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The Daily Dot

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

Customer slams 'Superbowl prices' after paying $23 for a Pepsi and a Gatorade

SuperBowl Prices

‘Service fee AND gratituity is absolutely mad’: Customer slams ‘Super Bowl prices’ after paying $23 for a Pepsi and a Gatorade

Apartment dweller determines it’s cheaper to live in an all-inclusive resort

All inclusive Apartment

‘Kind of a joke but kind of serious’: Apartment dweller determines it’s cheaper to live in an all-inclusive resort

Customer blasts Philadelphia cream cheese for its new price tag, says she has no other alternative to buy

Milking Cows

‘This is why I shop at Costco now’: Customer blasts Philadelphia cream cheese for its new price tag, says she has no other alternative to buy

Dollar Tree shopper notices price scanner in store, finds out prices are about to go up

Dollar Tree Price Increase

‘$1.50, $1.75, and possible $2’: Dollar Tree shopper notices price scanner in store, finds out prices are about to go up

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Tenant says their apartment upped laundry fees to $30 per load

Laundry Price

‘I am now gonna be washing all my clothes in my shower stall’: Tenant says their apartment upped laundry fees to $30 per load

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

Man talking(l), Bed(c), Person covering face(r)

plutonic-situationship-rent

‘An inflationship’: Man wants to share a bedroom ‘platonically’ to make rent

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

Shopper shares items he no longer buys at Costco due to inflation

Costco Price Increase

‘We ain’t paying for savings anymore’: Shopper shares items he no longer buys at Costco due to inflation

Maya Wray was a Fall 2022 FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. She is currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, where she studies journalism in the Moody College Honors Program. She has written for the Daily Texan and the Austin Chronicle.

Maya Wray

Subway customer tries to order $5 footlong

Five Dollar Foot Long

‘WTF do you mean it’s $16 for a footlong now’: Subway customer tries to order $5 footlong

walmart inflation

‘It’s not inflation anymore, it’s price gouging’: Walmart customer says prices for same items she purchased in 2020 have gone up 50%

McDonald's burger drink and fries on counter caption "$16.10" (l) McDonald's building with signs (c) receipt on counter with total at 16.10 caption "$16.10" (r)

mcdonalds 16 dollar burger combo tiktok

‘It’s officially not convenient or affordable anymore’: Customer shares shock at $16 price tag for McDonald’s combo

food in grocery cart being pushed at Costco parking lot (l) Costco building with sign (c) food in grocery cart being pushed at Costco parking lot (r)

costco i think im just gonna stop eating tiktok

‘I think I’m just gonna quit eating’: Costco shopper says she spent $140 on only 6 items

Inflation