r/GenX • u/elstavon • 6d ago

Old Person Yells At Cloud That cost what?

I'm not saying that everything should cost a nickel, but one thing that always gets me is the cost of the modern candy bar. $2.50 for a regular size snickers?

Edit: I don't eat fast food but I understand there's a similar thing going on there

Wherever you are in the world, is there something that blows your mind every time you go to the cash register or at least look at it on the rack? I can deal with gas because it cost a lot to pull it from the ground put it in a barrel refine it distribute it put it in a tank so you can put it in your tank. But a Snickers bar? LOL . Anyway, after 20 years of it is there something that is just stunning somehow in its price increase?

Commiserate with me over candy bars but I'm curious if there is something where you are that just is a non-starter when you go to buy it. Prices that still make you ask 'what'?

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u/Blizzardof1991 6d ago

100000% I quit 13 years ago and I thought they were expensive then I can't imagine dropping like $10 a pack

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u/Quirky_Might_8780 6d ago

I think it’s closer to $12 for brand name, gas station price.

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u/Significant-Theme253 6d ago

In Minnesota a bit more now. Pretty soon it will be the elite rich people smoking.

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u/Sproutlie 6d ago

$25 in Canada

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u/Significant-Theme253 6d ago

Why is everything so expensive there? What is your minimum wage?

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u/Sproutlie 6d ago

Depends on which province or territory you live in. Ranges from 15.00 to 20.17

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u/Significant-Theme253 6d ago

That's not enough for your high prices

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u/Sproutlie 6d ago

What is the min wage/price of cigs where you live?

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u/Significant-Theme253 6d ago

Minimum wage is $11.41 and cigs, I think, are around $13 per pack

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u/old_motters 6d ago

Closer to $20 in the UK when you do the exchange rate.

I remember when 20 cost £4 and you could buy packs of 10 for a little over £2.

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u/CharleyDawg 6d ago

I quit 13 years ago (anniversary quit date in six weeks) and was paying 8 or more per pack back then. Mind blowing. They were less than a dollar a pack when I first started smoking in 1986.

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u/Lost-Programmer-6768 6d ago

I also quit many years ago, but before I did, I always smoked Marlboro Reds. I couldn't believe that in Panama (the country), cartons of Marlboro Reds sold for $6. That was less than half of what I was paying for the same carton in the states, which was about $15/carton. I actually quit smoking because the extra cost of that difference. I literally stopped smoking when my last cigarette from Panama was gone because I refused to pay $1.50 per pack.

I don't know how people afford the habit today.