The day I stopped buying pre-chopped veggies at Aldi

I used to grab those $3 bags of pre-chopped onions and peppers every week for my stir fry, thinking it saved me time... Last Tuesday I bought a whole onion and bell pepper for $1.20 and chopped them myself in 5 minutes. Has anyone else noticed how much those pre-cut bags really add up over a month?

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hayes.jake12d ago

It’s wild how little things like that add up to big money (and waste).

elizabethg1812d ago

Oh man, my friend was telling me how she found out her bank was charging her a monthly "account maintenance fee" she didn't even know about, and it had been adding up to like $180 a year! It’s insane how those tiny fees just eat away at your money for nothing.

faithwalker12d ago

My old credit union charged me a $3 "inactivity fee" because I didn't use my debit card for 6 months. That's $36 a year for literally nothing. But here's the thing - I knew about it when I read the fine print opening the account. Most of these fees are buried in terms we all agree to without reading. I don't think it's right to call it a waste when the bank is being upfront about it on page 12 of their agreement. We just gotta take 10 minutes to actually check what we're signing up for.