Recently, I wrote a post where I asked BuzzFeed Community members to tell us what things they now refrain from spending money on because of how expensive they've gotten. The post received so many comments that I decided to do a second part, which also includes many responses I didn't use in my original post: 1. "Streaming services.
It used to be that you could have three or four at a time, and they would altogether cost you less than $40 a month. Now, each one is approaching $20 a month, with the price rising every six months. Even the ad-supported ones are getting expensive.
The quality isn't there either to justify paying monthly for them. I just wait to subscribe to one when there are two or three shows I want to watch, keep it for a month while I watch them, and then cancel it." —anonymous 2.
"Potato chips. A bag of chips shouldn’t be $7 or more!!! Corn chips, potato chips, cheese puffs..
.all of them have gotten wildly expensive! Fughetaboutit." — sharpporcupine583 3.
"Coffee. OMG, the money I wasted on second-rate cups of coffee and bad service, not knowing who sneezed in the cup or how clean the water was. I now make my own cold brew.
It's fresh. It's just as I like it. It's about $1 a cup, and in the long run, it doesn't take as long as stopping somewhere and waiting in line to pay.
" — shyaura 4. "I make almond milk. I bought a $30 machine off Amazon, and almonds are $7 at Costco.
What used to cost me $60–75 monthly now costs $7. I can also make almond flour .
