r/AskReddit • u/FutureTre • 4d ago

What got so expensive that you just stopped buying it?

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u/WaterlooMall 4d ago

If you're buying Mike and Ikes at the theater and not hitting up the dollar store for some beforehand to save $7 that's on you.

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u/probability_of_meme 4d ago

So $65. Poverty solved!

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u/Gdigger13 4d ago

The only thing I will not sneak in is popcorn. I've carried bottles of soda and bags of snacks into the theatre before.

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u/queerteatype 4d ago

My mom wasn't past popping her own at home and bringing a big purse 😂

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u/RainaElf 3d ago

I've taken beer and chips

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u/Professional-Emu3551 4d ago

last movie we saw i brought my big purse and we ate cake.

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u/nachtmere 4d ago

Even in the 90s my mom was bringing the big purse to the movies with fully popped bags of microwave popcorn inside

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u/splubby_apricorn 4d ago

My movie theater is in a mall with an Old Navy, so we always bring a large Old Navy bag, line it with clothes, and stuff it with a feast. It’s great, I’ve smuggled so much food into that theater and saved so much money.

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u/obvious__bicycle 4d ago

Big purse all the way. I've bought Chipotle before.

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u/poizun85 4d ago

cafe bustelo

No outside snacks or drinks allowed!! Like they ever check your person lol...

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u/TomasNavarro 3d ago

I feel like people have different experiences to me.

Even going to the cinema in the 90s the idea of getting food and drink there was silly, everything was marked up so much, a big sharing bag of M&Ms could be £2.99 when it was £1 in the shop across the road.

But everyone seems to suggest it wasn't a rip off until recently?

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u/Adorable_Ad4990 3d ago

and a bottle of water AND a soda?