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I shop for my family's groceries every week, and I couldn't tell you the price of 3/4 of what I buy. I just know what a usual weekly total looks like. If there'
by twodave 7y ago
I shop for my family's groceries every week, and I couldn't tell you the price of 3/4 of what I buy. I just know what a usual weekly total looks like. If there's significant change I can usually tie it to one or two items that were special that week (or that great sale that I chose to bulk up on). I tend to just put things into buckets of $1-20, $20-100, $100-250, etc. Most things at the grocery store are in that first bucket, so while I'll grab an alternate if there's a sale on, the only prices I really pay attention to are steak/large cuts of meat.
- StavrosK 7y agoConversely, I shop on AliExpress, and I've become very good at telling you the price of any gadget.
- moooo99 7y agoAbsolutely. Whenever I see ads on social media for yet another dropshipping store I can instantly guess how much they are paying for the product when they order it from China.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoIt's actually a rough indication of your wealth; there was an article the other day that categorized people by wealth based on what purchases they don't really have to think about (can't find it in quick order). Not having to nitpick about common groceries puts you comfortably in the middle class; the next step would be the ability to just go on vacation several times a year without really worrying about it. Then it's stuff like cars and big purchases like that, then houses, then idk, yachts? Elections? Countries?
- aganders3 7y agoStewart Butterfield discussed this when he was on "How I Built This" https://www.npr.org/2018/07/27/633164558/slack-flickr-stewart-butterfield https://www.npr.org/2018/07/27/633164558/slack-flickr-stewar...
- tdhoot 7y agoSomething like this? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-30/everyone-has-a-wealth-number-what-s-yours https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-30/everyone-...