Used to buy PBR on base at the Package Store for $1.02 per 6-pack. Plus would get a $0.12 refund for returning to the empty bottles. Net cost $0.90, or $0.15 per beer. That was a good bargain.
Used to buy long neck Buds in returnable bottles when I was in college in Tuscaloosa. Forget the exact amount but after the returns it was 7.50 a case or so. About half what non-returnables were and tasted better to boot. My roommate an I figured we were being responsible with our(our parents) money.
But when you have three cases of beer just sitting around, then what is an 18 y.o. to do. Drink it.
So, if you save “half” but drink twice as much then what does that actually get you?
Run out of college is exactly what it gets you.....