Are You Paying The Convenience Tax?

Everything has a cost, whether seen or not. While convenience seems inexpensive, it actually has very high hidden costs that we pay through money, health, or the environment. Paying attention to all costs, not just the visible ones, is important to make informed choices.

0:00:00 - Everything has a cost, whether seen or unseen
- 0:01:23 - Convenience has some of the highest hidden costs that we pay for everyday
- 0:02:59 - Delivery fees for food are an obvious convenience cost, but other costs are hidden
- 0:04:12 - Shipping, labor, refrigeration, etc. are baked into the price of out-of-season produce
- 0:05:34 - Amazon Prime has membership and shipping fees, but there are also environmental and factory costs of cheap goods
- 0:06:51 - It's easy to ignore unseen costs but they are still real costs that we pay with money, health, or the environment