We all tend to be money minded on here.

artyboy

bostonerimus said:

I’m watching Man U v Arsenal at a local bar in Boston MA and paying $3 a pint for Carlsberg.

Given a US pint is only 16 fluid oz, plus the pretty much required practise of tipping a dollar a drink, I suspect you're actually paying the equivalent of $5 for what us boozy Brits would call a 'real' pint!

So perhaps still not terrible, but also not quite the bargain that the sticker price suggested...

MichaelAP

mattywallace121 said:

What's wrong with paying £5.50 for a pint of beer?

Brew your own.
1. It’s a damn sight cheaper…..
2. Stacks of fun in the brewing….
3. Let your friends have as much as they want without thinking “tonight it’s going to cost me a mortgage”.
4. Feel chuffed when your mates say “this is lovely, you should sell the stuff”.

Exodi

Beddie said:

I'd come out in a sweat if I paid more than a fiver for a pint.

Christ, don't visit the South East. If I managed to only pay a fiver for a pint, my wrist would be aching from high fiving everyone that found the mystical bar (that is before they close due to overcrowding.

Thumbs_Up said:
This wasn't a bragging post ( I’m more mindful then that) It was more to do with how wasteful he is with money. I was highlighting he can spend £300 on a telescope, get bored with it before the week is out, and then throw it away – not selling it on eBay

This is quite funny, my partner and I had a conversation on this subject quite recently.

We're quite well off, but as you say 'wired different'. We buy basically every 'expensive' purchase off facebook marketplace... as in we'll keep an eye out for weeks to find a particular item. This has meant (for example) if we want a new Nest Hub Max that costs £180 in the shops, we'll find someone selling it for at least half that on Facebook. Honestly I could spend all day telling you about the ridiculous discounts I've achieved over the years! But back on point, I can never comprehend why the people sell the items in the first place at these prices... these people that will buy (or be gifted an item), decide they don't want it... and instead of selling it on ebay for ~90% of what they paid (or refunding it), they flog it at 50% discount on marketplace, just because it's easier.

Brie said:

Thumbs_Up said:

I know someone who earns a modest salary 35k – never ever checks his wage slips, 100k cash in 0.1% bank account, never ever cashes his dividend checks £2.50 here and there - ongoing for 10 years! Spends £5.50 on pints of beer. Gets a whim, buys a telescope for £300, looks in the peep hole once, gets bored and throws it away. I could go on.

Now, my critics on here will ask “what’s the point of this post” My answer would be - it’s just goes to show we are all not programmed the same!

Oh, his good point is he put's 50% of his salary towards a pension.  

I think we all know people like this. 

I've got a good friend who's worked in finance all his life so knows all the important stuff about banks, savings, mortgages, pensions.  He's currently unemployed (very long story) and has just sold his parent's home following their deaths several years back (even longer story).  So of course he is spending it all.  3 cruises so far this year and another 4 in the coming 6 months.  Any travel is, of course, not economy, it's at a minimum business class as "that's better value".  

Lives in a rented flat stuffed with things he doesn't need that he bought online on a whim and, until the house sold, had tons of debt.  Just can't accept that he shouldn't be living a champagne lifestyle.

My aunt did this. Inherited a house (was renting at the time), instead of living in it and saving on rent for decades to come, sold it went on endless carribean holidays, rented a 5 bed house for her and her partner, ate hellofresh for every meal and in 3 short years ended up where they started.

Easy come, easy go. I think people who don't 'earn' the money (as in work tens of housands of hours for it) don't respect the amount - I think it's the same reason the majority of lottery winners end up where they started.

Thumbs_Up

MichaelAP said:

Brew your own.

I’m I right in saying this was a big hobby in the 70’s, despite beer being cheap back then!

bostonerimus

shortseller09 said:

bostonerimus said:

I’m watching Man U v Arsenal at a local bar in Boston MA and paying $3 a pint for Carlsberg.

...whilst checking this forum, good grief.

when the 2nd Man U goal went in I couldn't watch anymore. It's not that I like Arsenal much, I just want Man U to lose every match.

strawb_shortcake

Exodi said:

Beddie said:

I'd come out in a sweat if I paid more than a fiver for a pint.

Christ, don't visit the South East. If I managed to only pay a fiver for a pint, my wrist would be aching from high fiving everyone that found the mystical bar (that is before they close due to overcrowding.

Thumbs_Up said:
This wasn't a bragging post ( I’m more mindful then that) It was more to do with how wasteful he is with money. I was highlighting he can spend £300 on a telescope, get bored with it before the week is out, and then throw it away – not selling it on eBay

This is quite funny, my partner and I had a conversation on this subject quite recently.

We're quite well off, but as you say 'wired different'. We buy basically every 'expensive' purchase off facebook marketplace... as in we'll keep an eye out for weeks to find a particular item. This has meant (for example) if we want a new Nest Hub Max that costs £180 in the shops, we'll find someone selling it for at least half that on Facebook. Honestly I could spend all day telling you about the ridiculous discounts I've achieved over the years! But back on point, I can never comprehend why the people sell the items in the first place at these prices... these people that will buy (or be gifted an item), decide they don't want it... and instead of selling it on ebay for ~90% of what they paid (or refunding it), they flog it at 50% discount on marketplace, just because it's easier.

Brie said:

Thumbs_Up said:

I know someone who earns a modest salary 35k – never ever checks his wage slips, 100k cash in 0.1% bank account, never ever cashes his dividend checks £2.50 here and there - ongoing for 10 years! Spends £5.50 on pints of beer. Gets a whim, buys a telescope for £300, looks in the peep hole once, gets bored and throws it away. I could go on.

Now, my critics on here will ask “what’s the point of this post” My answer would be - it’s just goes to show we are all not programmed the same!

Oh, his good point is he put's 50% of his salary towards a pension.  

I think we all know people like this. 

I've got a good friend who's worked in finance all his life so knows all the important stuff about banks, savings, mortgages, pensions.  He's currently unemployed (very long story) and has just sold his parent's home following their deaths several years back (even longer story).  So of course he is spending it all.  3 cruises so far this year and another 4 in the coming 6 months.  Any travel is, of course, not economy, it's at a minimum business class as "that's better value".  

Lives in a rented flat stuffed with things he doesn't need that he bought online on a whim and, until the house sold, had tons of debt.  Just can't accept that he shouldn't be living a champagne lifestyle.

My aunt did this. Inherited a house (was renting at the time), instead of living in it and saving on rent for decades to come, sold it went on endless carribean holidays, rented a 5 bed house for her and her partner, ate hellofresh for every meal and in 3 short years ended up where they started.

Easy come, easy go. I think people who don't 'earn' the money (as in work tens of housands of hours for it) don't respect the amount - I think it's the same reason the majority of lottery winners end up where they started.

Your last point is one of the factors in why I don't play the national lottery, the thought of winning big just seems so empty and meaningless. If I'm to be wealthy then I'd like to be more involvement than selecting 6 random numbers in the local corner shop. 

Flugelhorn

Exodi said:

My aunt did this. Inherited a house (was renting at the time), instead of living in it and saving on rent for decades to come, sold it went on endless carribean holidays, rented a 5 bed house for her and her partner, ate hellofresh for every meal and in 3 short years ended up where they started.

Easy come, easy go. I think people who don't 'earn' the money (as in work tens of housands of hours for it) don't respect the amount - I think it's the same reason the majority of lottery winners end up where they started.

It is very true - some people want to appear to be wealthy and moving into a family home and carrying on as normal doesn't look wealthy - only having lots of money in the bank does that. 

sevenhills

artyboy said:

Given a US pint is only 16 fluid oz, plus the pretty much required practise of tipping a dollar a drink

Do moneysavingexperts tip, surely not.

Brie

sevenhills said:

artyboy said:

Given a US pint is only 16 fluid oz, plus the pretty much required practise of tipping a dollar a drink

Do moneysavingexperts tip, surely not.

basically you have to in the US (and other places other than the UK).  If you don't you never get a second pint.  

$3 for a US pint is not too bad.  On the better side of the border (that'd be Canada) they're complaining about a litre of petrol hitting $1.70.  And that's CAD not USD so that translates to about £1.10 a litre.  I'd be happy.

Exodi

annabanana82 said:
Your last point is one of the factors in why I don't play the national lottery, the thought of winning big just seems so empty and meaningless. If I'm to be wealthy then I'd like to be more involvement than selecting 6 random numbers in the local corner shop. 

To be honest (and I'll undoubtedly upset some people saying this), I consider it a tax on the poor and those bad at maths.

This is a money saving forum, no-one should realistically be playing the lottery any more than they should be going into their local casino and putting money on a roulette table. Despite the RTP (Return To Player) being considerably higher (over double) for the latter, there is a social stigma against portraying the lottery as gambling - perhaps because they donate to good causes?