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Poll Finds Most Americans Would Swap Democracy For $100 Best Buy Gift Card (theonion.com)

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[–] tal 27 points 4 days ago (3 children)

a $100 certificate they could use to purchase a new Bluetooth speaker or couple Keurig coffee makers,” said Pew pollster Dana Felder, who

I do not for one minute believe that $100 is buying a couple of Keurig coffee makers, unless those guys are going ridiculously hard on the razor-and-blades model.

checks Amazon

Yeah. The least-expensive Keurig coffee maker on Amazon is $60:

https://www.amazon.com/Keurig-K-Mini-Single-Serve-Coffee/dp/B07GV2S1GS

It looks like they go up to $126.

Maybe a couple of Mr. Coffee coffeemakers.

[–] parad0x22@midwest.social 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This article was first posted in 2021 and has not been edited since. Inflation has been considerable in that time.

[–] tal 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh, good catch.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Remember when things were....affordable?

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 3 days ago

Not Keurig coffee makers.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 3 days ago

I do not for one minute believe that $100 is buying a couple of Keurig coffee makers

It's not, these are the promises, like cheap eggs, affordable groceries and $1.98/gallon gasoline.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

My ex and I scored 5 at the thrift for $5 each. I'll never understand paying retail, and especially for coffee makers. I did pay "full" price for my Amazon French press. Whatever.