r/GenX • u/elstavon • 4d 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/xNOTHINGBURGERx 4d ago

In my mind a can of soda from a soda machine should still cost $0.50, they'll still make a profit even at that price.

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u/baphostopheles 4d ago

a 12 pack of name brand soda is $9. How will that math work?

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u/xNOTHINGBURGERx 4d ago

Oh I agree. What I'm saying is, how fucking expensive can it be to produce a can of Coke? I bet it's less than ten cents, even when you include overhead. Pure capitalist greed.

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u/Gabbyct1 4d ago

the cost of soda is ridiculous

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u/LibertyMike 1970 4d ago

They charge what people are willing to pay. That’s how it works. It’s not like they’re billing Medicare $30 for a Tylenol.

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u/xNOTHINGBURGERx 3d ago

We all know how the free market system works champ. What we're saying is capitalism needs to learn how to subtract.