Rentlar to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1 year agoIn what ways are people today being convinced to spend money beyond their means?message-square87fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down12
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareIn what ways are people today being convinced to spend money beyond their means?Rentlar to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-square@SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink42•1 year agoSubscriptions everywhere. Video, credit, energy bills (subscription for repairs/maintenance), music, news sites, YouTubers, CARS, etc. I can’t fucking escape this hell!
minus-square@RGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoEnergy bills aren’t really subscriptions like the others though. You pay for the energy you use. Whereas with the others, you’re paying the same price every month regardless of how much you use.
minus-square@otp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 year agoYours doesn’t come with a delivery fee that you’d have to pay every month regardless of any usage?
minus-square@SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoOh yeah. Does that count as a subscription too?
minus-square@SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•1 year agoThe maintenance plan is in addition to the gas usage
minus-squareRentlarOPlinkfedilink5•1 year agoOther than energy bills, you’ll just have to dodge the rest of the subscriptions as best you can.
minus-squareCamerilinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI’ve done pretty well so far. Only subscription I have is for Spotify and 1Password.
Subscriptions everywhere. Video, credit, energy bills (subscription for repairs/maintenance), music, news sites, YouTubers, CARS, etc. I can’t fucking escape this hell!
Energy bills aren’t really subscriptions like the others though. You pay for the energy you use.
Whereas with the others, you’re paying the same price every month regardless of how much you use.
Yours doesn’t come with a delivery fee that you’d have to pay every month regardless of any usage?
Oh yeah. Does that count as a subscription too?
The maintenance plan is in addition to the gas usage
Other than energy bills, you’ll just have to dodge the rest of the subscriptions as best you can.
I am doing my okayest.
I’ve done pretty well so far. Only subscription I have is for Spotify and 1Password.