Putting off purchases - Page 3

Patriot3 · ‎06-07-2010

Definitely.........only buying what is needed. "Wants" are being ignored.

kitcat51 · ‎09-15-2016

OK ...everything is wonderful, lol.

ThinkingOutLoud · ‎05-01-2020

@amyb wrote:
@Trailrun23 wrote:
After my last trip to the grocery store, I think in many cases it really is less money to eat out than buy the groceries and make the same thing at home.
Unless you live in CT...we still eat out maybe once a week, sometimes twice. Even our low-key places the average for two out, with cocktail, sometimes without is anywhere from $65.-85 plus tip. Many more special places we like to go to occasionally...last year we'd treat ourselves once a week to a local, cozy old Inn for lunch on Fridays when bf was off...average lunch, with just an entree & one cocktail ea. was $100.00 plus tip. Life is short, we still enjoy it while we can....just saying, things are high here.

When I visited my friend in Virginia last spring we ate at comparable nice places out...the average bill came to more like $45.00 plus tip.

And yes...I'm watching everything now. My car is older, and still driving well, but I probably should have upgraded in 2018-2019, when inventory was there and there wasn't price gouging; I certainly didn't see this coming. Thing was...tho' car was getting older, I still loved it and it still drove well, and I've always kept my cars long. Who knows what things will be like when I actually need to upgrade...but I'm holding off.

Need some expensive home upgrades in kitchen and flooring. Flooring was just about to happen, was shopping samples in 2019 when suddenly we shut down. Now things have tripled.

Grocery prices continue to be shocking and I'm certainly being more prudent, selective, look for the sales and decide what I'm cooking based on that.

Not going to stop living but definitely have got to cut back.

Our electric bills just went up something like 45% for another stupid CT government ^%$%$# (waste) thing.

Life goes on. As my dear mom used to say...for now..."grateful I can pay my bills and I'm not destitute."

I just wonder how/if things will go down, once vendors, stores etc keep getting what they are getting for food and goods...unless somehow supply, demand drastically change.

That's not what needs to change.

hckynutjohn · ‎06-15-2015

@Sooner wrote:
I don't know how you can get a better grocery buy than eggs. Even with the higher prices.

@Sooner

What does that mean? Can't remember the last year I ate an egg. At close to a buck an egg, in some places, really!

hckynut 🇺🇸

hckynut(john)

amyb · ‎04-05-2010

@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:
@amyb wrote:
@Trailrun23 wrote:
After my last trip to the grocery store, I think in many cases it really is less money to eat out than buy the groceries and make the same thing at home.
Unless you live in CT...we still eat out maybe once a week, sometimes twice. Even our low-key places the average for two out, with cocktail, sometimes without is anywhere from $65.-85 plus tip. Many more special places we like to go to occasionally...last year we'd treat ourselves once a week to a local, cozy old Inn for lunch on Fridays when bf was off...average lunch, with just an entree & one cocktail ea. was $100.00 plus tip. Life is short, we still enjoy it while we can....just saying, things are high here.

When I visited my friend in Virginia last spring we ate at comparable nice places out...the average bill came to more like $45.00 plus tip.

And yes...I'm watching everything now. My car is older, and still driving well, but I probably should have upgraded in 2018-2019, when inventory was there and there wasn't price gouging; I certainly didn't see this coming. Thing was...tho' car was getting older, I still loved it and it still drove well, and I've always kept my cars long. Who knows what things will be like when I actually need to upgrade...but I'm holding off.

Need some expensive home upgrades in kitchen and flooring. Flooring was just about to happen, was shopping samples in 2019 when suddenly we shut down. Now things have tripled.

Grocery prices continue to be shocking and I'm certainly being more prudent, selective, look for the sales and decide what I'm cooking based on that.

Not going to stop living but definitely have got to cut back.

Our electric bills just went up something like 45% for another stupid CT government ^%$%$# (waste) thing.

Life goes on. As my dear mom used to say...for now..."grateful I can pay my bills and I'm not destitute."

I just wonder how/if things will go down, once vendors, stores etc keep getting what they are getting for food and goods...unless somehow supply, demand drastically change.

That's not what needs to change.

Amen.

LavernLuvsShoes · ‎07-13-2021

Can't think of anything we actually need right now, but the cost of living is so expensive these days that we are very deliberate and frugal when it comes to purchasing.

Our electric and gas bills have sky rocketed, along with food and pretty much everything else.

It just makes sense to eat at home, conserve gas by making fewer impulse trips, and wearing the clothes we already have in our closets.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@Carmie wrote:
No, there isn't anything we need. Our cars and home are paid off and we aren't planning on replacing them.

Groceries are high, but if you want something, you either pay or do without. Our utilities just went up...electricity bill was double what it usually is and our water meter, unknown to us, stopped working in June and we were only sent the minimum amount for service. They just recently replaced the meter so we got a six month estimated bill this month.

I plan on replacing the LR furniture and have the money put aside, but I am not in the mood to deal with it now.

We are blessed to be able to afford this inflation....going into a recession. I think it will be awhile before prices go down.

My husband pulled out our electricity bill for January 13, 2022 and compared it to our bill for January 13, 2023. The basic rate was exactly double in 2023 than it was in 2022.

Mersha · ‎03-10-2010

In all of the higher pricing we are dealing with now, corporations and the pay for their CEO's are going through the roof.

Here is an example and I am sure if you check utility companies, it would be more of the same.

Here’s a look at 8 mega companies that raked in mega revenue as of late:

Amazon: Net sales increased 15% to $127.1 billion in Q3 2022.
Apple: Set record revenue of $90.1 billion in Q3 2022, up 8% year-over-year.
Costco: Net sales for the 52-week fiscal year ending Aug. 28, 2022, increased 15.2 percent (to $70.76 billion), from $61.44 billion last year.
Home Depot: Revenue reached $43.79 billion vs. $43.36 billion that was expected in Q2 2022.
Walmart: U.S comp sales grew 6.5% and 11.7% on a two-year stack in Q2 2022.
Sam’s Club: Comp sales increased 9.5%, and 17.2% on a two-year stack. Membership income increased 8.9% with member count at an all-time high in Q2 2022.
Kroger: Total company sales were $34.6 billion in Q2 2022, compared to $31.7 billion for the same period last year. Excluding fuel, sales increased 5.2%.
CVS: Total revenues increased to $80.6 billion in Q2 2022, up 11.0% compared to prior year.

No price breaks seem to be filtering down to the consumer.

...yet more corporate greed.

"You people would argue over a free lunch." Unknown Q Poster

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

I feel like it's been one thing right after the other, and we could use a break!

In September, our daughter got married so we were shelling out money for that throughout the year.

In October, we ordered a new car, believing the timing was as good as it would get for the trade-in on our old car

In November, I popped a crown off a front tooth. It couldn't be repaired so I'm currently in the process of getting an implant. It's a long process and I'll make payments at each stage.

I knew I needed to replace my hearing aids, and we planned to do it this spring, but then the one in my better ear went kaput right after Christmas so I had to move on that sooner than later.

Cellphone/Internet/TV - we made some changes in order to lower our bill.

Grocery wise, I haven't changed what I buy, but I try to be mindful of the best choices when I shop.

Skincare wise, I have made some changes there to more reasonably priced products and have trimmed my routine somewhat.

RollTide2008 · ‎02-14-2017

@Mersha wrote:
In all of the higher pricing we are dealing with now, corporations and the pay for their CEO's are going through the roof.

Here is an example and I am sure if you check utility companies, it would be more of the same.

Here’s a look at 8 mega companies that raked in mega revenue as of late:
Amazon: Net sales increased 15% to $127.1 billion in Q3 2022.
Apple: Set record revenue of $90.1 billion in Q3 2022, up 8% year-over-year.
Costco: Net sales for the 52-week fiscal year ending Aug. 28, 2022, increased 15.2 percent (to $70.76 billion), from $61.44 billion last year.
Home Depot: Revenue reached $43.79 billion vs. $43.36 billion that was expected in Q2 2022.
Walmart: U.S comp sales grew 6.5% and 11.7% on a two-year stack in Q2 2022.
Sam’s Club: Comp sales increased 9.5%, and 17.2% on a two-year stack. Membership income increased 8.9% with member count at an all-time high in Q2 2022.
Kroger: Total company sales were $34.6 billion in Q2 2022, compared to $31.7 billion for the same period last year. Excluding fuel, sales increased 5.2%.
CVS: Total revenues increased to $80.6 billion in Q2 2022, up 11.0% compared to prior year.
No price breaks seem to be filtering down to the consumer.

...yet more corporate greed

I'm not a corporate simp, but discussing top line lift without mentioning net income to see what happened to flow through doesn't scream corporate greed. Their labor, health insurance, and uitlities went up same as everyone else's.