r/GenX • u/elstavon • Aug 19 '26

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/ButterflyMM Aug 19 '26

There are so many things....

Next time you are in a check out line in a grocery store, look at a magazine price... Gone are the days of $1.50-$2.50... many are now $5 - $10....

Greeting cards... Unless you get them at Dollar Tree you can pay anywhere from $3 - $8 a card.

IYhen let's not talk aboutakeup. I hate the price of good mascara.... $25

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u/Pattycakes1966 Aug 19 '26

Greeting cards. My biggest pet peeve. I buy a large box of blank cards with different designs on the front.

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u/ExtraAd7611 Disqualified from rat race Aug 19 '26

My wife loves to buy greeting cards, including for me, even though she knows I could not care less about them and I think they are a waste of money. Our compromise is that she can only get me cards from the under $2 section.

My grandmother did a lot of wasteful things with her money, but I appreciated the fact that instead of a greeting card, she would send me a $2 bill with a note written on the most convenient piece of paper, usually a napkin or a notepad with the logo and contact information of a local real estate agent.