Restaurants? Well, I just bought a GroupOn for 6 people to dine at a Korean Steakhouse buffet at a discount of over $60 off regular price. Months ago I got us another GroupOn for two that discounted the price at a Brazilian Steakhouse buffet from $84 total to $37 total.
So the name of the game is to be constantly on the lookout for deals and discounts. Oh, and this week I will be getting my car wash and vacuum for just $6.90 discounted down from around $20.
My family does very well but I’m finding myself sounding like a crotchety old man who is frequently saying... “We’re not paying X for X.”
Movies are a no go for a whole host of reasons.
Our chain grocery store has a very good app that among other features provides a list of buy one get one free items, when they will be available and for how long.
2 for 1 is always a great deal. 👍
Wait for the last minute to purchase a high demand time slot, pay a huge premium.
The purpose of a business is to make money.
Good service, reasonable prices, and reliable availability are all byproducts of the profit motive combined with Judeo/Christian ethics based society.
Groupon will be gone. More businesses are wising up to their scheme to fleece the local businesses of money.
Wow. Our local place charged $0.50 a game. I thought that was expensive. The 60’s
Couldn't read the rest of the article due to paywall and the WSJ isn't getting a dime of my money anymore.
Nevertheless, bowling can be very expensive, especially at a Bowlero, which is typically high end in the bowling industry.
Billiards is expensive as well. I remember getting charged $30/hr for a table near Fenway Park just a few years ago.
1. If it's so pedestrian, then do something else.
2. I can't think of too many things in life that are more pedestrian than what an "advertising executive" brings to the table.
Skokie Robinson & The Miracles- You Better shop around.
Dynamic pricing is a horrible concept
My wife was coming home from working in another city last week. She said she had a hunger for a filet o’fish and Shamrock shake.
Fish sandwich, small fries, and shamrock shake (a la carte) was $13.99.
I guess its been a while since I ate at McDonalds...because that seemed like a LOT of money for that crap food.
And it made her sick to her stomach on top of that.
transitory inflation
Stay home. Take up knitting or needle work.
Play badminton in the back yard or volley ball or something else.
I’m so old that I remember you could get a lane for a buck or two. They were plain old “bowling alleys,” not fancy “bowling centers” with all sorts of tech gimmicks. You got a sheet of paper to score your game and had to know how to do it. No fancy pin-counting electronic screens and gadgets. Balls came in any color you wanted...as long as they were black.
Reserving one lane on a Tuesday afternoon at noon is $150 for 2.5 hours!
I must be getting old -- I remember when we paid per frame bowled at somewhere between 30-50 cents per frame.
-PJ
I worked in a big bowling alley back in 1983.
Probably the coolest job a high school kid could have at the time.
Miss those day...
PAPER DEBT MONEY, PART 1
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PAPER DEBT MONEY, PART 2
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