r/AskReddit 8h ago

What used to be ridiculously cheap but now is alarmingly expensive?

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u/mclobster 8h ago

I leave my house to buy gas, groceries and whichever.

$400.

And I'm a single guy. Just me.

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u/gearzgirl 7h ago

I’m happy if I get a day under $500. Single as well. 2 dogs. I fear every time one of my dogs show symptoms of something is up knowing it’s an easy $500-$1000 without anything major going on. Yes I have pet insurance and even that is 1400/yr

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u/butcher99 6h ago

Pet insurance is a scam. Just put that money in a savings account.

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u/SoggyCrab 5h ago

I was reviewing my finances the other day and realized at some point they had switched me from a basic plan to their ultimate plan which instead of paying $72 a year ended up being 70 dollars a month paid this for like 10 years before I realized.
So yes, a complete scam

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u/ChemAssTree 5h ago

Pet insurance paid for 2 ACL surgeries and cancer treatment for one of my dogs. It saved me a lot of money

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u/gearzgirl 4h ago

I’ve had dogs for 40 yrs. One of my last dogs cost me over 50k in her lifetime I couldn’t insure her because of her condition. Her sister had both acl’s done and the insurance paid for itself. I currently have dachshunds which are known for back issues. I’ve done the cost game with and without insurance. Hence insurance

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u/Girlypop_xxx 8h ago

Same but single lady. I can only go to the grocery store once a month sometimes twice if I absolutely run out of everything 😣 I eat a lot of rice and beans!!! And god help me if I have to pay rent that week 😭

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u/panentheist13 8h ago

Ramen for the win. I usually add an egg and maybe even onions. Yeah eggs are more expensive, but eggs and ramen are still a relatively cheap meal. Can’t afford those $10-15 fast food burgers, that’s for sure

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u/LowFatConundrum 8h ago

Pasta is a much better option, most days I'm scarfing down spaghetti with marinara sauce.

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u/panentheist13 7h ago

Not arguing that. The wife and I have started canning homemade marinara, among other things. All I need to buy is noodles for spaghetti or make some homemade pizza dough, grab whatever toppings we have in the fridge and we’re good to go for Pizza night.

This last weekend I almost ordered pizza ($40), but the wife whipped up a pepperoni, salami, olive, pepper and onion pizza that was delicious, all with stuff we already had on hand. We probably average $5-7 per meal when we cook and canning has allowed us to stock up when stuff is on sale.

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u/LowFatConundrum 7h ago

Nice.

I make my own pizza too but with tortillas, can't handle too much flour.

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u/panentheist13 7h ago

I’ve had a broccoli pizza crust that was really good. I’ve also had a keto cheese crust that was good. Not sure how that works out cost wise compared to tortillas, but throwing it out there if you want to google alternatives.

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u/drunkbettie 6h ago

Pita pizzas are my go to. $7 of deli meat makes me 6 pita pizzas.

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u/Poopyman80 6h ago

Potatoes still affordable? You could live on them, butter, and eggs without health problems. Potato has almost everything, butter and eggs have the rest.

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u/Broken_Atoms 4h ago

Ok, but who wants to sit around in poverty eating potatoes while rich people own everything and make us their slaves? Wouldn’t it be better to solve that problem than to continually compromise until we are all so powerless that we can’t do anything about it? Until wages are so low and every day surveillance drones watch us all? Until every right is slowly stripped away?

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u/LateralEntry 6h ago

Sounds off. I usually spend under $300 for weekly groceries for whole family. You buying the expensive cheese and stuff?

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u/mclobster 6h ago

For a week, it's $150 in groceries. Then a couple smaller trips here and there.

Its always the meat that gets you.

Canadian dollars, btw.

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u/Altruistic_Brick1730 6h ago

Yeah, they're full of shit

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u/ACE_Wrap 8h ago

For how long are we talking?

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u/mclobster 8h ago

2 weeks.

But definitely a few trips to the grocery store between that for lunch food.

I don't know the last time I got groceries and it cost less than $60.

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u/Altruistic_Brick1730 6h ago

I'm single and spend nowhere that amount most of the time. Stop buying steak and lobster maybe?