Out of all the Ramsey personalities, this guy is the best. He is enthusiastic and gives out financial matters in the best way possible. He roasted the credit industry in a funny way. “Credit cards cheat you more than your uncle Phil playing uno” And best off, he adjusted to the modern memes better than our teachers in middle school and high school.
We started to a book an Airbnb which looked reasonable per night until we saw the cleaning fee of $350 for two nights. Definitely need to check the cleaning fee.
Biggest increase for the things we eat is hamburger prices. Eggs in my area went back down to close to previous prices. Bread prices went up for us about $1.00 a loaf.
Watching this after having been to Aldi & Walmart for groceries this morning. I'm a frugal shopper, had a coupon, didn't even get everything on my list, and still spent too much. Ooof. P.S. Have you seen the price of Halloween candy? The neighbor kids are gonna be SOL this year.
@@faith4754 a lot of parents that I know end up giving the candy away. I don’t do it but a lot of the other parents do lol. Kids are always at my house asking for candy 😂
Good video. For me it's the electric bill. It's up 44% from last years rates. In my state you can change suppliers, but it's only a matter of months before the introductory rate is over and you're right back up. The dig isn't movies and groceries- you can make adjustments there- it's housing and energy and transportation in a world where wages are slow to catch up. It'll turn around...good and bad times come and go.
I nearly bought a 2,200 sf house a couple years ago but backed out. I’ve decided that when I resume house hunting, it will be 1,900 sf or less, because taxes, utilities, maintenance and repairs are only going to go up
Electric rates in the US are dirt cheap. Germany pays roughly 2x-3x more than you. Me my electric bill in the summer in Kansas is only $160/mo. My water bill in August was $480. My thermostat is set to 73 degrees all year even when I'm not home, 115deg outside or -15deg outside.
my Parents bought their house in New Jersey in 1954 for $13,000 and a $50 down payment which Dad borrowed from his Uncle....and STILL Dad died in his 80's with $66,000 DEBT on 3 Credit Cards unbeknownst to any family member..including my Mother. Dad had many skills...managing Personal Finance was not one of them. Due to all of you on the Dave Ramsey Team and the book "Your Money or Your Life" by Vicki Robin I live Debt Free. *In his final days we asked Dad why he ran up the Credit Cards. He replied "Because they let me."
My wife and I spend on average about seventy dollars a week on groceries. I cannot imagine a world where someone is, regularly, spending 50 to 75 a meal. Yes, once in awhile we splurge and get some steaks but that doesn't happen often. We also shop sales and buy meat when it's cheaper and put it in our deep freeze.
Right on many counts. But not in groceries. Sure, we can get in and out for $100, but what we get for that is way less. We’re in BS 7 and have a fairly high income…and it still hurts. So I can only imagine how large families with lower incomes and still working the baby steps are feeling. And, you are wrong on candy corn. It should be free so I can buy and eat it all.😂
Thank you! Not everyone can absorb a 20% increase in food costs easily. If you were spending $500 a month now you need $600 to purchase (mostly) the same items. Compare the thrift food plans of 2019 to 2023 and the cost is probably larger than 20%. Usually food fluctuates and becomes cheaper again but the last few years it has only increased. In recent years that increase is much steeper.
Cable companies priced themselves out of business for me several years ago. Lumber is outrageous. A pack of 6 interlocking wood panels at Home Depot was $17 a few years ago and has almost doubled since then. Food has had some increases but nothing outrageous. It pays to be familiar with prices. I will go to a few different supermarkets because they each have better deals on some items. I don't own a printer. I have stopped or greatly limited buying some things altogether.
Uuhhh...I'm telling Dave you abuse work copying stuff...rattin you out dude...(just kidding!😁) Praying for your family... especially your new little one! Love your videos...keep 'em comin'!!
The prices of lot of things gotten out of hands for sure so the planning and budgeting are even more important now. We saved a lot in the last few years by applying frugality principles. Save Save Save for the next couple of years!!!!
You had me til the comment about Candy Corn, the one true love of my life, priceless! Candy Corn has never betrayed me and shows up every year without fail, you can't put a price on that level of loyalty. Long live Candy Corn!!
George, kids is the reason I use a printer. School sends electronic forms. You print, fill it out (and sign), and return. I work remote now so I can’t print in the office anymore. 😉
I’ve watched a bunch of your vids in the past few days and just now decided you are worthy of a subscription. Thanks for the quality videos and don’t change.
I agree with the grocery take for three reasons: 1) People would rather shop at Target (or Central Market or HEB) over Walmart (or Aldi or Costco). 2) People want name brand when generic products are typically made the exact same way, sometimes in the exact same factories, and are up to half the price. 3) People want premade/prebutchered groceries. For the price of one package of precut/trimmed chicken breasts, I get TWO WHOLE CHICKENS (so same amount of chicken breats) that I butcher to use across multiple meals throughout our week. I got our grocery budget for a family of 5 down from $1200 a month to $800 a month just by making the changes I stated above
Got an Aldi, a Walmart, a Publix & a Food Lion within a six minute drive of my house (the Publix is on the other side of the traffic light.) Aldi is an absolute wallet saver!
Interestingly things are more expensive in our lives because we want so many more THINGS. Thinking back on growing up in the 50s, meals were simpler, getting a hamburger at Dairy Queen was perhaps every two or three months, we all read or played outside, and most of my clothes were hand-me-downs (the entire neighborhood practiced it).
I am a single person on healthy keto, no raise in this up 10% economy and dont buy extras like snacks or things that are junk food and still spend at least $125 a WEEK on groceries, In Texas. (I dont even vuy papertowls because they are a waste of money)
Eating out is way more expensive these days. My wife and I went to a sit down restaurant and only got burger, fries, and she got a salad. Total bill (including tax, tip, etc) was almost $50. Most of the time, when we eat out, we are doing fast food or take out. Health care is another thing that is way overpriced, but it always has been since the 80s at least. We pay twice as much for the same care as they do in most European countries. Our system is sad.
And AirBNB has "hidden" charges that get added on like cleaning and fees. a $200 house can end up at $300 to $400 per night. Outrageous. I quit all of the home-share services 3 or 4 years ago. A nice hotel room is way less $$.
With hotel it's normally for 2 people Airbnb can be for 6 or 7 etc. you get more space in your own kitchen, can cook save on food costs . I hear what your saying about the hidden fees. Should just be included in one number.
Thanks for the last bit. People need to hear that if they have money for porn, alcohol, tobacco, rec drugs, and lottery tickets then they have ZERO business complaining about something like gas prices.
I got this printer maybe 6 years ago on Black Friday for $20 and the ink is not too expensive. $21 for the black and I don’t have to buy color that often. My printer will NOT recognize the cheaper brand, which is frustrating. Groceries are definitely more expensive! 😢 even at aldi the prices have gone up so I cannot even imagine the prices at other grocery stores.
George, I love what you say. Today is my first gentle remark of disagreement- brace yourself 😉- groceries are not appropriately priced. I went vegetarian for this past year and that has helped a lot, not having meat in the budget.
This is also location specific. I bought 12 brats and 8 hot dog buns for like $7.50 last week because Indiana. Also eggs are usually $1.25 a dozen and got up to maybe $2.50 during the crazy times when I heard people saying it was $7-8.
I use a 10+ year old HP laser printer (black only). The toners cost about $25 or less and last me six to nine months. This is for business use where I'm printing shipping labels and many other things.
Dont wish for a better wind. Build a better sail. I will never complain about price. Find a way to make enough so you will never complain. We have the power but complaining makes you powerless
George, I usually agree with you on your video content. Not this time! Who cares about printer ink? I have a laser printer and print about 5 pages per year. Groceries...you are way off on this one. My wife and I spend $750/month on groceries. That is up from $350/month in 2021. My calculation says that's over 100% increase. We went to Kroger and got $55 worth of groceries but it cost $117 at the checkout - and that was with $19 in digital and paper coupons. You're probably thinking we are a couple of 400lb people just eating our paychecks, but that's not the case. We are actually healthy, not over-weight people eating healthy foods.
So glad my local theatre tickets only went up to $10 but only $5 on Tuesdays! Also George I will NOT tolerate candy corn slaughter, that stuff is delicious 😤
I only go to the movies on Tuesdays where the tickets are half-off, at least in Atlanta anyway. And with the rewards club, I can get discounts on concessions. I can't go to a movie without popcorn! It's too good.
Auto (and Home, too) insurance is way overpriced. It goes up every single year even though I request new quotes from my insurance broker at least yearly. Other than one windshield replacement, I've had zero claims since 2001...almost 23 years!!! Its so frustrating.
My friend in the states spend as much in American dollars for the two of them than I do in Canada for a family of four. The reason? I cook using ingredients. If you actually cook, the prices aren't so bad. My food budget has been almost steady in the increases for the last five years
Great video! Inflation is a hot item these days.... as it should always be. That said, inflation based on legitimate production cost increases is understandable. If it costs more to produce XYZ , therefore, we must increase the price to maintain profit margins, keep jobs, etc. Unfortunately, we don't live in a society where that information is transparent. There are many companies that did not see an increase in cost to their underlying COGS, but because of the pandemic, they saw an excuse to increase margins and blame it on supply chain or logistical issues. Is it ethical? It's profitable and sadly, that's all that matters.
If traveling in the economy class or coach... you better bring your own overpriced snacks... they are better than what is offered on the plane.... plus you have water on demand....
To me Airbnb is if you want a unique experience, and a hotel is if you want a consistent experience. I've stayed in a yurt in West Virginia, and I've stayed in a beautiful hotel in Santa Monica. Both were well-priced and exactly what we were looking for. Also I'd generally go Airbnb if you want to spend your whole time at the lodging and hotel if you'll be out and about in the area.
Airbnb saves money first with the different experience being an added side note. Saving money was why it was created in the first place. Yes it deterred from this concept but it has been getting back to its roots.
Here's another theory on why airport food costs more. It may not actually be owned by the same company as the normal restaurant. Instead the normal restaurant, let's say Brinker International, licenses the restaurant (in this case Chili's) to another company. That company then increases price to account for licensing fees and also plausibly owns numerous different restaurants in the airport.
I totally sneak a drink in my jacket, because they don’t even have what I want anyway. If it’s summer and I’m not wearing one, I bring a lap blanket to keep from freezing, and it goes in there.
I agree with everything, except the groceries. I spend at least 30% more on groceries than I did in 2020. We don't eat a bunch of processed junk either.
Havent owned a printer in years. The library has printers that you can use with an online interface and its free up to 10 dollars a month with every page costing 10 cents
Bought our home in 2018 for under a third of the price of this year's median home. *Shrugs* Guess we bought the last affordable starter home in America.
The food items he said have gone down have absolutely gone up $2 or more for me in a year. These are items we buy each week. Especially the milk and bacon!
Advil is a brand name of Ibuprofen. Ibuprofen is about 40p for 16 in the uk (about 50c) Tylenol is a brand name for Paracetamol, which is also about 40p, or 50c in the UK.
I have an old laser printer. I only changed the toner once in 10 years. To date I wouldn't replace it because I don't print practically anything (I'll just go to the store and print there if and when I really need) but if you need to print every now and then I think the laser ones are better. They will last a long time and they will cost a lot only in the beginning.
It’s not just the price of groceries that the issue, it’s that they are charging more for less. And you can’t look at prices changes for just one year. Saying prices of XYZ food items decreased from this point last year ignores the increase of twice that during the pandemic.
George, you also make way more money now. Also if your someone that cares what is put in your body. And only eating healthy and organic as well as good meat. It’s gotten ridiculous.
As a movie theater employee for the last 11 years, I’ve seen the prices skyrocket in the concession stand and the quality of movies go downhill. George should have put in that many movie franchises have been ruined by political nonsense.
$125 Brother Laser printer. Replaced the toner once in 6 years for $50. You’re welcome.
Thanks! Hearing a lot of good things about Brother. And no ten-step online hassle to use it like HP!
I switched to Brother laser printer YEARS ago. Better quality. No smear. Lower total cost. Why does ANYBODY use inkjet printers?
FACTS! Purchased my brother laser over 10 years ago. 13,000+ print count. I purchased generic toner refills the whole time. No issues.
2 bothers for 2 businesses. Good things. Haven’t used inkjet in 20 years.
Same!
Out of all the Ramsey personalities, this guy is the best.
He is enthusiastic and gives out financial matters in the best way possible.
He roasted the credit industry in a funny way.
“Credit cards cheat you more than your uncle Phil playing uno”
And best off, he adjusted to the modern memes better than our teachers in middle school and high school.
Forgot to mention he roasted trump.
It’s probably cause he’s younger than 30 😂
@@dynaryda8857 he’s the same age as Rachel Cruze (and myself for that matter), 35
I no longer overspend on makeup due to inflation. No one needs a $50 eyeshadow palette!! 😂
We started to a book an Airbnb which looked reasonable per night until we saw the cleaning fee of $350 for two nights. Definitely need to check the cleaning fee.
"I'll print at work for free. Thanks Dave!" 🤣🤣🤣
My starter home is starting to look like my forever home! I ain't letting go of that 3% interest rate! lol
20% increase over 2 years for most food items. If you are not someone who limits themselves to sale items only, this really stings.
Biggest increase for the things we eat is hamburger prices. Eggs in my area went back down to close to previous prices. Bread prices went up for us about $1.00 a loaf.
I really think it’s more than that, food prices are up by at least one third.
Way more than 20%. Many items are 3 or 4 times what they recently cost
The sale prices are over the old regular prices.
@@Pnwelkhunter So very true! And since I first posted 4 months ago I would say a minimum of 30% increase has occurred.
Your videos crack me up even when I’m in the throes of a nasty stomach virus. Love the humor you always add to these not-so-funny topics.
Love the added value he provides on a boring, serious topic.
Watching this after having been to Aldi & Walmart for groceries this morning. I'm a frugal shopper, had a coupon, didn't even get everything on my list, and still spent too much. Ooof.
P.S. Have you seen the price of Halloween candy? The neighbor kids are gonna be SOL this year.
@@faith4754 a lot of parents that I know end up giving the candy away. I don’t do it but a lot of the other parents do lol. Kids are always at my house asking for candy 😂
Thank you, Arizona Tea, for still being 99 cents.
Good video. For me it's the electric bill. It's up 44% from last years rates. In my state you can change suppliers, but it's only a matter of months before the introductory rate is over and you're right back up. The dig isn't movies and groceries- you can make adjustments there- it's housing and energy and transportation in a world where wages are slow to catch up. It'll turn around...good and bad times come and go.
Glad I got a small house … and no back neighbors .. so I can open up all the blinds
Sometimes you can negotiate yourself back onto the introductory rate by telling them you want to switch away.
I nearly bought a 2,200 sf house a couple years ago but backed out. I’ve decided that when I resume house hunting, it will be 1,900 sf or less, because taxes, utilities, maintenance and repairs are only going to go up
Electric rates in the US are dirt cheap. Germany pays roughly 2x-3x more than you. Me my electric bill in the summer in Kansas is only $160/mo. My water bill in August was $480. My thermostat is set to 73 degrees all year even when I'm not home, 115deg outside or -15deg outside.
"I'll print at work for free." Lmao, too accurate
At LAX, the price of food and drink are at least double what they are outside of the airport
my Parents bought their house in New Jersey in 1954 for $13,000 and a $50 down payment which Dad borrowed from his Uncle....and STILL Dad died in his 80's with $66,000 DEBT on 3 Credit Cards unbeknownst to any family member..including my Mother. Dad had many skills...managing Personal Finance was not one of them. Due to all of you on the Dave Ramsey Team and the book "Your Money or Your Life" by Vicki Robin I live Debt Free. *In his final days we asked Dad why he ran up the Credit Cards. He replied "Because they let me."
My wife and I spend on average about seventy dollars a week on groceries. I cannot imagine a world where someone is, regularly, spending 50 to 75 a meal. Yes, once in awhile we splurge and get some steaks but that doesn't happen often. We also shop sales and buy meat when it's cheaper and put it in our deep freeze.
Right?! Are they buying steak every night? Give me a break. I only buy meat when it's on sale at Lidl.
Right on many counts. But not in groceries. Sure, we can get in and out for $100, but what we get for that is way less. We’re in BS 7 and have a fairly high income…and it still hurts. So I can only imagine how large families with lower incomes and still working the baby steps are feeling. And, you are wrong on candy corn. It should be free so I can buy and eat it all.😂
Thank you! Not everyone can absorb a 20% increase in food costs easily. If you were spending $500 a month now you need $600 to purchase (mostly) the same items.
Compare the thrift food plans of 2019 to 2023 and the cost is probably larger than 20%. Usually food fluctuates and becomes cheaper again but the last few years it has only increased. In recent years that increase is much steeper.
Cable companies priced themselves out of business for me several years ago. Lumber is outrageous. A pack of 6 interlocking wood panels at Home Depot was $17 a few years ago and has almost doubled since then. Food has had some increases but nothing outrageous. It pays to be familiar with prices. I will go to a few different supermarkets because they each have better deals on some items. I don't own a printer. I have stopped or greatly limited buying some things altogether.
Uuhhh...I'm telling Dave you abuse work copying stuff...rattin you out dude...(just kidding!😁) Praying for your family... especially your new little one! Love your videos...keep 'em comin'!!
Property taxes, cable, food, vehicles,homes, appliances,
Printer ink is a big one for our small family business.
Get a laser printer. You’ll be glad you did!
The prices of lot of things gotten out of hands for sure so the planning and budgeting are even more important now. We saved a lot in the last few years by applying frugality principles. Save Save Save for the next couple of years!!!!
You had me til the comment about Candy Corn, the one true love of my life, priceless! Candy Corn has never betrayed me and shows up every year without fail, you can't put a price on that level of loyalty. Long live Candy Corn!!
You’re hilarious except for the candy corn joke what the heck!! Candy corn is delicious smh but everything else you said made me lol
air bnb's cleaning fee is a scam because they arenever clean
As host we spend a lot of time and effort cleaning our Airbnb
George wll be sitting in Dave's chair in the years to come, daily. Dude is a gem, shine on. :)
George, kids is the reason I use a printer. School sends electronic forms. You print, fill it out (and sign), and return. I work remote now so I can’t print in the office anymore. 😉
🎉KIDS KIDS KIDS !!!! They need all the prints.
I’ve watched a bunch of your vids in the past few days and just now decided you are worthy of a subscription. Thanks for the quality videos and don’t change.
Great pace and humour. Very nice to listen to
I agree with the grocery take for three reasons:
1) People would rather shop at Target (or Central Market or HEB) over Walmart (or Aldi or Costco).
2) People want name brand when generic products are typically made the exact same way, sometimes in the exact same factories, and are up to half the price.
3) People want premade/prebutchered groceries. For the price of one package of precut/trimmed chicken breasts, I get TWO WHOLE CHICKENS (so same amount of chicken breats) that I butcher to use across multiple meals throughout our week.
I got our grocery budget for a family of 5 down from $1200 a month to $800 a month just by making the changes I stated above
Got an Aldi, a Walmart, a Publix & a Food Lion within a six minute drive of my house (the Publix is on the other side of the traffic light.) Aldi is an absolute wallet saver!
Laughed out loud more times than I can count!!! Thanks George!! I'm too old to deal with Reddit but thanks for sharing this is hilarious 😂😂.
Interestingly things are more expensive in our lives because we want so many more THINGS. Thinking back on growing up in the 50s, meals were simpler, getting a hamburger at Dairy Queen was perhaps every two or three months, we all read or played outside, and most of my clothes were hand-me-downs (the entire neighborhood practiced it).
I don't think that's it. The housing stats alone shows that prices are increasing faster than wages.
My kids wear hand me downs and they are 8 years apart. I save everything. I buy almost everything used. No monthly subs, no cable.
Water is so overpriced, we've purchased double walled insulated water bottles and just refill them throughout the day. It has saved us $50 a month.
You had way too much fun with those user names. 🤣🤣
My coworker buys a new printer every Black Friday. He doesnt bother with ink 😂
I am a single person on healthy keto, no raise in this up 10% economy and dont buy extras like snacks or things that are junk food and still spend at least $125 a WEEK on groceries, In Texas.
(I dont even vuy papertowls because they are a waste of money)
The movie price increases don’t bother me mainly because the good movies seem to be so few and far between anyway
So true
As a movie theater employee, I can totally agree
Eating out is way more expensive these days. My wife and I went to a sit down restaurant and only got burger, fries, and she got a salad. Total bill (including tax, tip, etc) was almost $50. Most of the time, when we eat out, we are doing fast food or take out. Health care is another thing that is way overpriced, but it always has been since the 80s at least. We pay twice as much for the same care as they do in most European countries. Our system is sad.
I barely got anything for a family of 4 at Panera and $50 later!!!
And AirBNB has "hidden" charges that get added on like cleaning and fees. a $200 house can end up at $300 to $400 per night. Outrageous. I quit all of the home-share services 3 or 4 years ago. A nice hotel room is way less $$.
With hotel it's normally for 2 people Airbnb can be for 6 or 7 etc. you get more space in your own kitchen, can cook save on food costs . I hear what your saying about the hidden fees. Should just be included in one number.
Them Starbucks lines at the airport are a hard no. But I hear you
Thanks for the last bit. People need to hear that if they have money for porn, alcohol, tobacco, rec drugs, and lottery tickets then they have ZERO business complaining about something like gas prices.
I got this printer maybe 6 years ago on Black Friday for $20 and the ink is not too expensive. $21 for the black and I don’t have to buy color that often.
My printer will NOT recognize the cheaper brand, which is frustrating.
Groceries are definitely more expensive! 😢 even at aldi the prices have gone up so I cannot even imagine the prices at other grocery stores.
Someone send george some candy core for halloween lol… completely agree though, prices have skyrocketed, its crazy
Pamper services like pedicures/manicures hace gotten pricey too. I had to learn to paint💅
George, I love what you say. Today is my first gentle remark of disagreement- brace yourself 😉- groceries are not appropriately priced. I went vegetarian for this past year and that has helped a lot, not having meat in the budget.
This is also location specific. I bought 12 brats and 8 hot dog buns for like $7.50 last week because Indiana. Also eggs are usually $1.25 a dozen and got up to maybe $2.50 during the crazy times when I heard people saying it was $7-8.
Had a conversation with my neighbour about this yesterday and now I see this video
This is Gold George!! Freaking hilarious annnnd...educational lol
I use a 10+ year old HP laser printer (black only). The toners cost about $25 or less and last me six to nine months. This is for business use where I'm printing shipping labels and many other things.
Cheaper for me to buy a new printer whenever I run out of ink
Dont wish for a better wind. Build a better sail. I will never complain about price. Find a way to make enough so you will never complain. We have the power but complaining makes you powerless
George, I usually agree with you on your video content. Not this time! Who cares about printer ink? I have a laser printer and print about 5 pages per year. Groceries...you are way off on this one. My wife and I spend $750/month on groceries. That is up from $350/month in 2021. My calculation says that's over 100% increase. We went to Kroger and got $55 worth of groceries but it cost $117 at the checkout - and that was with $19 in digital and paper coupons. You're probably thinking we are a couple of 400lb people just eating our paychecks, but that's not the case. We are actually healthy, not over-weight people eating healthy foods.
George, You are the FUNNIEST!!!!!!!!
So glad my local theatre tickets only went up to $10 but only $5 on Tuesdays! Also George I will NOT tolerate candy corn slaughter, that stuff is delicious 😤
Yep, only movies on Tuesdays for me. :)
Toilet paper & such: per U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for household paper products are 31.36% higher in 2023 versus 2019
I only go to the movies on Tuesdays where the tickets are half-off, at least in Atlanta anyway. And with the rewards club, I can get discounts on concessions. I can't go to a movie without popcorn! It's too good.
Auto (and Home, too) insurance is way overpriced. It goes up every single year even though I request new quotes from my insurance broker at least yearly. Other than one windshield replacement, I've had zero claims since 2001...almost 23 years!!! Its so frustrating.
The ink costs more than the printer 😅
All printers are horrible quality now, we have 3 and I still have to go to the library to print anything!
My friend in the states spend as much in American dollars for the two of them than I do in Canada for a family of four. The reason? I cook using ingredients. If you actually cook, the prices aren't so bad. My food budget has been almost steady in the increases for the last five years
Great video! Inflation is a hot item these days.... as it should always be. That said, inflation based on legitimate production cost increases is understandable. If it costs more to produce XYZ , therefore, we must increase the price to maintain profit margins, keep jobs, etc. Unfortunately, we don't live in a society where that information is transparent. There are many companies that did not see an increase in cost to their underlying COGS, but because of the pandemic, they saw an excuse to increase margins and blame it on supply chain or logistical issues. Is it ethical? It's profitable and sadly, that's all that matters.
If traveling in the economy class or coach... you better bring your own overpriced snacks... they are better than what is offered on the plane.... plus you have water on demand....
To me Airbnb is if you want a unique experience, and a hotel is if you want a consistent experience. I've stayed in a yurt in West Virginia, and I've stayed in a beautiful hotel in Santa Monica. Both were well-priced and exactly what we were looking for. Also I'd generally go Airbnb if you want to spend your whole time at the lodging and hotel if you'll be out and about in the area.
Airbnb saves money first with the different experience being an added side note. Saving money was why it was created in the first place. Yes it deterred from this concept but it has been getting back to its roots.
Epson Eco tank is awesome! We print a lot homeschooling. Haven't replaced ink over a year. Still half full
I email anything I need printed to my local UPS store. One dollar charge plus .16 per page.
Here's another theory on why airport food costs more. It may not actually be owned by the same company as the normal restaurant. Instead the normal restaurant, let's say Brinker International, licenses the restaurant (in this case Chili's) to another company. That company then increases price to account for licensing fees and also plausibly owns numerous different restaurants in the airport.
I have never owned a printer. The once a year I need to print something I go to library.
Airbnb has gotten ridiculous. No thanks
I would like to add health care to this list, specifically hospital stays, prescription drugs, ambulance rides, etc
I totally sneak a drink in my jacket, because they don’t even have what I want anyway. If it’s summer and I’m not wearing one, I bring a lap blanket to keep from freezing, and it goes in there.
I agree with everything, except the groceries. I spend at least 30% more on groceries than I did in 2020. We don't eat a bunch of processed junk either.
Havent owned a printer in years. The library has printers that you can use with an online interface and its free up to 10 dollars a month with every page costing 10 cents
If I travel personally I don't pay for things at the airport. They make most of their money off business travel I am assuming.
Bought our home in 2018 for under a third of the price of this year's median home. *Shrugs* Guess we bought the last affordable starter home in America.
At 3:50 the 8 year old came out in me. He just picked up fresh hot Poop 😅😅😅
The food items he said have gone down have absolutely gone up $2 or more for me in a year. These are items we buy each week. Especially the milk and bacon!
Advil is a brand name of Ibuprofen. Ibuprofen is about 40p for 16 in the uk (about 50c) Tylenol is a brand name for Paracetamol, which is also about 40p, or 50c in the UK.
Teachers use printers! Not everyone can just "email it"
Computer parts. Top of the line graphics card a few years ago $600. Top of the line graphics card today $1600
So much wisdom and life hacks. 😂
everything just seems so expensive in the states compare to Europe, food is so much cheaper here, and i pay £20 for my "cable" tv subscription...
I have an old laser printer. I only changed the toner once in 10 years. To date I wouldn't replace it because I don't print practically anything (I'll just go to the store and print there if and when I really need) but if you need to print every now and then I think the laser ones are better. They will last a long time and they will cost a lot only in the beginning.
It’s not just the price of groceries that the issue, it’s that they are charging more for less. And you can’t look at prices changes for just one year. Saying prices of XYZ food items decreased from this point last year ignores the increase of twice that during the pandemic.
I want the screen name “fresh hot poop!” So disappointed I didn’t come up with the name. 😢
Now I want to go buy candy corn! 😩
I would love a breakdown of what you spend on groceries each week!
Yeah printer ink is really only expensive if you have a Hewlett Packard who will not let you use aftermarket cartridges.
My company gives us 90 per night for hotel rooms. We end up splitting an air b n b between 15 and its only 15 bucks per person and we pocket the 75
specific ingredients have strongly increased. careful consideration must be taken to compare like to like.
In my area, the price of bacon doubled about a year ago, and has stayed consistent. So not really sure about that statistic 😕
Pack of bacon is now $5-6 in Nashville, TN. Definitely hasn’t doubled.
Ohhh yeah we'll eat less, much healthier, more work and rich, less stress 🎉
My HP printer offers a service called HP Ink and costs me $1.07 for 15 pages per month. Worth it for me since I print recipes often.
3:57 to 4:07 us government accountability office...LMFAO
thats an oxymoron if nothing else in life is
Energy (power and fuel prices) most notable increases along with food and drink.
A rarely fly (maybe once a year) but when I do, I fast. Good for me, good for my wallet.
Why were assumable mortgages taken away from us. That is a total rip off. We have to pay for the total loan and we get no benefits from it.
going out to a movie is a luxury, get used to it.
There’s a reason people buy expired ink cartridges at a discount on eBay, they’re only going to print one time in the next 3 years anyway.
"Educational and controversial" 😂
George, you also make way more money now. Also if your someone that cares what is put in your body. And only eating healthy and organic as well as good meat. It’s gotten ridiculous.
I eat gluten free and largely dairy free. Trust me, I’m aware.
As a movie theater employee for the last 11 years, I’ve seen the prices skyrocket in the concession stand and the quality of movies go downhill. George should have put in that many movie franchises have been ruined by political nonsense.
BYO the popcorn for sure 😊
I've brought beer before
George 'I don't own a printer' Kamel lol