Something That Is Still A Bargain

Since Rice is my go to staple to regain some weight, I found that Costco's Jasmine Rice
(Thai Hom Mahi from Thailand) is still a good deal at 15.49 USD for 25 lbs.
Goes good with everything I mix in or throw on top.
Perfect in my 10 year old rice cooker.

Doing the math, that means each cup of uncooked rice cost me 25 cents (USD).

I can live with that.
 

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Lee said:
We all moan and groan in these inflationary times but perhaps a bargain or two out there. Or even free?

I find those small solar lights at $1.50 a small price to pay. Bought a dozen and just makes me feel good to see the yard lit up.
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I've used those, but throughout the years, the lawn people kept chewing them up with their mowers. So stopped buying them.
 
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Sunny said:
People are always bellyaching about the price of postage stamps. OK, postage for sending a package has kind of gone through the roof, but just a stamp for an ordinary letter, which I think is currently 63 cents?

I know, some of us can remember "penny postage," and for many years it was 3 cents for an ordinary letter. But people were making a lot less money in those days also. Income and prices rise and fall together, pretty much.

Compared to what we have to spend every time we go into a restaurant, I think the cost of a postage stamp is still a bargain.
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Whenever I bought stamps in the past, I would get double, and now I have several Forever stamps that were bought at much lower prices than the current price. I think that's a bargain, too.
 
I know this will meet with resistance, but gas is a bargain. Everyone gets mad when gas goes up in price, and politicians point fingers at each other as being the cause, but 20 years ago, the price of gas was well above where it is right now, and that's without even adjusting for inflation. Throw in the value of today's dollar and gas may be half the price it was 20 years ago. Of course I remember when gas was 30 cents a gallon, but my father was making less than $50 a week back then. Although, I still think 30 cents is cheap gas.

I base this partly on the fact that in retirement when I pull up to the gas pump, I am not faced with an overwhelming anxiety and expectation that my life is going down a drain like it was 20 years ago when I had a career, albeit not a financially great one. But the fear is not as great, and the price of gas is no longer my biggest gauge of inflation and threat to the quality of life.
 
In my area, I have a friend that works for Hershey Foods. He gets us a ā€œbagā€ of mixed Hershey chocolates whenever we ask him. I think I paid him like $7 the last bag, which was probably over a $100 in retail. Keep in mind, they are either seconds or rejects. The difference between the two is seconds, the candy is not to shape and rejects are the wrapper is all messed up. The taste is no different than what you would buy in a retail shop.
 
Aldi foods has not raised prices all that much. Just did holiday shopping along with regular for under $100. McDonalds is a different story, however. Just last week my daughter shelled out $25+ at McDonaldā€™s for a burger, two happy meals for her toddlers, and a drink!
 
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It would help if Americans knew their math. Doubling prices in one year amounts to 72% annual inflation! I get this with the Rule of 72 - divide the interest rate into 72 to find the years to double. It takes a bit of Senior Math Algebra to show why this is true. ā€œSeniorā€ as in Senior year in high school that is!
 
Bunch of 8 bananas from Costco 1.99,rotisserie chicken 7.99..in US 4.99

JeeperDon said:
Bargain doesn't have to only apply to low cost items. My first computer 40 years ago was $3,300. Today they can be had for less that $1,000. In 1978 a 21" CRT TV was $800. Today you can get a 55" flat screen for less than that.
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Very true.At the bank that I worked at years ago ,they gave us interest free loans from when computers were introduced to the bank.
 
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I know this will meet with resistance, but gas is a bargain. Everyone gets mad when gas goes up in price, and politicians point fingers at each other as being the cause, but 20 years ago, the price of gas was well above where it is right now, and that's without even adjusting for inflation. Throw in the value of today's dollar and gas may be half the price it was 20 years ago. Of course I remember when gas was 30 cents a gallon, but my father was making less than $50 a week back then. Although, I still think 30 cents is cheap gas.

I base this partly on the fact that in retirement when I pull up to the gas pump, I am not faced with an overwhelming anxiety and expectation that my life is going down a drain like it was 20 years ago when I had a career, albeit not a financially great one. But the fear is not as great, and the price of gas is no longer my biggest gauge of inflation and threat to the quality of life.
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We are paying $1.99 per litre, Ontario 40 cents less, ridiculous, same country. Vancouver was over $2
 

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