[purpleturtle22]

This is because you probably make tech money (I do too).

My family was poor growing up and we shopped by cent per oz, and noticed any significant price changes and went for alternatives.

Planned dinner/produce/meat based off what was on sale, etc.

Many, many people notice when milk goes up 50 cents. I still do.

[samstave]

I didnt grow up poor, and I have made "tech money" my entire career - but I very often check cent/oz on products - because I dont like being cheated at that level...

HOWEVER.

Annecdote:

I was at dinner in SF - and we were at a very nice restaurant, nice wine, food etc. My buddy was kvetching over buying this watch, which was something like $200 and was talking about how he wasnt sure if it was worth it...

I looked at him and said "We are spending over $200 on this bottle of wine tonight without blinking, which will be gone in moments - and youre kvetching over a $200 watch which will be around forever?"

Expense-perspective is something to reflect on.

[Kon-Peki]

> I very often check cent/oz on products - because I dont like being cheated at that level.

You have to do this in the cereal aisle! All the different-sized boxes of the same exact cereal have wildly different price-per-weight. And the largest-sized box is rarely the cheapest-per-weight!

what surprised me is how expensive plain Cheerios have become. My wife explained it as if I were stupid - they are mostly whole grains and very little garbage. All the other cereals have so much crap in them that the input price hasn't increased as much.

[lotsofpulp]

The grocery store near me sells a bigger box of multigrain Cheerios for less than the smaller box. The smaller box is on the eye level shelf, and the bigger box is on the bottom shelf, you have to bend down to get to it.

It has been like this for years. It is not just cheaper by unit, the whole box is just straight cheaper, but I can only assume people do not want to bend down? Even the prices are clearly visible from standing position.

[lozenge]

Yep, it's common for the cheapest things to be on the bottom shelf as they make the store the least money. And the way to combat it - always choose something from the bottom shelf then look further up to see if there's something you would prefer.

[zeroonetwothree]

The Trader Joe's cheerios equivalent is 3x cheaper and tastes the same

[p1necone]

I do the same - for some reason I agonize over purchases of "permanent" things like clothing, video games etc while not blinking an eye at spending the same on "temporary" things like restaurant meals or cocktails.

[tonguetrainer]

You prioritize experiences over material goods. Nothing wrong with that.

[Tade0]

I grew up lower middle-class and for a long time my tech salary kept my mind off such things, which was nice. I wanted to forget about that whole situation.

But I recently stopped buying in corner shops because their prices are usually close to 50% higher than in large supermarkets and with food inflation it makes a difference in my budget.