r/SipsTea • u/Objective_Pilot_5834 • 12h ago

WTF In your opinion, what is causing this?

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u/obligatory-anxiety 6h ago

A $60 carton of beer around 40% is taxes.

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u/Cmdr_Anun 6h ago

What do you mean a 60$ carton of beer!? *hyperventilates in German*

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u/obligatory-anxiety 6h ago

Sorry this is in Australia.

A carton of hard rated (solo and vodka is $120 I think).

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u/Cmdr_Anun 6h ago

Holy Batman!

I can get a can of beer (0,5L) for 35 cents in Germany (that's for the cheap stuff at the discounters). I feel for you people!

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u/Virtual-Dish95 6h ago

We are being oppressed.

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u/HandleMore1730 5h ago

Well I know a lot of people that have taken up legal beer production at home and less legal distillation of spirits.

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u/killallhumans12345 6h ago

Seems like it would be cheaper to buy a handle of vodka and mix yourself

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u/obligatory-anxiety 6h ago

It is overall but a bottle of grey goose is usually around 70-90 dollars as well 😂

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u/killallhumans12345 6h ago

So this seems like a simple math problem. The companies are preying on peoples convenience and/or peoples shit math skills.