Things that are unnecessarily expensive

[mjkacmom]

Tell me about it. I'm used to seeing a dozen eggs under $2. With Easter next weekend they should be on sale for under $1. They were $3.84 yesterday at the store. The price of milk has skyrocketed this year too.

I think it’s the bird flu. https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091061758/bird-flu-outbreak
My milk prices don’t seem much higher.

 

[DisneyHardin]

Tell me about it. I'm used to seeing a dozen eggs under $2. With Easter next weekend they should be on sale for under $1. They were $3.84 yesterday at the store. The price of milk has skyrocketed this year too.

That's crazy. I bought an 18-ct of eggs for $1.47 yesterday at Kroger.

 

[Donald Duck Family]

I think it’s the bird flu. https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091061758/bird-flu-outbreak
My milk prices don’t seem much higher.

I know there is an egg shortage due to avian flu, but it certainly makes a dent in the pocketbook. A gallon of milk in my area has gone from $3.17 to $4.29 since January 1st.

 

[Allison]

For no reason

I would say
Food at cinemas and service stations

What information are you basing it as "unnecessary" on?

Do you understand where the profit margins come from at these businesses or where they make their money?

 

[BlueStarryHat]

(also, why do you have what looks like Davy Jones dancing to a post about over-priced baby formula??)

Hahahaha...Davy dances in all of my posts-he's in my signature, he's not a jerk who dances to bad news. I change my sigs up frequently.

 

[penn19]

Yeah the whole concept of needing to lock up baby food because it gets stolen a lot is next-level dystopian to me. The idea that there are parents out there who desperately need to feed their babies but are too poor to do so is heartbreaking. We have a lot of social safety nets -- I believe we have WIC programs and such to address this situation. I wonder why some people aren't able to get what they need from those programs and need to steal it instead?

(also, why do you have what looks like Davy Jones dancing to a post about over-priced baby formula??)

They don’t steal it because they can’t afford it. They steal because A. They can and B. So they can sell it to others.

 

[disney_runner]

I second the car rentals and hotels. Travel is pretty much getting back to normal again and I feel like this is bordering on price gouging.

Planning getting college kids from/to this year (one we drive, one we fly, both need hotels), and the prices are double what they normally are. From just two years ago.

 

[Mysterian]

LIFE

Considering the alternative, funeral expenses aren’t cheap either.

 

[Suger Mag]

Dentistry.... def overpriced and for some reason when it comes to insurance, the bones in your mouth are treated differently than the other bones in your body.

 

[Mysterian]

Medical items, parts and accessories, and certain equipment. You can buy some of the same things on the consumer market cheap, but the price sky rockets in the medical world. Even a small pulse ox finger probe you can find at CVS will cost so much more from vendors who sell to hospitals. The list is endless!

Even screws! A certain massive corporation who will go nameless can offer you a single T10 torque screw for $6. When a vendor offers to charge you that much, “Screw” is right!

ETA: A tiny piece of plastic with absolutely no electronics whatsoever, a power button for a jaundice meter, over $100.

 

[Planogirl]

Meat and sodas. It seems like as people consume less and less of these that the prices go up more and more and that seemed true before shortages were a thing.

 

[koncra]

Playing golf. It's always been expensive but the recent price increases during COVID lockdowns here soared substantially. Used to be able to play with a cart for about $40 in 2019 and its now like $70-$80 or more.

 

[Skippy918]

Handyman services
Medical care
Ticketmaster fees
Concessions at theaters and stadiums
I can go on and on.

 

[JenBush]

Ticketmaster fees, sometimes the fees almost double the cost of the transaction

 

[Lilsia]

Yeah the whole concept of needing to lock up baby food because it gets stolen a lot is next-level dystopian to me. The idea that there are parents out there who desperately need to feed their babies but are too poor to do so is heartbreaking. We have a lot of social safety nets -- I believe we have WIC programs and such to address this situation. I wonder why some people aren't able to get what they need from those programs and need to steal it instead?

(also, why do you have what looks like Davy Jones dancing to a post about over-priced baby formula??)

Those are not the people stealing them. It is lowlifes that then resell them to those who are desperate.

 

[easyas123]

Trash bags Decent/good trash bags (especially ones that don't have some sort of fragrance).

 

[MillauFr]

First Growth Bordeaux. No I'm not interested in paying $1,000 for a bottle of wine when I can get Quilceda for $200.

 

[China Expat]

Women;s underwear...panties.. Why?

 

[RamblingMad]

University. It should be free or nearly free like in other developed countries.

 

[C&Jx2]

Cereal.