This is difficult to explain. I can’t figure out a rule of thumb for spending, the prices of things fluctuate so quickly it’s confusing. Here are some examples

  1. A house, prices are out of control, inventory is low, sellers are greedy. I’m feeling not only unable to afford it but finding lack of value in inflated prices

  2. Computer parts. Relatively cheap compared to pandemic but more expensive than before but also much cheaper than 90s/00s, but still could be cheaper

  3. TWS earbuds, completely different ball game from regular earbuds, disposable electronics.

  4. Food. Nights out with drinks now sometimes cost me more than 2 & 3, but seem like just keeping up with inflation

The prices range from 100,000s to 100s, but some are fleeting, some semi permanent, some last a long time. I also spend hours researching prices of parts and waiting for sales, but spending the same amount on social events in an instant

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So money doesn’t exist in your country? Costs of things don’t go up and down (fluctuate) in your country?

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        1 year ago

        You don’t use money? No I didn’t say American dollars.

        If you don’t have money how do you buy things? Or is it just trade eggs and goats?

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          1 year ago

          I never said we don’t use money. We don’t use dollars in our country, American or otherwise, we buy things with our own currency. Dollars are not a generic term for a unit of currency in English, they are a name for several specific currencies.