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Title: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 05:48:32 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 05:48:32 PM
Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Or both?
What goods and services do you think are overpriced? Why? Too much demand? Greed?
What goods and services do you think are overpriced? Why? Too much demand? Greed?
Title: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 05:49:13 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 05:49:13 PM
I think that many concert tickets are overpriced. Too expensive.
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 05:51:04 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 05:51:04 PM
I think that tickets to many sporting events are overpriced. But someone has to pay those huge salaries of the star players, right?
Plus if demand fell a lot, prices should too. Too much demand.
Plus if demand fell a lot, prices should too. Too much demand.
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 05:55:18 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 05:55:18 PM
Snack chips seem to be overpriced.
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 06:00:38 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 06:00:38 PM
Most cars.
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: Rochelle on March 16, 2026, 06:28:14 PM
Post by: Rochelle on March 16, 2026, 06:28:14 PM
Snacks in vending machines. I almost bought something today and walked away instead. Not really worth it.
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: Stottie Girl on March 16, 2026, 06:31:40 PM
Post by: Stottie Girl on March 16, 2026, 06:31:40 PM
My thoughts are not that things are overpriced it's just that cost are increasing faster than wages so we are inevitably getting poorer. If production costs were lower (energy and transport costs for example) we would be able to start to recover but the world is so volatile right now I fear things will get worse before they get better.
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: Northern Star Girl on March 16, 2026, 06:49:01 PM
Post by: Northern Star Girl on March 16, 2026, 06:49:01 PM
My clients might respond that my CPA, Financial Advising, and Tax Preparation services are too expensive.
This time of year as we are just ONE MONTH away from the USA Federal Income TAX Deadline I am working 12+ hour days, 7 day's a week so I turn a deaf ear to the notion that my services are too expensive.
Danielle [Northern Star Girl]
This time of year as we are just ONE MONTH away from the USA Federal Income TAX Deadline I am working 12+ hour days, 7 day's a week so I turn a deaf ear to the notion that my services are too expensive.
Danielle [Northern Star Girl]
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 06:59:20 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on March 16, 2026, 06:59:20 PM
Some clothing is overpriced.
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: Stottie Girl on March 16, 2026, 07:08:49 PM
Post by: Stottie Girl on March 16, 2026, 07:08:49 PM
Quote from: Northern Star Girl on Today at 06:49:01 PMMy clients might respond that my CPA, Financial Advising, and Tax Preparation services are too expensive.You have to put a value on your time Danielle. As someone who was self employed for about 11 years I can say that people always looked at my hourly rate and thought that was what I earned. They though i must have been raking it in. They didn't realise that after costs I came out with only a fraction of that.
This time of year as we are just ONE MONTH away from the USA Federal Income TAX Deadline I am working 12+ hour days, 7 day's a week so I turn a deaf ear to the notion that my services are too expensive.
Danielle [Northern Star Girl]
Title: Re: Do you think most goods/services are overpriced or that you are underpaid? Both?
Post by: Lori Dee on March 16, 2026, 08:27:48 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on March 16, 2026, 08:27:48 PM
I have owned several small businesses over the years.
Small business owners don't earn an hourly rate. Sometimes, we don't earn a salary. Even my commissions rarely exceeded my expenses.
What I find offensive is that the cost of living increased by 3%, and yet my cost-of-living adjustments were 2.5%. Meanwhile, billionaires say all is good because they don't buy anything. They pay people to buy things for them.
Small business owners don't earn an hourly rate. Sometimes, we don't earn a salary. Even my commissions rarely exceeded my expenses.
What I find offensive is that the cost of living increased by 3%, and yet my cost-of-living adjustments were 2.5%. Meanwhile, billionaires say all is good because they don't buy anything. They pay people to buy things for them.