Question of the Day - Thursday March 28, 2024

[MonaLyssa33]

What one thing do you wish were cheaper?


I know, there's SOOO many things that should be cheaper, so only naming one is hard. I'd say a car though. Since I'm hoping to have a baby next year, I want to upgrade from a sedan to an SUV but all cars are just so expensive!

 

[mani]

Food, especially quality organic. Food in general has become absurdly expensive and is essential and ongoing. If the prices come down there's more for other things.

 

[Bri5]

Hmmm. Probably food because no one ever stops needing it. LoL

 

[denice]

Food, I didn't use to have a very good diet but as I have gotten older I have greatly improved my diet. It is getting harder and harder to stay away from the cheaper highly processed foods now because of prices.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

Prescription food and medication for cats. 4kg bag of food for Phoebe is $100, which lasts her a couple of months. When I started buying it five years ago it was $66. Worse is Daisy's Cisapride. It has to be compounded and the cheapest price is still over $100 including postage - and that's every forty days.

 

[vansX2]

Cat products. Both Dry Food and Kitty Litter. I feed "Hills Prescription Diet" dry, Digestive Care I/D. A 8.5lb/3.85kg bag costs $56.00. I use 1 bag a month. I recently began using "Pretty Litter" Clumping a 10lb./4.5kg costs $33.00 per bag. Currently I'm only using that in 1 litter box. Each litter box holds 2 bags of Pretty Litter. I used to feed "Blue Buffalo " dry. But Miles tummy can't handle that receipe. Both boys seem to love this expensive food. Just my luck.

 

[Mia6]

ice cream

 

[denice]

I feed "Hills Prescription Diet" dry, Digestive Care I/D.

Prescription food is expensive. I fed Alice prescription kidney food the last five years of her life. I was feeding her the wet and it came in the small cans, two cases was almost a hundred dollars and that lasted her about 3 1/2 weeks. I bought it the last time about 2 and 1/2 years ago so I know it would be more now. She got an additional five good years after being diagnosed and was 18 when I had her euthanized so I would do it again.

 

[Norachan]

I'd say a car though. Since I'm hoping to have a baby next year, I want to upgrade from a sedan to an SUV but all cars are just so expensive!

You might want to rethink changing your car. Studies have shown that SUVs aren't any safer than regular sedans. All those roo-bars and whatnot are purely decorative. They don't offer any extra protection at all. People feel protected in larger vehicles, so drive more recklessly which leads to a higher number of accidents involving SUVs than other kinds of cars. Children are 8 times more likely to die when struck by an SUV that another kind of car. And then there are all those extra emissions to consider. Clean air is more important for a baby than a big flashy car to ride around in.

I wish cat food was cheaper. The prices of all brands have gone up so much in the past few years and my bunch eat a lot.

 

[JamesCalifornia]

~ Cat food and litter ...

 

[NY cat man]

Hearing aids. I need them- badly- but can't afford the price they charge for the kind that counters tinnitus.

 

[neely]

Gas - we check which station has the lowest price and try to be mindful when traveling.

 

[Lari]

You might want to rethink changing your car. Studies have shown that SUVs aren't any safer than regular sedans. All those roo-bars and whatnot are purely decorative. They don't offer any extra protection at all. People feel protected in larger vehicles, so drive more recklessly which leads to a higher number of accidents involving SUVs than other kinds of cars. Children are 8 times more likely to die when struck by an SUV that another kind of car. And then there are all those extra emissions to consider. Clean air is more important for a baby than a big flashy car to ride around in.

I wish cat food was cheaper. The prices of all brands have gone up so much in the past few years and my bunch eat a lot.

We switched from using my Chevy Cruze to buying a used Subaru Forester before M was born. Not because of it being safer, but we literally wouldn't have been able to fit my husband in the car with two rear facing car seats (technically we can switch J to forward facing at any time now, but it's safer to keep her rear facing until she hits the limits on her seat. A bigger sedan like an Accord might have worked, but we did it for the leg and trunk room.

MonaLyssa33 - one child and car seat is totally doable in a small car if you can't upgrade. We had J on the passenger side so we could adjust the driver's seat.

As for my answer to the qotd, I'll say houses and rentals. Or college.

 

[iPappy]

Land. I'm itching to buy a few more acres but I'd have to win the lottery. Twice.

 

[vansX2]

Prescription food is expensive. I fed Alice prescription kidney food the last five years of her life. I was feeding her the wet and it came in the small cans, two cases was almost a hundred dollars and that lasted her about 3 1/2 weeks. I bought it the last time about 2 and 1/2 years ago so I know it would be more now. She got an additional five good years after being diagnosed and was 18 when I had her euthanized so I would do it again.

I occasionally feed the Hills I/D in can form. Though both boys seem to prefer the dry. They also share a water fountain that requires disposal filter changes weekly. A additional expense.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

We switched from using my Chevy Cruze to buying a used Subaru Forester before M was born. Not because of it being safer, but we literally wouldn't have been able to fit my husband in the car with two rear facing car seats (technically we can switch J to forward facing at any time now, but it's safer to keep her rear facing until she hits the limits on her seat. A bigger sedan like an Accord might have worked, but we did it for the leg and trunk room.

MonaLyssa33 - one child and car seat is totally doable in a small car if you can't upgrade. We had J on the passenger side so we could adjust the driver's seat.

For me it's a back problem issue not a space or size issue. Plus, I live in Minnesota and would love to have all-wheel drive.

 

[Meekie]

Rent. I love my apartment but financially, it's not sustainable.

 

[Margot Lane]

health care.

 

[vansX2]

Food

 

[vansX2]

For me it's a back problem issue not a space or size issue. Plus, I live in Minnesota and would love to have all-wheel drive.

Before AWD'S were the rage. Midwesterners placed either Salt or Sand bags in the trunks of their cars for traction. I agree having a AWD makes life a little easier. I currently have a Outback and a Forester. I wouldn't go back to a FWD unless I left snow country.