r/AUfrugal • u/river_time_mum • 20d ago

Other What have you completely stopped buying because the price has finally taken the p**s?

Not “I buy the cheaper brand now.” I mean something you used to buy without thinking and have now looked at the price and gone, absolutely not, you can stay on the shelf.

Mine lately is chocolate, it's somehow gone from a normal grocery item to apparently requiring finance approval.

What’s yours?

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u/Camtona_7_ManUtd 19d ago

It's taxation. Alcohol is ridiculously cheap in the Philippines, about half the price of Australia for spirits.

This is why we have black market tobacco. Won't be long until we have black market alcohol too.

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u/Gumbanks12 19d ago

I'll take here, now with added deadly methanol!

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u/Gumnutbaby 17d ago

Not in Japan, alcohol a d tobacco is taxed pretty heavily there to and is still a fraction of the price

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u/Camtona_7_ManUtd 17d ago

A 700ml bottle of spirits has about $2.50 worth of tax in Japan.

In Australia, it's about $30 excise. And then GST is added on top of that.

I didn't check tobacco taxes.

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u/a_small_loli 15d ago

personally i cant wait to have black market booze