laxu
Fractal Fanatic
I think for many lower income folks that extra $60 might mean not making rent, not being able to buy quality food or essentials for your family. But to be fair they are probably not buying guitar gear either.can't compare todays gas prices to covid gas prices.
Gasoline's all time high was back in 2008 and adjusting for inflation, we still aren't there yet.
Its an interesting discussion. So many people are financial disasters while carrying burdensome credit card debt (on average, 5500 per card at around 100 a month in interest), eating out 5 or more times a week, pay bills late or not at all incurring heavy fees etc, yet when a commodity goes up, THATS the backbreaker! Personally, if I were paying 100 a month in interest on anything I'd be losing sleep and would tighten the belt until that debt was vaporized.
I have close to a 70 mile round trip commute. Every dollar of gasoline prices costs me around 60 bucks a month. Thats 1 night a month cooking at home instead of going out, or 1 frivolous amazon order I don't need etc etc etc. It really isn't the big deal its being made out to be.
I get your point about a lot of people living above their means. Many don't manage their money well or impulse purchase things on credit.
Meanwhile I just picked up a used Axe-Fx 3 Mk 2 for what I felt was a fair price.
PS. Gas prices are above 2 euros / liter here in Finland. How's that for expensive?