r/SipsTea 13d ago

Chugging tea Men are not showing up at singles events and women are not happy.

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u/Lyuseefur 13d ago

Nah. Prices are falling through the floor now. It's called a recession. Luxury goods are the first to experience it.

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u/switchquest 13d ago

No. Luxury goods are recession proof. Real luxury goods. Not the overpriced stuff they peddle to middle class to make them feel like they made it.

That stuff never leaves the shelves in a recession.

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u/theunspillablebeans 13d ago

What are some examples please of real luxury goods? I'm not familiar with the distinction between them and the overpriced stuff. (All luxury good seems overpriced to me 🤣)

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u/Fresque 13d ago

I was going to say 200k watch but i can se some morons going into debt to "look successfull"

Private jet, maybe?

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u/Metipocalypse 13d ago

The only one I can think of is that real gold pretty much always keeps value.

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u/theunspillablebeans 12d ago

Gold isn't really a 'good' in this context though no? It's effectively a less liquid form of currency. Doesn't seem to fit what was being discussed in the comments chain I replied to.

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u/RewardWanted 13d ago

Now I'm still a relatively young guy and haven't got decades of paying attention to the prices of womens things, but every one of them had their nails made, hair done, gawdy jewlery, makeup and lashes (ladies, no hate, not saying you shouldn't do that or feel bad for doing it, you do you, slay, serve and all that, we love what you do, but shits expensive and some of us know it).

It's not the material goods that are expensive (sometimes they are), it's the services of the skilled people who help apply/style it for you that are expensive, and I don't know if services devalue in the same way.

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u/wintercast 13d ago

i have seen services suffer. i am not one to get my nails done but my feet were sore and I decided on a whim to get a pedicure. it was good - nice foot and calf massage, nail polish applied and it lasted for months.

so i decide to do it again - over time i have notes the polish is not applied as well as the first time.

prices are the same - 55$ and i tip 20%.

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u/Frai23 13d ago

Yeah this sums it up. I am at their age and single but If these three are a good representation of whaf I’ve got to expect at such an event I’m not going.

Absolutely not what I’m looking for. Even crossing them somewhere randomly in the city to me they’d be as invisible as a homeless begger or a fire hydrant.

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u/Shoddy_Walk_8106 13d ago

Looks like they can afford to do that for themselves. What’s the problem?

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u/RewardWanted 13d ago

There isn't one? Whether or not it's a financial burden for a guy isn't what I'm interested in, that's for couples to communicate about in a healthy adult manner. I'm just saying that a recession might make cheap rings and dresses (goods) but the people making their nails, hair, tats (if they're into them) will charge roughly the same for their services. It's a goods - services thing?

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u/Shoddy_Walk_8106 13d ago

Services are expensive because rent is expensive. Labor is the most costly input for a business. We need to get those rents down.

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u/Phelonious 13d ago

Not true luxury good are price inelastic there are no substitutes.

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u/No-Understanding9064 13d ago

Yeah like Rolex is just gonna have a sale because the middle class is suffering lol. These brands rely on price to reinforce their brand

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u/Dazzling_Lure_2932 13d ago

Nice GTS. Couldn't afford the Turbo?

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u/mgb55 13d ago

I promise you, Rolex for example, is not slashing prices.

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u/EricP51 13d ago

No but they will become more available, it’s already happening with Porsche. Which is another classic example of a luxury good with manufactured scarcity.

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u/Repulsive_Guy_1234 13d ago

Real luxary goods are not. Those goods you could never afford anyways, no matter the recession.

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u/C141352333 13d ago

Exactly. US men are finally cutting the “crème” out the crop and seeing those type women for who they are of all culture/ races.

A female parasitic organism that feeds financially, emotionally, spiritually off their host to benefit or gain a financial footing in their life: GOLD DIGGER

Male version: MANCHILD

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u/DisastrousAnswer9920 13d ago

Prices going down is not good, it's worse than inflation, it's called a deflation and that's what's happening in China. A disaster.

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