are charging a ridiculous $4.99 for a 16 ounce bottle of Ketchup which is their cheapest and $5.99 for the smallest bottle of mayonnaise. This is not normal inflation but straight out CORPORATE EXTORTION.
Big cities way worse
In my little town in Texas thrift stores are absolutely crazy. Goodwill has gone out of their mind. Everything is so high I stay out of them.
Goodwilll has been overpriced and gouging for 15 years.
Have you looked up Goodwill online? If what I see is true, they are a franchise. I'm not convinced that they are a true charity. There is 1 in my area and the owner/ CEO earns $500,000. His wife is also earning $500,000 in some capacity at their Goodwill franchise. They may believe this justifies the price increases
Inflation=shrinkflation and greedflation....but companies don't seem to realise that we'll just buy less or stop buying something altogether.
Most people can’t even pay attention, the era of people spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need too impress people they don’t know is over! Stay safe
No better way to say it
I just watched the entire Lost series on Freevee. I was not able to see it when it first premiered 20 years ago so to me it was brand new.
If you want to know why goodwill costs so much now check out the salary of the ceo.
And not much outrage. Yet, let the company announce a pay increase for the rank and file employees.
Immediately, the commentators will start to announce every excuse in the book as to how that will hurt business. 😳
Yes, I believe the CEO makes $652,000, annually but also has a generous bonus/retirement package as well.
@@BethGrantDeRoosThat amount seems right to me. That's a lot of stores to watch over.
A real meal at a real restaurant is often cheaper that fast food.
Yet people still waste money on tattoos 😅
I'm from Europe. Inflation is insane! But people stick their heads in the sand.
We never eat out. We like hiking a lot, take our burner and stuff and make our own meals and coffee at the most beautiful spots.
Oatmeal is the best for healthy blood sugar levels
Add walnuts apples and cinnamon and it’s practically desert.
We just moved to Liechtenstein from the USA. We eat out all the time. Some great restaurants here and Switzerland. We're a short distance away from a coffee shop, I walk to it most mornings.
@@FOHguy Liechtenstein and Zwitserland are very nice countries!
Last year my cable provider raised its price 4 times, this year I finally dropped them.
I just walked into Goodwill and walked right back out… The cheapest men’s T-shirt they had was six dollars… I can do way better at Walmart for something that has not been worn before
Garage sale lady wanted 6 dollars for t shirts
I think that it matters where you live. I am in Mobile County on the Alabama gulf coast, and just bought a very decent wood chair for $8 for our break nook at work. A few years ago, it would have been $5, but still there are many deals to be had at Goodwill.
The insanity of switching from cable to streaming services and " cutting the cord" to get away from commercials. And now Netflix having commercials.
Hi PP! I’m in Roseville and a haircut at Ulta is $65! I love the way the lady highlights my hair but I refuse to pay $65 for a cut. Highlights since Covid have skyrocketed by 30% so I now only get it done twice a year. I’m convinced that our government is coming after the middle class and removing entirely and creating a two class system, the poor and the rich.
I work at an airport. Everyday the airport is jammed to capacity. Planes are full. Everybody buying $19 bowls of Pho and $17 hamburgers. $12 beers.
I have no idea where all this money is coming from.
The FED
Never had pho before. It’s soup, right?
Airport greed it all goes to one company
Plastic
Sometimes when you’re traveling all day, you’ve got to eat. I can’t eat trail mix all day. I HATE those prices though! I always scan the map to find the cheapest place.
I had someone ask me who cuts my hair before. I almost bought a second mirror so I could see what gave me away. I lucked out and found a camo hat on the side of the highway so I don't need the mirror now.
I'm crying 😂
We all have a chance in November to change this horrible govt.
That heart says a lot about you P2, lol.
We have no more government since Obama. He turned that into a Regime. And thanks to that functioning Regime he was able to make sure that voting does not matter but counting the votes does.
OMG you're so right Goodwill prices are crazy!
IDK. I still see shirts for $5 and jeans for $10. Walmart doesn't sell clothes for that cheap anywhere.
Thrift stores are out of control
The biggest investment you can make is in your health. I make all my meals from scratch from real ingredients because I don't want the diseases caused by processed food. It works out cheaper too. Batch cook and freeze.
I can't afford toilet paper anymore. Its a shitty situation.
Use newspaper. Use large tree leaves. Use corn husks. Use the Inquire magazine. Steal napkins from restaurants. ECT.Ect....
You can wash toilet paper and hang it on the clothesline to dry
LOL...💩
😂😅😂@@leinster22
Worked in fast food for 4yrs. It’s not just the public you deal with, bad mangers/supervisors; and the occasional over opinionated toxic colleague.
Cereal companies have made cereal boxes shorter and thinner and raising the prices.
😢shrinkflation. I miss the big bags of Malt o Meal brands. Now the bags are a dollar more and like 30% smaller
$2.49 candy bars. Nope. Just the overpriced gas today.
In '72 a 2 oz. Pay Day bar was 5c. By '77, it was 25c. Now it's $2 for a smaller bar.
NEVER shop for groceries when you're hungry. It took a trustee in bankruptcy to tell me that one and it's worked to my benefit ever since.
I will try to follow your advice in the future! 🙂👍
The only way I can afford a new car is if I live in it.
it's what I say, too!
I'm so lucky to have a small town movie house. It's run by volunteers. It cost 6.00 and you can buy a movie box for 2.50. Small pop ( it's actually pretty medium), a small bag of popcorn , and a mini candy bar for the show. It's a great Sunday day at 2 pm time out.
if you Smoke Quit.
Just did a month ago.
Nope. I enjoy smoking.
$8.00 for a Starbucks? Dang I'm in my sixties and I've never had one. Money saved!
I made an $8 cup of coffee yesterday. Generous fresh beans, half and half, and to make the temp perfect I microwaved it for 30 seconds. My cost? .75 cents.
I just wait til i get to work and get it for free lolz
I love the idea of a no tip restaurant, where staff are paid fairly and diners get a decent service
We’ve had one for 12-14 yrs now. Great food and service. People can’t stop themselves from tipping, so the owners chose local charities about 10 yrs ago and every month it’s a new charity. Minimum wage is $15 months in my state, but businesses pay $18 to start.
That's how Starbucks became popular
I won't pay for any gouged prices! No fast food. I'll open a can of tuna- a sandwich!
I went to Australia about 10 years ago almost fell over.... Cigarettes were $35.00 a pack, not a carton. 1965 three of my friends and I went to a concert. THE BEATLES !!! BOX SEATS DODGER STADIUM .. oh yeah the tickets were $6.00 each!!!!😮❤
I wonder if Australians can roll their own like I used to do. There’s 20 cigarettes in a pack so that makes each cigarette more than a dollar.
Ciggies on Oz have doubled since then $65 for 25 Marlboro
The Dawn bottle ha gotten smaller. It's not inflation, it's greed. Companies are giving you less product for more money.
Everything has shrunk, from toilet paper rolls to boxes that used to be 16 ounces ( 1 lb.) to 12 ounces. They have also changed ingredients to cheaper substitutions that is why things sometimes taste a bit different than they used to. Everyone got their hand in our pocket.
Yes, even Stater Bros. Brand coffee. I opened seal & coffee was 2-3 inches lower in can than it use to be.😧
People will always always have money for cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and tattoo's.
These are the important things in life
Yeah. I always wanted one tattoo, just one. So right before I retired, I splurged and got a Celtic sunwheel above my ankle. Now I look back on that expense and want to slap my own face.
@@KWMc1952 if only we had some of that money back and could take back some of the stupid things we did.. But we're not potted plants
Speak for yourself 🤓 🖕
I tossed the whole tv around 15 years ago, cost of cable was my limit. No hairdresser since 2019. If price of something I want is ridiculous, I dont buy it. We have unlimited choices so there's always a different product to choose but in my reality, I have no issue with simply doing without. Tipping...I will reserve comment because my opinion on that would start a comment war lol I eat at home, I shop in person...I do shop Amazon for deals but never, never pay shipping.
Coming from Australia what annoyed me in the states was that tax is added at the register. It’s so hard to know how much things were. In Australia the advertised price is what you pay.
Cars are not the price advertised.
Same here in the UK
Travel to Oregon , USA and there is no sales tax . What the sticker price says is the item , is it !
Splenda is cheap until you get a health problem.
My friend is a nurse in a Cardiologist office . The Doctor has warned all his staff to stay the hell away from splenda, and encourages all his staff to warn friends and family too. No thanks. Honey and maple are my go to... or in the case of coffee I only do half and half.
For me it’s healthcare. And I’m a RN. The irony. Only in America🙄
With a preexisting condition I’m so scared to switch from my union insurance to Medicare next year. I’ve had it made with premium insurance for under $200.
My little town has a church thrift store and the prices have gone up a bit, but the reason is, they are also the food bank and buy the food for it. Since groceries went up, they had no choice but raise the prices and all who work there are volunteers. So it is all community run. My little town has about 850 people.
I never buy cereal. Ever. Costs more than eggs and sausage.
Cereal is great for eating your way to type 2 diabetes. It's really no different than having cookies for breakfast.
I wouldn't pay the prices for concerts these days, but once in a while I treat myself to community theater. The prices are very reasonable, and I have enjoyed those shows so much!
I just saw Cinderella at my former high school. It was a nice performance and just a couple dollars donation.
@@reneejkd we went to our grandson’s high school play a couple weeks ago and the tickets were $25 each. It was an enjoyable evening and we liked seeing him in it, but $50 for a school,play!?!!
You are so right about cereal.
I'll buy a box at Trader Joe's once in a while. Just a couple dollars and it tastes similar enough or better than the ''name brand''.
We still have an awesome drive-in in our community, and that is my one exception to taking my kids out to the movies, because it is a much more engaging experience-and a piece of history that not many get to enjoy. We only do it once a year, maybe twice, but it is actually more affordable than going to an actual movie theater- plus they always show a double feature for the price of one. We do let the kids have one snack and one drink, but their prices are about half of the local theater prices. They also let you come in early and the kids can run around and throw frisbees and blow bubbles and play games because there is tons of open space. They do cool community events. They are doing a huge camp out event for the eclipse this weekend, because we are on the path of totality. Their events are always very affordable. Its a very important part of our community. When we do go, we make it a multi-family outing with the aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents, so we get our money’s worth by spending time together outside and enjoying a double feature movie as well!
I always tip. Share what I have. I raised 3 kids on my tips.
I agree about tipping. It is out of control. Even fast food restaurants are soliciting tips. I just don't eat out anymore.
Same. My cooking is better than any fast food 😂
STUDENT LOANS are now being taken out of SOCIAL SECURITY payments. That''s really sad. Medicare is now $174 a month, and yes, you have to pay for it, it's not free. Frankly, I'm scared that when I get old enough for social security I won't have enough to live on and won't know what to do.
I was so shocked when I got my Medicare. I thought all that money they took from me for so many years meant it would be prepaid for me. My ACA plan was good and cheap but once you are eligible for Medicare they dump you. My cost almost tripled.
I assume you are talking about Part B of Medicare
My daughter in law is 💯 % disabled and can’t even drive now. But they are taking $200 a month out of her disability and she still has out of pocket prescriptions too. Sad because my son is working 2-3 jobs
I called a bunch of salons in my neighborhood, for a price quote on a haircut (got tired of long hair and wanted a pixie cut), and they all quoted me $150, for just a simple pixie cut. So, I called a barbershop, thinking they would be cheaper, and they also quoted me $150, but was willing to add a wash and blow-dry for that price, which was an extra cost at the salons. So I bought myself a Flowbee for $150. One haircut and it has paid for itself. Every haircut, from this point on, is now free.
I paid $55k for my house and land 25 years ago and it's paid for however....now I won't even consider buying a vehicle that will cost as much or more than my house did. I'm about 2/3'ds there and even that's a rough and sickening feeling.
Thrift stores are outrageous! I"ve stopped going too. Makes me sad bc a lot of people used to go there and it was so helpful to low income people.
You can thank resellers for that
@@katherinewas4896 Maybe, but I also recently learned that Goodwill is for profit. So there's that...
In my area, goodwill still sells shirts for $5 and jeans for $10. Still a bargin
@@censoredeveryday3320 I'm sure your area is more expensive, but our store used to sell jeans for $5 and shirts for $3. I now see prices upwards of $15-$20!
When I'm being driven around in my Rolls Royce, I can no longer pass the Grey Poupon mustard. It's just too expensive. I have to use the cheap yellow mustard on my Foie gras sandwiches.
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I’m soooo happy that you adopted Nala❣️ Rocky seems to looooove having a sister!
This channel has given me numerous ideas for saving and helps motivate me to look for more savings everywhere. I am 73 y.o. swf. What I did in March 2024: Sold my 2nd car to save on insurance, registration, maintenance, smog check every 2 years. Cancelled cable; internet only now. Library charges 50 cent for used DVDs. Cancelled P.O. Box ($216 per year for a small box). We have a lot of mail theft in semi rural area. Now I have mail sent to my sister's house (her mailbox is in her door-- so mail goes in the house). Switching back to Mr. Coffee drip coffee at 5 to 7 cents a cup instead of Keurig at 30-70 cents cup. Fast Food only if I have a gift card or coupon. Switched savings account to a 10 month CD paying 5.05% at my Mom's Bank. Starting to recycle cans and bottles!
I am also 73. Awesome!
I need to check into CD’s. Thank you for the info!
Conventional oatmeal is drenched in glyphosate. Get organic. Better to spend the $ for organic now, rather than $$$$$ later for American medical care and Parkinson's meds.
Bob's Red Mill is the best for my stomach, I have found so far. Price is comparable , around 4 and change by me.
I agree with what you have to say with colleges. I went to a local college and got 3° overtime. About 15 years later they had a job position opened up and I applied. I did not get the job, but it was given to someone else who never even went to their college Ever. On top of it I used to do a lot of volunteer work for that college and I thought if you can’t even hire me back and I was a 4.0 student after spending thousands of dollars at your college, I really understood at that point how much I was scammed.
Yeah, sometimes it’s not what you know but who you know.
Those who do not know how to appreciate what they already have will continue to long for more and more material things and entertainments and still not be satisfied for very long with each new acquisition and new expense. True wealth is mastering the art of being content with what you already have and choosing to not spend much on daily living. If you have just enough food, an inexpensive and safe place to live, are healthy, have at least one friend and have something meaningful to do with your time, you are already wealthy in what matters the most.
Building more and more debt in pursuit of more material goods and more entertaining experiences cannot produce lasting contentment. Teaching yourself to appreciate the frugal basics that you already have can bring contentment and help get you out of debt and help you stay out of debt. If you build wealth by curbing your spending and by living frugally, you can grow a financial safety net for hard times.
You say you’re not this or that , but one thing you are is one smart cookie ! People should be listening to you . Before I started watching you I had no idea what to do if I went broke , well, guess what I went, broke because of a divorce. He took everything I had to learn to live on my Social Security. And thanks to you I am doing well ,
Top 10 things people can't afford anymore:
1. Living in America
2. Living in America
3. Living in America
4. Living in America
5. Living in America
6. Living in America
7. Living in America
8. Living in America
9. Living in America
10. Living in America
. . . just living really. To me, part of the problem is that we want things in such excess. People often can't find things, b/c they own too much stuff and live disorderly, disorganized lives. So, they end up buying what they already own 2 of, until they misplace it again. This repeats for lots of things - ranging from tools to cosmetics. Why do people keep garages? It's not for cars. Lol. it's kind of shameful really.
Can't afford living in Canada either
Living anywhere
Yep
James Brown?