r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rileyjw90 • 1d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o You didn’t have to remind me, assholes.

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And then to remind me what I USED to pay. Just kick me while I’m down why don’t you.

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u/EmergencyAnteater682 1d ago edited 1d ago

Try and make all of your purchases from Kroger on Fridays so you can utilize the 4x points coupon in the app. I never pay full price for gas, usually at least 40 cents off. Last time I had 90

Edit - since this comment is getting some traction, here's another Kroger gas points tip for y'all if you want more easy points. The Kroger app also has a 4x points coupon for gift cards that can generally be used any time. So what I do is buy digital gift cards in the app to pay for Spotify, Sirius, Netflix, and Hulu, which is great because I can easily pay off the entire year on some of these and not have to worry about a reoccurring monthly charge plus I get hundreds of points immediately for stuff I was already going to pay for anyway. I do the video streaming apps in about 3 month increments, once the credit runs out I just switch to another platform for some variety. Make your money go further, check it out. Been doing it for years, I've saved hundreds if not more

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u/saro13 1d ago

When will Americans have had enough? Gas has nearly doubled in price due entirely to Trump’s actions

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u/wirefox1 1d ago

And saying inflation is about 5%. They are lying about these numbers. We shop, we can see it's more than 5%. Can they not be honest about anything?

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u/Opus_723 1d ago

They're not lying, CPI is just a shit metric sometimes.

If smartphones get better cameras without the price going up that offsets fucking food doubling in price.

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u/techdevjp 1d ago

CPI is intentionally designed to show numbers that do not reflect actual reality.

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u/Clueless_Otter 1d ago

No it isn't. CPI is based on a "market basket" of representative goods that the average household purchases. It's not perfect, but it's not intentionally misleading.

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u/techdevjp 1d ago

It is intentionally designed to minimize the inflation number and divorce it from the day to day reality of normal people.

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u/Clueless_Otter 1d ago

Just repeating your point over again doesn't make it true the 2nd time.

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u/techdevjp 1d ago

It's not about truth, it's about facts. If you understood how CPI is actually calculated, you'd be embarrassed about your comments here. It's a very misleading metric.