Stuff That's Getting More Expensive and Somehow Worse

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Eric Lund
Jul 21, 2020 12:00 PM EDT

Every industry has its sketchy secrets, and once tons of companies realized they could use their popular brand to leverage their loyal customer base into paying more for less, you can find yourself looking at a creme egg going "whhaaaaa???". It's also easy to fall into the nostalgia trap of "remember the better olden days" when that product wasn't much better to start with, but shrinkflation has definitely attacked a variety of products and things from all sides.

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    Text - BrokenCankle 2.1k points · 16 hours ago Disney Theme Parks. (Speaking pre Covid world) They were better when you could do an entire park in a day, cost much less, like $40 vs whatever the insane price is now, and they limited who could get in. Universal is the same way, specifically Halloween Horror nights. It was $15 the first time I went, they capped how many tickets they sold and you had time to do every house plus a couple of rides. It was my favorite and we would go every year. Now?
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    Text - Text - snacadelic 912 points · 17 hours ago movies bigger budgets, less creative concepts/writing. most blockbusters are just derivative of pre- existing intellectual property feelsbadman
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    Text - Text - weiyichi 47.8k points · 20 hours ago - edited 14 hours ago Cable TV
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    Text - aznuke 45.4k points · 18 hours ago & 2 More New homes. Cookie cutter houses, built with cheap contractors who cut corners left and right, situated in neighborhoods with ever higher HOA fees: and the HOAS are getting more expensive too.
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    Text - Text - BlueKnightBrownHorse 31.0k points · 17 hours ago My university education, specifically this year. They are raising tuition AND fall semester has no in-person sessions.
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    Text - lunari_moonari 30.2k points · 18 hours ago Cable television. More commercials, channels upon channels of crap, ridiculous billI.
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    Text - Text - aSadGirlsTongue 29.5k points · 19 hours ago - edited 19 hours ago Photo booths! Oh the old ones were so cool! Four different real photos for 1 dollar. - Now you pay $ 7 for four identical bad laser prints.
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    Text - Text - orange_cuse 2.2k points · 20 hours ago as someone shopping for a house, I have to say homes. not only has the real estate market been ridiculously inflated (especially in NYC, my residence), I'm finding that the actual quality of a lot of these homes are absolute shit. Due to the ability to find and source cheap materials and labor, developers are able to make huge profits off high prices and low costs. It's making me really rethink if I want buy a house, or just use all that money
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    Text - Aero222 28.5k points · 20 hours ago I remember the donuts at dunkin donuts to be bigger and cheaper
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    Text - Text - realultimateuser 24.0k points · 19 hours ago There used to be this burger joint called "Joe's cablecar" near me. Great place. I miss it so much. A few months before it closed down, I was there and the owner, Joe, was having a heated conversation with one of his suppliers on the phone. After he hung up, he looked over at me and just said, "price goes up, quality goes down." It took me a while to realize that that wasn't an asshole supplier he was dealing with, just a fact of life. P
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    Text - quilp666 23.4k points 20 hours ago All Cadburys products Doyle26 5.7k points · 17 hours ago In particular Cadbury's creme egg
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    Text - Back2Bach 21.6k points · 20 hours ago · edited 20 hours ago Ice cream containers that were originally one-half gallon have been "shrinking." They went from 64 oz. to 56 oz and now 48 oz. - but the price hasn't "shrunk" (it's been increasing steadily) and the quality often isn't as good as it used to be when containers were a true half- gallon.
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    Text - Buttproblemzthrow 17.1k points · 17 hours ago · edited 11 hours ago Clothes. Even a sweater from the Gap is like $70 now even though the quality is about 10% better than Old Navy. Goddamn it clothes retailers, settle down or I will go naked. Edit: To the people suggesting thrift stores, I agree! It's thrilling to find something special and cheap. You wash it, you're good to go. Plus retail clothing is so f--ing expensive nowadays that I would rather someone else take the hit of driving it
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    Text - Text - ahjteam 13.5k points · 19 hours ago This coming from an avid Apple user: Apple computers. I'd rather take 1cm extra thickness and more ports than using a hub for EVERYTHING
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    Text - Text - Akoni_8 12.8k points · 20 hours ago Size of bags of chips i_fuckin_luv_it_mate 5.2k points · 19 hours ago I mean the bags have gotten bigger, but suddenly they need to sell you more air as well
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    Text - Text - MsMeself 12.4k points · 14 hours ago College tuition. When I hear college used to be paid with a summer job, my eyes get watery. I'm a college student.
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    Text - Text - rpriderlala2435 12.2k points · 16 hours ago I'm sure this will get overlooked but KFC. I remember growing up a whole family could eat there and it was great! Now it's just garbage, super greasy, and will cost you an arm and a leg for a dang bucket of chicken. They have gotten way worse and the price has went up.
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    Text - Text - llcucf80 12.1k points · 19 hours ago Scented candles, Yankee Candle in particular used to be the candle that was considered premium. But while they've never been cheap at least a while ago it was worth the money. But now they're just exorbitant in price, they don't smell like they used to, and they are not worth the money.
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    Text - wildwestington 4.8k points · 14 hours ago · edited 9 hours ago Restaurant's follow this pattern: Mid-high tier national franchise Restaurants trends (Panera, 5 guys, chipotle, buffalo wild wings) its the place to be the foods good an priced reasonable Years pass. Food still good but slightly more expensive Years passed. Food had degraded noticably in quality but because of the established brand they charge the same if not raise prices slightly, people still go but begin mumbling Years pas
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    Text - ThatFinnishGu 9.7k points · 18 hours ago Ice cream with fudge in it. Used to get massive slabs of fudge now they just have tiny nuggets.
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    Text - Text - LoxyTheReindeer 8.2k points · 18 hours ago · edited 14 hours ago Toys. I have toys from ten years ago that are still in great condition for a low price, but the toys I see on shelves nowadays look like crap and are hella expensive. Not to mention break within 5 minutes of use. Doesn't apply to Lego.
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    Text - thatstupidthing 7.6k points · 16 hours ago i swear that reese's peanut butter cups have gotten shittier over the years. the peanut butter seems chalkier and the chocolate tastes blander. plus i can't ever seem to pry them out of that little cup wrapper without leaving the bottom chocolate "skin" stuck to it... i think the push to put them in the freezer and eat them chilled is a ploy to cover the declining quality
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    Text - ssshield 4.7k points · 20 hours ago Face razors. They had it perfected with double edge blades in a metal razor. Cheap and incredible shaves. Modern plastic disposable razors are worse on your skin, give a worse shave, and grotesquely expensive. They are nothing more than monopolies controlling the availability and accessibility. When you go to the razor section at the store you can only choose from their garbage. I give double edged metal razors to men and women loves ones as gifts and u
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    Text - Text - BroadwickStreetDunny 4.4k points · 19 hours ago Prague. I went earlier this year, it feels like Disneyland with the amount of tourists and tourist traps, and it isn't really cheap anymore compared with other cities in Europe. I visited Poland (Gdansk and Wroclaw) twice last year and enjoyed those trips a lot more.
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    Text - uhdontaskme 4.1k points · 18 hours ago · edited 13 hours ago S not arizona tea, that's for dang sure
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    Text - Text - NIRPL 3.1k points · 20 hours ago Gaming. Mainly micro-transactions and subscription based purchases
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