Today I was running some errands and stopped into my local drug store to pick up some hair spray. It’s been a while since I’ve had to buy some, as I tend to only buy it when it’s on sale, but the sprayer on the last bottle I bought broke, so I was stuck. I wasn’t sure if there was anything on sale, but holy crap, was I ever surprised at how expensive the regular prices were. And this was on the “regular” products, not those “professional” brands that they sell. Wow.
Last time I paid attention, hair spray was around $3.99 for a bottle. Now those same bottles are $5.99 and $7.99! How crazy is that?
Luckily there was actually a brand on sale for $2.99, and while it wasn’t the exact “hold” I wanted (it was strong hold as opposed to flexible hold), the fact that it was $2.99 sold me. I realize that these days a lot of items cost a bit more than I’m used to, however this increase in price on hair spray surprised me the most.
What price increases have you surprised right now?
Ugh! Don’t even get me started on this! Lol!! I went to buy a bottle of L’oreal SPF Vit. E lotion for my dd and I (we use the same, so share the bottle). Well, I found the bottle with the price of $24.99 on it! *faint*I bought it about 3 months ago (and every 3 mos about before that for 2 years!) at $10.99′ish!!! It more than doubled in just a few short months! I almost died… anyways, didn’t buy it… ended up finding something else for $14.99.. least that’s easier to swallow! Brutal!
Wow, that’s a crazy jump for your brand! I’m surprised to see how so many products are still expensive, even though the price of gasoline has gone down (at least here) — that was the main reason for the jump a few years ago, but it’s no excuse now. The stores are just getting greedy.