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Jane_Flowers69 , Matteo Martinello Report

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Jane_Flowers69 told:
Dental care.

magikot9 agreed:
Me: breaks bone

Insurance: we cover that.

Me: breaks tooth

Insurance: sorry, but you didn't buy our Premium Bitey Bones package.

Final score:

286points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

My sister has been struggling for decades because of this. She is lacking an enzyme that keeps her teeth healthy, and has spent tens of thousands of dollars over the years, trying to save them.

79points

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group -eDgAR- said:
College textbooks.

I had a professor that was really against the college textbook industry and said it was a huge scam, so for the class I took with him he used a textbook that he wrote and provided a PDF version of it for free to all of us.

lilephant replied:
I had one require a book that he wrote himself….. but it wasn’t free and actually was similar in price to others. Ironically he was my ethics professor.

-eDgAR- , textbookrebellion Report

Final score:

262points

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Nubis Knight 2 years ago

My Professor of economy gave us a 50 % off of his self written textbooks and allowed everyone not able or willing to pay the 50 % off to copy his books for use in his lectures (way before PDFs were a thing).

65points

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I honestly can't believe that nowhere in this post as of right now can EDUCATION be found. Now, college doesn't have to be free, but recently the prices have gone through the roof and based on this post, it seems to have been normalized.

AnonymousMemeing , Caitlin Regan Report

Final score:

216points

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Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago

Again, depends where. My kids can go onto further education for free in Scotland. Yeah they'd need a job for living expenses but everyone does unless their parents are taking care of them

62points

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group knockfart told:
Funerals

ur_canadian_brudda replied:
Hi, I install and maintain headstones for a living. Preplan and PREPAY FOR THAT SH*T. Or at least make a will. It saves so much arguing later.

Almost nobody wants a gazillion dollars spent, but for some reason grieving peeps always feel like the $5500 casket that gets buried seems like a better deal than the pine box.

knockfart , Scary Side of Earth Report

Final score:

196points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I have already arranged to donate my body to science... I don't care what they do with it, since I won't be needing it any longer. They cremate what is left and return the cremains. I have arranged to have those placed in a completely organic cemetery, in the middle of a 21000 acre nature preserve, where a small brass plaque and a tree will commemorate my passing. Total cost, about $350 and all arrangements are already made and paid for.

188points

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Because of inflation at the moment it feels like everything. Why do I have to pay so much for food? Why is the gas so expensive? How will I keep sustaining my car? Will my wife and I ever own a home? It’s debilitating man

terequiro , Nick Farnhill Report

Final score:

187points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

My heart really goes out to people just starting out these days. It was hard enough in my day, but things are almost impossible now. I think people will really need to turn out and make changes at the voting booth... trump undid a lot of the consumer protections Obama put in place, and without them, the rich get even richer (and not taxed, if the republicans have anything to say about it).

96points

notafoetoallenpoe , Marco Verch Professional Photographer Report

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Feminine hygiene products.

There is no reason to spend 30 bucks a month for something that isn’t even my choice.

I don’t want to bleed for 7-10 days . If I could I would just rip out my ute**s.

Edit: for all the people out there suggesting me stuff thank you but I don’t need it anymore. I got the IUD 3 years ago and I hardly bleed. I just use a panty liner now and it’s super cheap. This was just how much I use to spend back when I bought pads and tampons (I had to use both …. Very heavy flow )

Final score:

187points

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Aidan Pite 2 years ago

Really, BP? Really? The word UTERUS is censored?!?

249points

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Glasses! I saw an interview on 20:20 or some news show and the brand name frames rep they were talking to, when asked why they charge so much for things that cost so little to produce, roughly responded “the glasses are worth what people are willing to pay for them 🤷🏻‍♂️”

CozyReader881 , langfordw Report

Final score:

174points

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Adam Belaire 2 years ago

You can request a copy of your prescription and buy online. http://zennioptical.com is really good. And if you have any old pairs of glasses you like the look of, they can put new lenses in for far cheaper.

80points

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group emik7133 said:
Diamonds. Complete scam.

ThePlooker answered:
Yeah, I came to say this. Ya beat me to it. If it wasn't for DeBeers, diamonds would be about $20 per carat.

emik7133 Report

Final score:

171points

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Emma Brown 2 years ago

I love diamonds but we are saving to pay off our debts so my engagement ring is moissanite. It's 1 carat, white gold and cost £60! It's absolutely beautiful, you cannot tell the difference and its so much more ethical.

105points

#10

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group splitting_bullets said:
Housing. Everyone needs one, birth rates are predictable, people are better utilized when housed and not struggling too much

Unsteady_Tempo answered:
The lack of affordable housing is the consequence and failure of cities/counties not being more proactive in creating zoning laws that would require more density in new construction, fewer short term rental permits of non owner occupied homes, and limits on for-profit ownership of more than a few single family structures.

splitting_bullets , bambe1964 Report

Final score:

167points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Housing is such a volatile market lately... and prices just keep climbing. The lack of low cost homes and rental accommodations makes a real difference in quality of life for ALL of us. Cities who can't house their workers become dangerous for everyone...especially the people experiencing homelessness who are often preyed upon.

40points

#11

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group shadysamonthelamb wrote:
The grocery bill is killing us. I feel like I get 5 things and somehow it's $50.

Dear_Program6355 replied:
You get to buy things?

I step in a supermarket, buy nothing, and somehow I've spent $50.

shadysamonthelamb , The Unwinder Report

Final score:

160points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago (edited)

It's like the joke I heard recently... I spent $38 on apples at Whole Foods, and then I dropped them both!

83points

#12

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Gr8_Ape_7 said:
NFT.....its a monkey

imvital replied:
You misspelled “money laundering”

Gr8_Ape_7 , pinguino k Report

Final score:

154points

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Adam Belaire 2 years ago

I still don't understand wtf NFT is or does.

114points

#13

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Being healthy. Eating right cost more, gym and exercise time money time and commitment. This should be encouraged and supported not dragged down with extra cost.

Beefy_Peaches , Aarni Heiskanen Report

Final score:

150points

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Trevor Nicholson 2 years ago

There's a chain of gyms in Quebec that actually gives you a rebate on your gym membership for actually using your membership. If you got a 1 year membership and went 4x a week, it's like 30% they give you back

51points

#14

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group DanTheTerrible wrote:
E-books.

OneGoodRib answered:
Oh that's a good one. I get that just because it's a digital item that doesn't mean the author and publisher shouldn't make money off it, but it makes no f**king sense for the ebook to be $2 less than the hardcover. There's significantly less costs to the publishers with ebooks, why do they cost so much?? It's so f**king annoying to go on Amazon and it's like "$36 new hardback, $30 new paperback, $28 ebook, $10 used hardback". Why would I want the ebook when it's that expensive?! And I saw this as someone who is incredibly low on space for books and who doesn't even mind reading ebooks.

DanTheTerrible , Richard Smith Report

Final score:

147points

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Kylie Mountain 2 years ago

This. Why am I spending $12 on the Kindle book when I can spend $5 to get a used paperback? You're screwing up your own business model, people; I guarantee it costs more for them to ship me a hard copy, sharing some percentage of the price with whatever third-party seller I picked, than to download a file to my device, which I also bought from them.

60points

#15

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group pghreddit wrote:
Hearing aids.

Zelda_cat22 agreed:
As an audiologist, I 100% agree! Unfortunately the prices are the way they are due to two problems. One is most clinics “bundle” services. This is mostly because insurance doesn’t like to pay for our testing or rehabilitation/counseling we provide. Also-if you’re a small clinic the manufactures that make the hearing aids sell them at a higher price to you. For example, a small office might pay $1,500 for a pair of hearing aids. Whereas Costco, who can buy a lot more, only pays $100 for the same hearing aids. Its sucks because to become an audiologist you have to get a doctorate. You go through all that schooling just to end up “selling” hearing aids. One of the biggest reasons why I’m not practicing right now.

pghreddit , Mike Cofrancesco Report

Final score:

138points

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Yumiko 2 years ago

why are the most necessary and needed things that expensive? because we can't affort not to buy them?

84points

#16

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Running for office in America.

The cost to run a successful campaign in America for virtually any state level or higher political office is simply unattainable for the common person and prices out anyone but the ruling class of oligarchs and those with connections to it. Sure there examples of candidates outside the typical wealthy and ingrained political establishment, but they are the rare exception, not the rule.

With US House races costing over $2 million and Senate races costing over $16 million the average person, no matter how well educated and how well qualified, is automatically eliminated without a vast amount of personal wealth or connections to the individuals, corporations, and parties that do hold that power. So the halls of congress and the seat of power is never filled with our best and brightest, but instead those with the wealth to attain that power and the conviction to maintain that status quo at virtually any cost to the people.

Pursuitofsleep , Miles Heller Report

Final score:

136points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

This is a big part of the reason campaign reform is so important... nice normal people can't successfully run most of the time.

87points

c**p_whats_not_taken , George Redgrave Report

#17

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Drugs. They say it's to pay for R&D but there were meeting minutes leaked from a big pharmaceutical company where they were like how much should we charge for this drug? $20? How about $50? Why not $100? Why not $300??? So they went with $300/pill.

Final score:

133points

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bumble bee 2 years ago

The real kicker here is that most R&D is funded by the NIH, or in other words OUR TAX DOLLARS. This needs to end ASAP

84points

Wicked-elixir , Marco Verch Professional Photographer Report

#18

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Fresh fruits and veggies in comparison to a McDouble

Final score:

122points

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

It amazes me, not being American, that it does cost so much less for junk food there than fresh food!

55points

#19

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Buying and/or selling a house. There are so many people with their hands out that literally push paper and make a few phone calls. Total scam

ProposalVegetable230 , garann Report

Final score:

109points

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John Edgar Werner Philips 2 years ago

And it's always a percentage of the selling price. Right, I'm sure the work is twice as hard when the price is twice as high.

42points

#20

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group PH0T0Nman said:
Adobe Products.

It’s a massive scam that they switched to a monthly fee as it’s killed any incentive for them to make meaningful improvements and they kill or buy up any competitors

_Dague_ replied:
Someone tweeted about pirating Photoshop and Adobe liked the tweet. They are well aware they have the most pirated product, but they know if they become an industry standard they can make their profits off companies buying 20 licenses at a time at $10 a month. They aren't concerned with amateur photographers stealing Lightroom.

It wouldn't surprise me if Adobe was releasing the cracked versions online to get more people using their products. Several other companies have adopted that business model of giving out a freeware version and then charging businesses for the premium.

PH0T0Nman , Piqsels Report

Final score:

106points

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Kate 2 years ago

Gimp. It's an open-source Photoshop. And Microsoft Office is completely obsolete, what with Open Office and Google products.

6points

#21

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group moonflower19 wrote:
BRAS!

[deleted] answered:
Ask any man in your life to be your bra. I know I'd walk around all day holding my wife's t**s.

CrazyCatDog04 agreed:
Can confirm, I asked my partner to do this and haven't had to wear a bra in years

moonflower19 , Gabriel White Report

Final score:

103points

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Yumiko 2 years ago

binders

31points

#22

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group zzzz_bbbb said:
Everything associated with weddings.

meaganannmorrison commented:
This was my first thought too, trying to plan a wedding within an actual budget is HARD

zzzz_bbbb , Jonathan Day Report

Final score:

93points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

Just have a lovely party, no fuss, lots of fun and music and dancing.

52points

mildewmoisturizer , David Luders, Peter Blackert Report

#23

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group mildewmoisturizer told:
Legos

nikon78698 commented:
What do you mean? $630 for the titanic is a steal…..

frozenuniverse added:
I dunno, it's a bit rusty by now, I don't think I'd pay $630 for it after all that time underwater

Final score:

91points

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Even with 'sales' Lego is expensive, but I think it is better quality than the knock offs as it doesn't break as easily. Being reusable and having lots of open-ended (ie pieces that can be used for a variety of representations) pieces means you can buy a couple of sets and leave it at that if you can't afford more. I am looking forward to finding out what the bamboo ones are like too.

18points

slyblueisblu , Christian Harrison Report

#24

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group slyblueisblu told:
Theatre tickets. Stop being snobs and let us poor folk experience live Broadway shows too please

It seems a big part of the “value” of items like this is the expense keeps the r**f-r**f away.

There’s a comedian in the UK who jokes about how he now has a posh wife now so they go to expensive restaurants “for the ambience”. He eventually figured out what ambience was…. A lack of poor people being around.

Aloonatron answered:
Another fun bit from that routine is him asking for ketchup in a posh restaurant, so the waiter brings out a small discreet dish, which he samples, and then says “that’s great, I’ll have a bottle please.”

Final score:

89points

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NsG 2 years ago

Riff-raff?! Seriously? That doesnt need to be censored! WTF! Stop sanitising our language!

130points

#25

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group [deleted] said:
Having a roof over your head.

frederick_ungman answered:
Heck..just replacing a roof is crazy expensive. $21,000 for mine.

[deleted] , Ash Raymondo Report

Final score:

86points

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Yumiko 2 years ago

well you can RENT a roof with upstairs neighbours stomping on it

24points

#26

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group thotkeys told:
Xyrem. It can be absolutely life-changing for people with narcolepsy. However, most insurance doesn't cover it, and the out-of-pocket cost is about $6k for a 1 month supply.

Inevitable-Effort186 agreed:
My poor baby sister took Xyrem for a couple years. Completely stoped her seizures but the taste made her almost vomit every time ): also I don't remember it being expensive? I think we were on assisted state insurance then.

thotkeys , Xyrem Report

Final score:

85points

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Nubis Knight 2 years ago

Move to Europe, get it for free or a fee of 5 €/month.

28points

#27

Taxes. Most of the money we “give” to our government either disappears or gets pissed down the drain. If the government cannot responsibly spend OUR money, then they really have no business handling it at all.

RDEnergizer7000 Report

Final score:

85points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

USA - it isn't taxes, it's inefficiency. Most of northern Europe pays more than we do, but they have funcitioning governments, so they get value for their money. We're just flinging money into a hole.

87points

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#28

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Vanatru told:
Bottled water

trevg_123 answered:
Get a water bottle and refill it, price takes a deep dive toward zero. You’re paying for the convenience, plus the inconvenience of adding trash to the planet

Vanatru , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

84points

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NsG 2 years ago

Very much depends on your area. In some places, tap water is not potable.

97points

pat hayes 2 years ago

agreed...our community well water is high in nitrates due to being very close to the farmlands and it tastes nasty...hence, we buy bottled water and it pisses me off so much because of all the damned plastic!

10points

Who the What 2 years ago

This is why we need clean water everywhere to save the world.

5points

Viki Banaszak 2 years ago

And you think the bottled water is? It is just tap water from somewhere and you get an extra dose of microplastics.

4points

Did you hear that? 2 years ago

I live in the US and i still have to by bottled water because of old pipes or new construction.

4points

Hannah Edwards 2 years ago

My tap water is supposedly drinkable, but smells so strongly of chlorine to me that it makes me gag.

2points

Suzanne McHenry 2 years ago

Very true.

2points

L1z 2 years ago

Get a water filtration system installed, or one of those fridge filter systems like Brita or Zero

1point

Petra Biedermann 2 years ago

Then get a distiller, I let it run every day and it costs pennies. Mine was bought used about 10 years ago and still is running perfect. And easy to exchange the element!

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago

We just moved from San Diego to Springfield, OR and the water was one of the first things I noticed. You can actually drink it!

0points

Craig Reynolds 2 years ago

Then you install an under sink filtration system or in our case we did that plus a whole home filtration system and softener. It pays for itself in extended plumbing and water-using appliance life as well as never buying bottled water again. Bottled gets stupidly expensive when you also use it for cooking!

0points

Darcy Marie 2 years ago

I have family that live in the country and live off well water. Long story short fracking happened and ruined their well. Even before their well was super sulfuric. So they now have one of the water cooler things normally seen in offices. Is $40 a month and my grandpa can't drive anymore so the company drives out and picks up his empty bottles and drops off new ones. My aunt's can drive so they bring them in when they do their grocery shopping.

0points

Ogre Juan Canolli 2 years ago

Some Companies Bottled Water IS Tap Water

0points

Skylar Jaxx 2 years ago

My cat WONT dare to drink TAP water. So that shows me all I need to know.

0points

GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Bottled water companies make money selling bottles. Buy a good water filter if you have to, and fill water bottles at home. When I was a kid, growing up in Florida, a lot of us had well water. It was awful, really awful, but, fill a jug up and refrigerate overnight, and the particulates settle and it's 100% better.

6points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I had to do that when I was living in one country area and it does help. I'm lucky that even though I'm in another regional area, our town water tastes the same as the Melbourne water.

0points

bumble bee 2 years ago

When you are on the go and need a drink, at least water is better than anything else you will find. I drink tap/filtered at home, work

2points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

True, you can't avoid it in some places, like music festivals. As long as you are using tap water in refillable bottles when available I think you can be forgiven the occasional bought bottle.

1point

Paul Z. 2 years ago

Tap water, always. Except in Flint

1point

laura lee 2 years ago

And thousands of other cities

0points

Kyle Simone Buggs 2 years ago

If you're in Arizona, bottled water is the ONLY option. Filtered water DOES NOT HELP. Filtered water tastes terrible out here.

1point

Stephaniep 2 years ago

When we lived out there we had a filter on our tap, we would filter it into our brita pitcher and from that into our zero pitcher and even then it was sometimes horrid. We also went through a crap ton of filters.

1point

James Werner 2 years ago

It's no better than the filtered water from your fridge, sometimes not even as good. Or, put a decent filter on your tap for the cost of a month's supply of bottled. Buy a reusable bottle and your wallet and the environment will thank you

1point

Viv Hart 2 years ago

If you're not happy with your tap water, get a water filter, with either a jug, or a bottle. My latest filter can be used for 225 litres.

0points

Shelley Harris 2 years ago

Here tap better quality than bottled

0points

EJN 2 years ago

I regret the plastic bottles although we recycle all of them, but I don't want to drink the treated water the city provides. Even showering with that envelopes you in a cloud of chlorine which is not good for health.

0points

O.M.Miki 2 years ago

drinking water should be free. period.

0points

Brenda 2 years ago

I can't drink tap water, makes me so sick

0points

LagoonaBlueColleen 2 years ago

It's either bad water treatment or the pipe materials. You can get a plumber to check it out.

0points

GramDB 2 years ago

The water here in N. Sac. tastes like chlorine + chemicals … we drink only the fridge filtered water, fruit juice or pop. Our plants, lawn & dogs don't mind it though.

0points

Spiffsmom 2 years ago

I started filtering water when someone in the water department knocked a can of gasoline into the water reservoir. Now I’m allergic to chlorine so I still filter my water.

0points

Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago

Boil water if necessary. Or let it settle then pout off the clear stuff and boil it/ And here (Australia) I know you can but it by the gallon.

0points

Sue Sanders 2 years ago

There are alternatives to getting potable water if your tap isn't good enough. Some may take a bit more energy and bother, but it's there. Recyclable jugs that you refill at the store, for one. A filtering system in your house, for another. We had to do that decades ago to filter out the oil from a farm pump. There are ways.

0points

laura lee 2 years ago

I'm paying to not get sick from our water supply so... yeah there's that

0points

John mink 2 years ago

By the gallon at reversosmos and then fill ur small bottle

0points

Salty Wild Hair 2 years ago

We buy it to stock our hurricane supply.

0points

BusLady 2 years ago

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0points

BusLady 2 years ago

We recently replaced our old Britta Pitcher after I dropped it and shattered it. :-( Now we have a Water Drop. Great investment. Our tap water is safe to drink but the filter improves the taste. In the past, we purchased bottled water in gallon jugs at the refill station at the grocery store.

0points

John Otruba 2 years ago

Have filtered water through fridge. I refill and use bottles. Wife insists better quality when she buys. Water purchased is filtered by a name brand drink corp. from Catawba River. Tap water passable but all the chlorine not so tasty or healthy

0points

Toothless Feline 2 years ago

We keep a stash of bottled water around because boil alerts are not uncommon in our area. When the tap water's ok, we just refill from that, but when it goes down, bottled is worth the cost.

0points

Craig Reynolds 2 years ago

The real irony is that you can buy a 2-liter bottle of seltzer/club soda for 0.99 cents!

0points

Dennis Reedy 2 years ago

Heard a researcher last week who claimed: 1- packaged water is essentially un-regulated local tap; and 2- that $1.29 bottle of water, refilled from your kitchen daily, would take more than NINE years to equal that original co$t.

0points

rabbit 2 years ago

Buy by the gallon - $1-$1.25

0points

Jill Bussey 2 years ago

Or buy the biggest bottle of water you can find, and refill your drinking bottle. It must reduce the cost, if your water supply is not suitable. (Good old UK; perfect water coming out of the tap on demand.)

0points

Joseph Kastorff 2 years ago

They don't "produce" water. They produce plastic bottles and steal water to fill them with.

0points

James Adie 2 years ago

They don’t technically “steal” it. They just buy it from a public utility for 2 dollars then sell it for 2000 dollars. In most places in the U.S. the tap water is perfectly fine, yet the same people who whine about paying 4 dollars a gallon for gas happily plunk down 36 dollars a gallon for the same tap water in little plastic bottles.

0points

Christina T 2 years ago

Buy a hydro flask and your own filtering system. In a month it more than paid for itself, we're saving money by not buying a case of bottled water every 3 days, and we're not adding to the plastic waste bottled water creates.

0points

Mark Alibozek 2 years ago (edited)

The two bottled waters made by Coke and Pepsi are just byproduct of make their soft drinks. They filter it add some minerals and charge more then main product!

0points

Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago

Water in the bottle tastes just like out the tap so I'm happy to drink that most of the time, I'll just grab bottled water if I'm out somewhere and need a drink

0points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I think the tap water in my area tastes better than bottled, which seems so flat when I've had it! Thankfully, even now I've moved to a country area the water supply is just as good as it was in Melbourne.

0points

Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 2 years ago

Cough Nestle cough

0points

James Adie 2 years ago

How dare you! Water is NOT a basic human right, Netsle told me so.

0points

Ericka Hokkanen 2 years ago

This is filtered tap water in a bottle. Get a RO water filter for your home = same thing in any kind of fluid container.

-1point

shodokai 2 years ago

We call this the 'moron voluntary tax'

-1point

#29

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Down_Low_Too_Slow told:
Shaving razors

unoriginal5 answered:
I noticed even Dollar Shave Club, who was supposed to revolutionize the market, is on the shelf next to Gillette with the same high capacity cartridge at the same price. I switched to a safety razor, and buy 50 blades that last a week for $15.

m19honsy was curious:
You use 50 razors a week!! How many times you shave exactly.

Down_Low_Too_Slow , Mr.TinMD Report

Final score:

81points

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Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 2 years ago

If you’re female, always check male shaving product prices - often you’ll find they’re cheaper :) good ol pink tax

105points

MiaLedger , Michael Allen Smith@INeedCoffee Report

#30

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group MiaLedger wrote:
Starbucks

7 dollar drinks are crazy

Senpai59210 answered:
I feel like the type of people who buy Starbucks regularly are the type of people who aren't concerned about the price of their drink

Final score:

79points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I think people are willing to pay Starbucks prices for a daily coffee must not have any need of the money. Considering what it costs to buy excellent coffee and make it at home, buying every day is a pointless expense to me. Even if you buy a $3 coffee every working morning, that's $60 a month, which would cover the cost of my internet and subscriptions.

51points

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#31

NishantWubaluba told:
Popcorn in movie theatre.

[deleted] answered:
Anything in the theatre is expensive honestly lol

NishantWubaluba Report

Final score:

78points

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John Edgar Werner Philips 2 years ago

That's not the movie theatres' fault (entirely) though. They earn practically no money from the ticket price because of the studios' "conditions". Which are, btw, getting worse (looking at you Disney).

48points

#32

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Life itself

MercilessIdiot , erules123 Report

Final score:

77points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Life has always been too expensive for many of us. I know I am very lucky to be able to donate to the food bank and the housing charities in my town, and wish everyone who can help would.

35points

#33

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group ReeG said:
Canadian internet and mobile plans

trentonl commented:
Rogers that

ReeG , Susanne Nilsson Report

Final score:

71points

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Breezy 2 years ago

As a Canadian I can attest to this! My current plan is $104 a month on a 2year contract and if i wanted to pay the phone outright it would have been $1500.00....fricken ridiculous!!

23points

#34

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group HodorsAB***h told:
“Designer” clothes, like, it’s a plain white top with a logo for £800 wtf

sprunk_bois disagreed:
That’s where I’m gonna have to disagree with you. What you are generalizing might be true but most designer clothes, while might not be worth their price to the penny, are still made with high quality material and a lot of designer products are hand made which would make them more expensive. Like the $700 Gucci watch I have is made with very good fabric and high quality silver. Also the Gucci wallet I have is made also with high quality fabric and real Italian leather. I could keep going but my point is that some products might be what you described but most aren’t and there’s a reason they’re that price

zigojacko2 commented:
It's got nothing to do with the materials used and purely the fact you are paying for the recognized brand... 🙃

HodorsAB***h , Stacie Report

Final score:

71points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Personally, I don't care even a tiny bit if designer stuff is expensive, because it only affects people who think designer stuff is important.

92points

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#35

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group m100896 wrote:
Curtains and blinds.

popjunkie42 admitted:
Yes. Why? One of the bad secrets of owning a home. Rugs are expensive as hell as well.

m100896 , Miia Sample Report

Final score:

67points

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Trevor Nicholson 2 years ago

I bought two pride flags for $40 and and some hooks at the dollar store and it does the job. I don't need to live in a cave with no sunlight, I just need a little bit of blockage.

15points

#36

Housing prices in major cities. Shops are closed, alot of things are moving online, people are leaving and houses are vacant. Why are prices going up.

outcastedOpal Report

Final score:

64points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I read somewhere recently, and I have no idea if it's true, but the article said there are 28 vacant dwellings for every homeless person in America. I know where I live, in a heavily entertainment based city, people can't afford to rent even studio apartments anymore.

40points

#37

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Xendarq's opinion:
Nintendo Switch games

nousername808's answer:
Any proprietary Nintendo games never go down in price. Like Mario for wiiU is still $69 in 2022.

Xendarq , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

63points

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Adam Belaire 2 years ago

Same price if you buy online too. That is what kills me. For years they said the price is high because of manufacturing. Now it's "to protect their IP" it's bull.

31points

#38

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group the-alchemist11 wrote:
Panera

I426Hemi answered:
A girl I dated about a decade or so ago worked at a Panera and asked me to come have lunch with her once. I though Panera was just a cutesy little coffee and sandwich place and had an actual moment of "what the f**k is going on" when I saw the prices vs what you get.

the-alchemist11 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

60points

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bumble bee 2 years ago (edited)

Their food is also loaded with calories

18points

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#39

kungfookate said:
Lobster. So much work for so little meat. You have to wear a bib to eat it in case the carcass squirts at you. You have to use tools and your own strength to even get at the edible part. Then when you finally pull your sore, red, wet fingers out with that precious tiny morsel, it doesn't even taste good enough on its own that you then have to dunk it in butter.

beetlehunterz answered:
Back in the day lobster used to be considered poor people food.

DerpNinjaWarrior commented too:
This us why I stick with lobster rolls. Which are still overpriced.

kungfookate Report

Final score:

60points

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Is Be 2 years ago

Just don't eat it and save a poor creature from a horrific death.

36points

ExtensionAnybody467 Report

#40

ExtensionAnybody467 commented:
Modern Art, like, wtf how does a boulder cost $2M!?

MagentaLea answered:
Easy just title it Tax Evasion.

jbergcreations commented:
Also actual boulders that aren’t art, if you want some rocks in your yard those things are expensive but someone found it for free in the wild and didn’t have to feed it or anything until it got to your house

Final score:

56points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago (edited)

Any art only has the value people are willing to place on it. If you are willing to spend $5m for a red circle in a blue square painted by a famous person, bless you. How much will you pay me to do the same thing? It's often more about the snob appeal of the signature than about the actual art.

37points

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#41

Sofas or "Couches" for others. A basic timber frame with some fabric and cushions on it and I need to get a loan out to afford one.

stormotron91 Report

Final score:

32points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I made my own, because I wanted something animal friendly. It still wasn't cheap, but it looks great and is totally indestructible.

12points

#42

Gas. It is a scam

Dalbergia12 Report

Final score:

30points

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Is Be 2 years ago

The only positive is that it can get us going finding alternatives.

13points

Financial_County_710 Report

#43

Anything with some guys name on it.

Final score:

29points

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Which costs absolutely nothing if you refuse to buy it.

25points

#44

Oh, I’ve got one. Delivery apps. Specifically when the restaurant I ordered from last night charged me $1.50 to have NO cheese on my sandwich.

NerdyGirlChicago Report

Final score:

29points

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Trophy Husband 2 years ago

Call the restaurant. Plenty of restaurants do their own delivery, and they are usually cheaper than Uber eats. Uber comes in and promises more customers but they pay the restaurant less for the food and still charge the customer more! If you call direct, you can save a fortune and the restaurant makes more money too!!

6points

#45

40 Expensive Things Whose High Price Tags Don't Make Any Sense At All, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group bobbyray89 wrote:
Jeeps

AVgreencup answered:
Amen. And it's not like they're even worth it. I'm an FCA tech, and I bought a Hyundai cause I got every single option and more for like 20k less.

bobbyray89 , crash71100 Report

Final score:

21points

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Joel Hopkins 2 years ago

I'm not with you guys on this one, I love mine and it was worth every penny!

10points

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#46

Being born and living. You get out of this cradle od warmth and safety only to end up in this ugly and dangerous world, there's already a price given to your arrival, your worth is judged day after day, years after years, you end up having a great life, not one where you have all the things you want, only to end up retiering, get a meager check each month and then die, which you will have prepared in advance because dying also has a cost.

neko_sensei Report

Final score:

21points

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Mark Alibozek 2 years ago

Child birth in general! State governments are ok with forcing people to have children but won’t help out on the cost and care afterwards.

17points

#47

SkyfangR wrote:
anything made by Apple

MrHaxx1 disagreed:
The Apple USB-C to 3.5 is by far the best value DAC on the market for $10.

And the M1 MacBook Air is literally one of the best laptops on the market, and it's well below $1000.

And considering the longevity of iPhones, they're not that expensive either. Though they certainly aren't cheap.

SkyfangR Report

Final score:

20points

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Ozacoter 2 years ago

Apple is all about branding. Most of their products are much worse than theie competitors at the same price. But people keeps buuing it because they believe that they are better without researching.

32points

#48

PlayStation 5. Moderately better graphics it the only upside to getting it. Way too overpriced.

Hennifen Report

Final score:

19points

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bumble bee 2 years ago

How about when you buy a game and you have to have a subscription to even access the video

16points

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#49

Vegas charging a $50 resort fee on top of your nightly rate

Bellaxtatted Report

Final score:

19points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

It isn't that hard to not go to Vegas. I've been doing it my whole life.

38points

#50

cactus_thief said:
Skiing! Equipment has no right to be as expensive as it is, and lift ticket prices can be atrocious.

puns_n_irony commented:
You’re vastly underestimating the operating cost of even a small ski resort/mountain/hill.

Many go under because they don’t have the money to operate even at the rates you’re complaining about.

Equipment is expensive because 1) low production volumes, 2) extensive R&D, 3) exotic materials like carbon fiber and exotic metal alloys (on higher end products).

The only area I will totally agree with is outerwear prices, those are a racket.

cactus_thief Report

Final score:

13points

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Is Be 2 years ago

Sounds like a high class problem.

28points

#51

rickman12 wrote:
Indian food. Don’t get me wrong, it’s delicious. But why so expensive?

Ancient-traveller commented:
It's very Labor intensive and spices are expensive. I know an Indian who wished he could open a Chinese or a Thai restaurant, but no one would buy from him.

rickman12 Report

Final score:

12points

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Kaz 2 years ago

It's not expensive in the UK. We have loads of Indian restaurants. They have become part of our culture as they are so popular.

18points

#52

Living in New Jersey

Extreme_Today_984 Report

Final score:

9points

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Mama Panda 2 years ago

Try living anywhere in California! I live in Northern California and it is wicked expensive here. A 2 bedrm, 1 bath, 900 sq ft apartment goes for around $1600+. Gas is well over $5/gal. Groceries are astronomically high. It's crazy and I can't wait until I can move later this year!

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Electric vehicles, especially in Australia as our government is in bed with petrol magnates and so adds taxes onto the already high price.

3points

Ozacoter 2 years ago

I dont know if you have them there but Dacia has a lot of "relatively cheap" EVs

1point

greenbean 2 years ago

This is soo f*cking depressing! World is crap and will be worse, life is forever struggle.

3points

Lynne Hammar 2 years ago (edited)

no no no ... to solve problems we must first identify them! It's only a first step, MANY terrific new inventions are created every day. Check out a Youtube of Israel's EMT/first responder drones! I will try to find it ...

0points

Michael Carlson 2 years ago

Yes, "life is forever struggle" kinda that fighting against non existence thing.

0points

Did you hear that? 2 years ago

We have to make it better. Not just roll over and take it. Easier said than done but don't lose hope.

0points

BabyBooby 2 years ago

At least 30 if the things listed are not necessary for life in no regard but all are terribly and outrageously over priced

1point

steampunk dandelion 2 years ago

physical therapy. I have a disability that requires weekly physical therapy to prevent all my joints from dislocating and it costs me $30 per appointment. imagine paying 1.5k per year just to live without your legs dislocating if you stand a little too long... I CAN'T EVEN GET A JOB BECAUSE IM DISABLED AND DISABILITY PAY IN THE US IS ABSOLUTELY F*CKED

1point

steampunk dandelion 2 years ago

THIS GENUINELY MAKES ME WISH I WAS NEVER BORN I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND

1point

jdtimid123 1 year ago

What kind of sexist trash is it that the word uterus was censored?

0points

Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago (edited)

Most of these are people complaining about the exo expenses of things that they do NOT need. I mean Modern "Art", bread from a fancy bread shop, Nintendo games, Fancy funerals and wedding receptions!! Wealthy people's problems!

0points

Lynne Hammar 2 years ago

true but sometimes annoyance is the mother of invention.

0points

Glirpy 2 years ago (edited)

Do people realize that the more people there are on the planet the more the costs of things like housing, food and fuel will increase? We need to stop reproducing for a while to let the world balance out.

0points

Mark It/Its 2 years ago

Online subscription services for consoles- Older consoles with just as good online functionality can go online completely free and have free online multiplayer. These days you have to pay a stinking subscription fee for it. It's like they went "we don't need to charge you for this but huh you'll pay it let's do it". They're not that expensive I guess but considering it's a service they could offer for nothing, it's stupid

0points

Metallicd3ath 2 years ago

To be *at least slightly* fair to them, old online games were pretty much all peer to peer connections, the most the game really did was find your opponents. That's still common in PC games but console versions often set up central connections. I doubt it justifies the cost per person, but at least they also throw a bunch of free games in.

0points

Kathy Wilbourne 2 years ago

Credit card and loan interest rates are way, way, way out of line, especially since banks give virtually no interest on deposits. I saw a US bank offering a 'generous' 0.5% interest rate recently and wondered how anyone could think that is OK. I live in South Asia. My new account has a 6.5% interest rate, which is actually quite low for here—but it sure beats the USA. I didn't even realize when I signed up for it that I could actually qualify for a savings account. When I was growing up, interest rates were more like 10%. 20 years ago, a jumbo CD brought in 20% interest. People complain about prices being high where I live, but I am paying $200 for a little cottage overlooking a lake, and maybe another $100 a month for food, so it's much more livable than the USA, Canada or Europe. I'm happy to live a simpler life. Medical and dental expenses are much more reasonable here, too.

0points

Metallicd3ath 2 years ago

I don't know how it is elsewhere, but most banks here make all their money on loan/credit card interest, with a smaller amount on fees and such. Despite it seeming like fewer people can afford things with their own money, I think it's also the case that fewer people can or will get credit cards, so they had to lower interest rates on cards, and offer Cashback benefits, meaning they also had to lower positive interest rates on debit accounts. That's really me taking a stab in the dark, but I know the only reason I signed up for a credit card at all was 2% cash back on purchases, and I do not plan to leave a balance to charge interest on.

0points

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Electric vehicles, especially in Australia as our government is in bed with petrol magnates and so adds taxes onto the already high price.

3points

Ozacoter 2 years ago

I dont know if you have them there but Dacia has a lot of "relatively cheap" EVs

1point

greenbean 2 years ago

This is soo f*cking depressing! World is crap and will be worse, life is forever struggle.

3points

Lynne Hammar 2 years ago (edited)

0points

Michael Carlson 2 years ago

Yes, "life is forever struggle" kinda that fighting against non existence thing.

0points

Did you hear that? 2 years ago

We have to make it better. Not just roll over and take it. Easier said than done but don't lose hope.

0points

BabyBooby 2 years ago

At least 30 if the things listed are not necessary for life in no regard but all are terribly and outrageously over priced

1point

steampunk dandelion 2 years ago

1point

steampunk dandelion 2 years ago

THIS GENUINELY MAKES ME WISH I WAS NEVER BORN I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND

1point

jdtimid123 1 year ago

What kind of sexist trash is it that the word uterus was censored?

0points

Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago (edited)

0points

Lynne Hammar 2 years ago

true but sometimes annoyance is the mother of invention.

0points

Glirpy 2 years ago (edited)

0points

Mark It/Its 2 years ago

0points

Metallicd3ath 2 years ago

0points

Kathy Wilbourne 2 years ago

0points

Metallicd3ath 2 years ago

0points