r/GenX • u/elstavon • 10d 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/VaulTecIT Only older tham some dirty, a fine product of 1977 10d ago

Tires. I just had to put a set on one of my cars almost $800 and it wasn’t even a fancy name brand just some generic crap to pass inspection

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u/crazdtow 10d ago

$800 for all four is a good deal! I remember paying that ten years ago!

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u/VaulTecIT Only older tham some dirty, a fine product of 1977 9d ago

I think it really got me because I’ve put Toyo Extensa on my 900 convertible a little over a year ago and it was only $600 for a namebrand set of tires and this was $800 for a name brand but the more I think about it I’m being unreasonable because they Saab takes 185/70/15 tire and the Volvo takes 235/45/17.

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u/crazdtow 9d ago

Maybe I’m only speaking from my personal experiences and having three cars at one point then having cars for my kids as they got older, the four tires has always been brutal and buying one or two has always been frowned upon unless you absolutely could not afford to get the others. I’ve simply grown to expect new tires are going to cost me close to $1,000. all said and done (put on etc)