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We’ve all been warned not to click suspicious links that we find in our inboxes and not to provide any personal information over the phone to unknown callers. But these obvious scammers aren’t the only ones trying to take more money from us than they should.

Reddit users have recently been discussing products and businesses that are beloved by many but might actually be scams. Whether it’s an item being marked up at ridiculous rates or a service that doesn’t actually do anything, we’ve gathered some of these potential scams down below. So enjoy reading through, and be sure to upvote the things you’d be hesitant to spend your money on!

#1

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason I feel like streaming platforms are starting to swing into scam territory by baiting everyone into joining with no ads and a low price. Then, raising the prices and bringing back ads.

wolfspider82 , Erik Mclean Report

#3

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason How about the fact that paying the employees at restaurants is somehow considered the customers responsibility.

xtra-chrisp , Sam Dan Truong Report

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Alexandra
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You refer to tipping? Employees at a restaurant should be paid a normal wage. Tipping should only be done in the case of exceptional service and then it should go into the pockets of the employee(s), not the owner. Don't tip and/or don't go to that particular establishment anymore. Also get organised!

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#4

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Paying for 3 different insurances, health, vision, and dental, when last time I checked the last two are part of your body therefore should fall under one, health insurance.

Icdvtrvt , Caroline LM Report

#5

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Anything purporting to "cleanse" your body. As long as you've got a functioning liver and kidneys, you're already cleansing toxins from your body

eagledog , Alex Lvrs Report

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#6

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason "If we lower taxes on the rich, it'll come back down to us!"

timethief991 , Karolina Grabowska Report

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Zaphod
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have tried this and it hasn't worked. They usually hoard it like Smaug.

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#7

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason TICKETMASTER

monopoly's don't have to care.

2Loves2loves , Daria Nepriakhina 🇺🇦 Report

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timhood
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why is this not #1 or close to it? Recently looked at tickets that had $40 in fees for an $80 ticket. It's all online and digital!

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#8

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Minor textbook upgrades that the colleges require students to pay hundreds for to pass the class.

BackgroundOk4938 , cottonbro studio Report

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#9

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Salvation, as in the type sold by televangelists

fuzzycuffs , Luis Quintero Report

#10

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Friggin printer ink/cartridges. What a racket. Especially new printers that don't work if you use 3rd party inks, and that none will even print in black if any of the colour ink is low/out.

2kids2adults , Mahrous Houses Report

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#11

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Influencers on social media. Many promote a product for the money, and then don’t mention the item ever again. Some even backtrack months/years later stating they don’t like the product, yet still promoted it to young people on limited budgets.

Significant_Face3531 , George Milton Report

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Genevieve DeLangie
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

social media in general!! theyre tracking everything you view to know just what to promote to you to make you waste money.

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#12

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason HOAs

ThingsOfThatNaychah , Jimmy Conover Report

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Zephyr343
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good for some things but usually just a power trip for people with nothing else to do

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#14

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Having to pay a subscription to use your heated seats.

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#15

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason For women, almost any product with a different "Women's" version, that is only different because it is pink. This is actually called "the pink tax," because these products are nearly always more expensive than the men's version.

On a much smaller scale, men have a "jock" tax, where products for their genitals are more expensive than the same thing for other parts of the body. One example I saw recently was cream for jock itch, three times the price of the same antifungal cream sold for foot fungus.

Awdayshus , Marina Zaharkina Report

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Hydro Keychain
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11 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Jock itch' is athletes foot, just on a different part of the body. *Pro tip for men: put on your socks BEFORE your underwear. This way your feet don't touch your underwear.

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#16

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Uber Eats and Doordash (other food delivery apps) They mark up the prices of food, have huge delivery fees, and pocket all the money while their drivers get shafted with minimal pay and little to none of the delivery fee actually going to the driver. It is a major scam.

LotusTheFox , cottonbro studio Report

#17

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Flushable wipes! They’re not really flushable. Spend the money on a bidet and never look back.

sodaonmyheater , Towfiqu barbhuiya Report

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Ryan Mercer
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Spend a few days in a country where bidets are normal, and you'll come back wondering why you haven't always had one. The answer is, it's bulky. There are kits you can add to a regular toilet, but if they aren't cleaned with every use, they can become unsanitary and spray bacteria. A proper design involves a second throne, which takes up a lot of space. Wipes are a poor substitute that you don't dare use with a septic. Honestly, the regular waste management system doesn't like them either. They don't break down like they say they do.

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#18

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Social Media Influencers or Celebrities promoting products...

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#19

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Alkaline water.

ElectricalBuns , Tyler Nix Report

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CaptainSlapNTickle
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I make my own with 9 volts. It's a little "tangy", but you get used to it, especially knowing how much you are helping your body and the kid's! Top Tip, when cutting open the 9 volts, wear gloves so you don't get acid in your eyes, save that goodness for your water. Your children WILL thank you for it.

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#20

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Herbalife, they must have done something special to manage to sell it to a lot of people

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#21

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason homeopathic anything

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Becky Samuel
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe that this nonsense caught on in the first place, let alone that anyone still believes in it. Some nutter just made it up one day out of nowhere - it's utter gobbledygook.

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#22

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason "Healing" crystals

Also, a lot of the time, the "crystals" are just glass

l0R3-R , Sarah Brown Report

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Peter Parker
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, so you're saying I just need to make sure to get genuine healing crystals, not just glass. Duh, no wonder it didn't heal my broken ankle!

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#23

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Home warranty insurance on appliances. You spend upwards of $1-2k a year so that you don’t have to buy a new $800 washer or $1200 fridge outright if they go out? Just put the payment away for an appliance fund and you come out ahead 9 times out of 10

Kloudy11 , Alex Qian Report

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timhood
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Extended warranties of any kind. Auto extended warranties are a MINIMUM of 50% profit, even after they give you the alleged discount.

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#24

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason NFTs

Whats the point of the token being non fungible if the actual associated digital asset still is?

macacoa , Andras Vas Report

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IMHO
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anything that is described with words like non fungible tokens and associated digital asset is a scam intentionally made ridiculously complicated to confuse the scammie.

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#25

Fat burner products. If you ingest something that actually burns fat off you, it’s either poison or fire

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#26

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Ultra fast fashion clothes that fall apart after two uses and are infested with lead.

kidantrum , Korie Cull Report

#27

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Ancestry DNA. They should be paying us for the data

SammySquarledurMom , Louis Reed Report

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Zephyr343
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What better way to get a national database of DNA. Surprised they don't ask for fingerprints too

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#28

The overpriced big brand basketball/fashion/status symbol shoes aimed at poor people. They're plastic and made in sweat shops!!!

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#29

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Health insurance (United States)

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Lori T Wisconsin
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry but NOBODY LIKES NEEDING TO PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE! TITLE HERE is: "People Call Out 58 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason ". Nobody likes this for any reason. The healthcare system in the US stinks. Call it wealthcare; you end up dead without money.

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#32

Keurigs.


They are not that fast, they are expensive, the coffee is trash, and they create an insane amount of waste.

A regular coffee maker or french press is better in pretty much every scenario.

They are HUGELY popular in offices and hotel rooms everywhere for some f*****g reason and it drives me crazy.

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Rafis Poulio
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pods make terrible coffee. They have to remove the oils to prevent them from spoiling and it really kills the taste.

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#33

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Bottled water.

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IMHO
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like ...Flint Michigan. And literally thousands of other US cities.

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#34

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Car dealerships. $200 upcharge on a brand new car for nitrogen in the tires? They have no shame.

Traditional_Pair3292 , Akshay Shende Report

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IMHO
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have any single ladies out there had the unfortunate experience of car shopping? Let's see..the first salesman had a wind up plastic pickle that hopped across his desk (yes that's what I said). The next one called me Darlin 20 times and we're not from the south. I wrote an editorial about it and had every dealership in town suddenly wanting my money. After I placed my order for a custom package I received a bouquet of roses. Do men get roses too?

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#35

Religious “fees” or “mandatory donations”

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#36

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Chiropractors.

Go to a physical therapist, they can help you with your physical pain with the added benefit of a medical degree.

MostlyOkayGatsby , Toa Heftiba Report

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Lyone Fein
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have found chiropractors to be very helpful. Perhaps it depends on what your situation is, and which practitioner you are consulting?

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#37

A category -- luxury goods. I'm Korean American and am blown away by the label hungry consumption in both countries.

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Zaphod
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are just status seekers. Buying stuff does not make you happier, even if it is expensive.

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#38

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Copper fit products.

Skwirlblanket , psineur Report

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Cee Ahch
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ehhh my personal experience with copper fit is positive. If it's mental then I consider its doing its job.

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#39

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Essential oils!

They can smell nice though

LilacRose32 , Christin Hume Report

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ƒιѕн
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is there a difference between essential oils and regular oils?

David Paterson
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The word "essential" comes from the word "essence" which means "smelly". Truly. The difference between an "essential oil" and other oils is that "essential oils" are smelly and other oils aren't.

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barn owls ️
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i just like how they smell. i’m not about to say it cures depression, but they smell good

Mystery Egg
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except for eucalyptus oil which is great for unblocking a blocked nose if you splosh some on a tissue and keep sniffing it..

Dirk Daring
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An Essential Oil lady at a craft fair wanted to put some of her oils on my hands. When I said no, she asked if I was "afraid of smelling girly". I pulled up the MSDS on the oils she was selling, especially pointing out the parts that said, "Do not apply directly to skin... Do not inhale vapors etc." She went white as a ghost.

Cajun Affiliates
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eucalyptus oil and peppermint oil are great for clearing sinuses. But I'm not on the essential oils cure everything bandwagon.

Fran Morris
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i use a little lavender essential oil to help sleep without druging myself so they do have some good efects

Alondra Johnson
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rosemary oil surprisingly does help with minor wounds AFTER you cleaned them properly with whatever you use(like peroxide).

Shiva Ho
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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Big difference between quality of the Oil! I used to work at a Soy Candle Factory and I was overwhelmed by the smells when I first started working but by the time I quit I had lost my sense of smell you sniff enough high quality lavender oil and you will feel the affect! I was often saturated by the oil scents & everyone knew were you worked because you couldn't get it off. Everything starts smelling! They are good for certain things if you understand what affects your trying to induce & quality oil.

Paul Gerrard
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Called essential oils because ...essentially its very profitable

Hey!
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try it then talk about it. I use it for migraines and other stuff and they work.

Jahl
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Essential oils can inspire good feelings or bring Back good memories though.

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#40

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason Phone/Internet bills, i live in Canada the amount of money i pay for my phone, and the Internet is eye watering compared to our neighbors in the south or the rest of the world. Scammed by our own government and their telecom overlords.

Thebandofredhand , Hassan OUAJBIR Report

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Kelly Scott
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want to add: recycling. Our garbage company charges us $15 a month to recycle c**p. For that you have to sort it, clean it out, and break it down. Then they throw it all in the regular garbage anyway. I told them they ought to be paying US for doing THEIR work if they want us to recycle. Then when I found out they toss it all together anyway, I told them to take back their stupid recycling can and now I throw all the garbage together myself. And if the bill goes just a little higher, I'll be taking my garbage to the dump myself. It's only a couple miles out of town and would probably save me $20 a month.

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#41

AMWAY.
It's a ponzi scheme and if it wasn't soaked in JESUS! it would have been shut down long ago.

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Lola Rogers
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plenty of MLM/pyramid schemes that are allowed to operate without any Jesus factor. They're simply not regulated like they should be.

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#42

The vitamin and supplement industry.

“X is 100% proven to make you fart rainbows! (these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA)”

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#43

MLM's

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PeTeH
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After army I was invited to a mlm event by former army buddy, not that I was told what it was. After the presentation of selling soaps or whatever, they took me to a closed room to coax me into joining. I just said I don't need any money, and they had no answer to that. All their sales pitches need you to be greedy, or desperate...

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#44

Coffins. there's literally no point to keeping anything out. It doesn't stop the process of decomposition because most of it has to do with the bacteria that's already in your body eating you from the inside. the real decay was inside us all along!

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Rupp
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think anyone's buying them to try to prevent decay. They are simply part of the presentation at the wake, hence the difference in looks, materials and prices.

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#45

Gift Cards

They are a free loan to the company that will result in either:
1. You spending more than you intended so that you “use up” the card
2. You leaving a small balance on the card that never gets used
3. The card gets lost or otherwise unused
4. In the case of restaurant, it often results in your server being under-tipped due to people tipping on the after gift card total.

They are a bad gift. If you don’t know what to get someone, give cold hard cash.

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Sonja
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I completely disagree. As long as it's a gift card for something that the giftee uses anyway, they are a perfect gift. And if someone gives a bad gift, that's on them, not the payment method. I too prefer cash, but will be grateful for a gift card any time as long as it's for something I actually use. It's definitely better than getting useless clutter that only collects dust in my shelf. I regularly get a 50€ gift card once a month from my employer that can be used for groceries and I can choose for which shop. They do that because in pur country that's not tax relevant, so I de facto got a 50€ raise. We use them up completely for our regular grocery shopping. It's very practical and definitely very kind.

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#46

Crypto - in a sense there is no product but it is something people spend money to acquire

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#47

Claw machines

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#48

People Call Out 40 Products That Are Huge Scams Yet People Still Like Them For Some Reason I'm sure I read once that pre made cinema popcorn has one of the biggest price markups of any product in the world. They buy massive sacks that cost pennies and then charge a fortune for it.

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Lola Rogers
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many theaters make their money on the concessions. So the popcorn price subsidizes the theater that might barely break even or lose money on tickets alone, unless the place is packed.

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#49

Tipping anyone other than actual wait staff at a sit-down restaurant.

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#50

I went into a timeshare sales pitch to get a $100 at a resort. 1 hour for $100.


I was greeted and I said "Hello, I'm doing well thanks. Just a heads up I am not going to be buying a timeshare but I will gladly listen to what you have to say. I won't be answering any questions or responding at all till the hour is over, is that ok?".


They said yes, talked for an hour to a stone dead face and at the end my phone dinged and I said - "thank you for taking the time to explain it to me, bye."


They were so rude after that it was amazing, but I got my $100 and out I went.

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Papa
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My wife and I did something similar years ago. We told them up front we weren't buying anything, but we listened to the spiel anyway. $100.00 is $100.00.

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#51

Their car’s extended warranty.

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Zephyr343
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I got a protection plan thing for my vehicle I just purchased on Friday because if I have one claim in the next 6 years, it will pay for itself. And with newer cars, too many things can go wrong electronically.

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#52

US College puts people in a ton of debt and is becoming less and less worth it from a pure ROI standpoint. But many still go because of the networking, partying, community, and it feels like a rite of passage vs. learning a trade/starting a biz.

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Papa
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are benefits to a college degree, if it's in a field that will pay for it. The real scam is government backed (so our tax dollars) college loans for ridiculous amounts of money TO EIGHTEEN YEAR OLDS.

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#53

Dryer balls. Popular Mechanics for example experimented on the efficacy of them and found no beneficial effects.

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Midwest Mike
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess it depends on the use. In Summer to save money I wash my clothes in the Washing Machine. Then bring the clothes outside to dry in the sun. But the clothes are stiff. So bring back in and put them in the Clothes Dryer. And put the Dryer Balls in. Tumble with NO HEAT. And boom softer clothes. The science of why clothes line dried clothes is fascinating. Plus seems like a pretty cheap scam compared to others on this list. But maybe that is just me. Cause I'm a big old soft boy....can't stand non-gentle clothes ;)

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#54

expensive toothpaste claiming it makes your teeth whiter in 3 days

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#55

Free to Play / Freemium video games. Many of these have fantastic gameplay but they are almost universally slot machines with a coat of paint.

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Craig B
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have played a couple that were good for a few weeks, but as soon as you get to the point where you can't advance without paying, it's on to the next game.

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#56

Looks at my Warhammer miniatures nervously.

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Zaphod
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still have D&D miniatures, painted by my own hand. They were dirt cheap, but that was the 80s.

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#57

Slim tea

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WonderWoman
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All diets - they are intended to fail - so they can rope you into doing it all over again. Weight loss happens when the person stops ingesting as many calories as they start this XYZ weight loss journey. It is a vicious circle and 100% a scam. Keto, Atkins, slim tea, weight watchers, every single one

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#58

ITT people don’t know what an actual “scam” is. I’m sorry but apple and Starbucks are legitimate companies lol.

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Erik Biesemeier
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kind of have to agree with this one; I don't like the products of either company, and don't think they're good value for money, but they aren't scams. Are you getting the product you paid for, and does it do what it claims, and you aren't forced to overpay due to a monopoly/duopoly? Not a scam, but not necessarily a good product either.

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