Ok, so less a work question, more a goods and services?
I'm in the UK, when I was a kid (80's) the going rate was £1 a tooth.
My son (6) just lost his first tooth. Now adjusting for inflation the going rate should be £3.23 (I went with 1985). Do I use this instance to demonstrate how a rate should progress with inflation so he isn't worse off? Or…just play the tooth fairy game and give him £2?
More than me, but less than he should be getting if tooth / nugget had progressed in the same way I demand my salary does? A truer reflection of the system we live in?
Or am I over thinking it?