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#2

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Minimum wages staying the same, while the price of virtually everything else rises

Mcreemouse , Sharon McCutcheon Report

Final score:

328points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

It’s crazy. The minimum salary in Spain stayed the same for about a decade. Even working 50h a week with that salary didn’t give you a decent life. Luckily the new left government is raising it. It is still too low for the rent and cost of living but it’s an improvement.

59points

#3

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Funerals and everything to do with them. The funeral industry has insane pricing. Some of the funeral homes and vendors are even predatory, getting grieving families to pay upwards of tens of thousands of dollars, because “that’s what the deceased would have wanted”.

chiggenNuggs , Rhodi Lopez Report

Final score:

324points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I personally don’t understand the big lavish funerals. Your dead so why do you care how your send of goes. I don’t care if I have a memorial, ceremony etc. I want to be disposed of as cheap as possible coz I don’t want my family to be in debt or pay thousands of dollars to legally dispose of me.

190points

#4

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Planned obsolescence, where products are deliberatly designed to have a defect or worse performance shortly after the warranty has expired.

TheBassMeister , Markus Spiske Report

Final score:

322points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

old fashioned film rolls are a bad example----

42points

Corner_beat , Johann Walter Bantz Report

#5

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized ''The customer is always right"

Biggest scam of all- the customer is usually an idiot and looking to get free stuff.

Final score:

320points

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Lunar Bicycle 3 years ago

The original saying made perfect sense: “The customer is always right, in matters of taste.” If a customer wanted wear something ugly or eat something gross, you helped them out with a smile. It’s their money and their business, and you’re just there to facilitate that purchase. But once it got shortened and lost that meaning, it became a huge pain in the ass for employees and businesses, and a license to act like an entitled douche to customers.

54points

#6

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized The US tax system. “We know how much money you owe, but it’s up to you to figure it out and if it’s not right, we’re going to penalize you for not understanding the convoluted code.”

JeromeBaritone , Leon Dewiwje Report

Final score:

315points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

This is so weird. In my country, all the necessary data is fileld in. In most cases I don't have to file anything at all, my employer does that for me, automatically.

108points

#7

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized The fact that so many products require you to create an account and register it just to use it. This is starting to become so widespread. Even CAMERAS are doing that [things] now. Pisses me off so much. I don't want to be tied to some stupid cloud BS I just want to use the damn thing.

Phones themselves are terrible for this too. I should not need an apple or google account to have a phone I should be able to use it as a standalone device with just the cell service and that's it. All this sort of BS is only so they can spy on you.

RedSquirrelFtw , Marc Mueller Report

Final score:

308points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I agree 100%, also I hate that you have to give permission to use your data to access most apps, websites etc. You should be able to use them without them selling your info to other parties.

112points

#8

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Scientology

jaceandcath , PictorialEvidence Report

Final score:

300points

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Piet Puk 3 years ago

Any religion actually.

158points

#9

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized College textbook prices.

It's crazy how ridiculous expensive they are putting even more of a financial burden on students

-eDgAR- , Daria Nepriakhina Report

Final score:

297points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago (edited)

We the option to lease textbooks for a very small price. The only condition was to return them without any visible damage.

33points

#10

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Unpaid internships. F*ck anyone who gives unpaid internships! People get exploited like sh*t in that and for what? Most times they don't even count. For what purpose?

I get so irritated when someone posts "unpaid but you'll be given a certificate". Shut the f*ck up and do the work by yourself you lazy ass.

MojoJojo1945 , Austin Distel Report

Final score:

290points

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EQXL 3 years ago

Worst in these is that people usually get to do normal paid work without any guidance at all.

31points

#11

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Diamond rings for marriage.

Red-7134 , Simon John-McHaffie Report

Final score:

286points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

If two people are truly in love, it wouldn't matter if there is a ring at all.

140points

#12

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Mobile game ads that show gameplay of a Call of Duty or Skyrim style game but in reality are just a spin-off of Candy Crush

WWI_History_Buff , Pexels Report

Final score:

276points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I have downloaded so many apps from what is advertised in another game and then find out it is nothing like the ad at all. So now I don’t even bother. It’s essentially click bait.

100points

#13

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Printer ink.

Zanders1981 , Robbin Wong Report

Final score:

272points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Omg yes, it is super expensive. Our old printer was cheap but we didn’t research before hand to find out that the ink for black was $38 and colour was $45.

58points

DoYuNoDaWae6321 , Nickolas Nikolic Report

#14

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized "If you tell me the truth, I won't get mad." -Mom

Final score:

264points

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River Webb 3 years ago

its a lose-lose sort of situation

66points

#15

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Bottled water, like Dasani. Especially in places like an amusement park that mark ups the price a shocking amount. Also the average markup of bottled water is 4000%, which is outrageous, bc water is literally free most places

gnot_your_friend , Andy Thrasher Report

Final score:

261points

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BiLal Asif 3 years ago

Greed does that

44points

Lonewolf23319 , Apostolos Vamvouras Report

#16

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Having to pay $100+ for glasses

Final score:

234points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

100$? You are lucky! Mine cost over 500€!

115points

#17

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized The diamond industry, specifically as it relates to jewelry. Everything that the average person "knows" about it stems from propaganda and advertisements created by DeBeers. They aren't rare, they aren't worth what you pay for them, they don't appreciate in value and are a terrible investment. They aren't special.

Steelle88 , Girl with red hat Report

Final score:

234points

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R D 3 years ago

They are not even a girls best friend!

80points

#18

Health Insurance in the US. Costs a small fortune, never covers sh*t, and you still end up bankrupt if you're not rich and get sick or hurt.

go_kartmozart Report

Final score:

234points

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I I 3 years ago

and most still hate of the though of socialised health care , crazy AF

73points

#19

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Apple's headphone jack removal.

Supposedly was to make the phone thinner, but everyone puts a case on anyways. Samsung galaxy S10 was 7.8 mm thick with a headphone jack. Apple removed the jack with iPhone 7, which was 7.1 mm thick. That's great, but every iphone since has been thicker.

And very convenient to remove that, wait till the annoyance died down, then release airpods.

The whole thing was clearly a scam to artificially make bluetooth a borderline necessity right before releasing Apple bluetooth earbuds.

And everyone ate it up.

SOwED , Daniel Romero Report

Final score:

231points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

And the removal of the chargers “for the environment”. If it was for the environment then you would reduce the cost of the charge from the phones and also give the option to buy them for a small price. Now they charge the same without it and then charge you like 40 euros for the charger.

48points

#20

Gerrymandering. In most representative democracies, voters choose their elected officials. In the US, elected officials choose their voters.

Harry-le-Roy Report

Final score:

228points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

The electoral college is a huge scam as well - allows people who get FEWER votes to win. How does that make any sense?

100points

Hadrian_x_Antinous , Fernando Jorge Report

#21

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Cat food. Look at the cat food at a random store, and see how the design brags about all the healthy vegetables they've crammed into your obligate carnivore's diet. Then check out the ingredients and see how corn, rice, etc. are often the first ingredients. Pet foods market toward humans by trying to appeal to human sensibilities, not genuine desire to provide your cat with the best diet.

Final score:

215points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

When you buy kibble look at the ingredients. Like this post said the first ingredients are the ones that have a bigger %. You want the first ingredients to be meat and it to not contain a lot of wheat, beets, corn, flour or ash. Most fancy commercial brands are really poor in composition.

61points

#22

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Members of Senate, Congress, and Presidential candidates, collecting money from corporations, big donors, and hiding it in campaign accounts, Pac's and Super Pac's, and then doling it out as they like. They no longer act as a government of the people and for the people.

perspectives , Paul Weaver Report

Final score:

206points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

In Europe, we call this "corruption".

129points

#23

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Giving credit card details for a "free trial" and auto renewal fine print.

Heck, stop it after my trial ends. If I really liked it, I'll pay for it.

ag3ntweird , Mark OFlynn Report

Final score:

199points

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Mimi777 3 years ago

Sometimes you can use those Visa gift cards/credit cards that you can load money onto.

31points

distrucktocon , Alexander Andrews Report

#24

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Manufacturers refusing documentation to private repair enterprises and requiring you to get your products fixed by the dealer. Basically, the reason for the "Right-to-repair" movement

Final score:

196points

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Malakai 3 years ago

YES. And making products "seamless" so that you CAN'T open them up to repair them (I'm looking at you, Apple), at least not without a ton of effort and higher than average risk.of damaging the product doing it yourself. This refusing documentation and all is just yet another scheme for them to wring money out of consumers and away from small businesses

12points

#25

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized The school picture industry. $80 for an awkward picture of my baby? Nah, thanks

impossiblejams , Luke Lung Report

Final score:

182points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)

$80 is insane. I would never pay that. Thankfully the average cost I pay is $35 for a basic pack which includes a class photo and about 10 individual photos of various sizes.

31points

#26

Application fees for colleges, apartments, etc.

ohdominole Report

Final score:

181points

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Y T 3 years ago

What??

24points

#27

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized HOSPITALS OMG

Lol ask them for an itemized bill (like everything they gave you and how much it costs) and they'll cut the bill down by like 50%.

Snootlebootlet , Marcelo Leal Report

Final score:

174points

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Piet Puk 3 years ago

You should change this to "Hospitals in the US".

211points

#28

Weddings. My wife and I got married in a post office and could not have asked for a better ceremony. It cost us the price of notary services and that’s it.

MrPSPLock Report

Final score:

167points

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Rose the Cook 3 years ago

The exhorbitant sums spent on weddings, specially second marriages or where couples have lived together for years and often already have children, has become rediculous.

33points

#29

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Working 40 hours a week

liniNuckel , Surface Report

Final score:

165points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

Or the entire concept of having to work, in order to justify being alive... many years ago I came across a quote by some economist (can't remember the name, sadly) who argued that most job positions are totally superfluous, but are maintained because of the whole "everyone has to have a job" thing.

45points

#30

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Wish.com

xiphos805 , Ilyuza Mingazova Report

Final score:

163points

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Rick 3 years ago

I can’t believe people still use this website. Although Amazon is slowly going the same way with its marketplace and scammers flooding it with fake 5 star reviews.

77points

#31

Fashion, but also just clothing in general. No pockets on female clothes? More purses get sold. Thinner layers for women? Have to buy more layers. It gets marketed as being fashionable, but the clothing industry could roll out a marketing campaign for baggy rugged clothing tomorrow and get it trending if they wanted to.

Also, the clothing industry is a cesspool of child labor, human trafficking, and it has some of the highest carbon emissions and water waste of any industry on the planet, way worse than flying. One cotton t-shirt takes thousands of gallons of water to produce. Almost any synthetic fabric is a type of plastic, and you release microplastics upon washing.

On top of all that, we have repressive cultural norms and laws regarding the necessity of wearing clothing that come from Puritans and Victorians who thought table legs had to be covered and ankles were sexy. The idea that you should be embarrassed to be naked in front of other people is a cultural phenomenon, not instinct, and you can look at pretty much any tropical tribe to verify this fact that humans are actually generally normal around other naked humans.

tringle1 Report

Final score:

160points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

I always wear men’s trousers because it is impossible to find non skinny jeans for women and least with real pockets. I don’t mind but they are always too long for me.

50points

#32

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Social media. From their happy beginnings they are now mostly a funnel used to ram as many advertisements into your mind as inhumanly possible. “Sponsored Posts” every third or fourth item - I see you, IG/FB/Red/etc. And that’s not even mentioning the extensive filtering network that “curates” the information you get to see when you are looking for something. “Curated information” is just a nice expression for you being conditioned to form certain opinions / buy more stuff. Social media groom minds

Solitary-Dolphin , Kate Torline Report

Final score:

155points

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Kristal 3 years ago

I noticed this with Pinterest. One day ads started popping up but looked like pins. Now, just looking at the browse feature, it shows me pins I already have pinned! Not just a few, quite a bit. Same with Facebook. I HATE how the feed only shows you a few peoples' posts.

42points

#33

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Reducing a price by 1 cent to trick our brains into thinking a product costs less than it actually is.

dogarfdog12 , Benedikt Geyer Report

Final score:

147points

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Adam C 3 years ago

Some stores rise the price 100% 1 week before "sale". Then they can have 50% off.

72points

#34

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Starbucks. I pay $9.99 for 51 oz of Folgers Ground Coffee, roughly 380 8 oz cups. That comes out to about $0.02 per cup of coffee. At Starbucks, a Tall Dark Roast costs $1.85. I could have 92.5 cups of Folgers at home before I pay for 1 Starbucks. My tub of Folgers is worth $703.00 if I were to sell it at the same price as Starbucks. AND I’m using reusable cups every day.

Bryan15012 , Amr Taha Report

Final score:

144points

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BiLal Asif 3 years ago (edited)

Just make your own damn coffee

86points

#35

Homeowner's insurance:

"Sorry, we're not selling new policies in Your Area right now because Thing just happened" where Thing = earthquake, wildfire, flood, and other things you might ... want to insure against?

"We don't cover That Sort of Problem." where That Sort of Problem = anything that actually happens to your house, due to weasel-wording loopholes

"You submitted a claim? We're going to triple your rates FOREVER after this."

balsamicextremist Report

Final score:

136points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Any sort of insurance is a scam, really.

57points

#36

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Those registries that people pay money to “name a star”

VictorBlimpmuscle , Warren Wong Report

Final score:

132points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

The thing is no registry owns the stars so just because you name it, doesn’t mean it is actually named that or that you are the only person to name that specific star. You may call it Fred whilst someone has called that same star Wilma. You are literally paying for a piece of paper, nothing more.

61points

#37

Payday loans.

Onetrickhobby Report

Final score:

130points

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I I 3 years ago

never ever use them had a mate borrow £100 then lose his job , he was over £5000 owed last i knew , he's trying to fight it at the moment

36points

#38

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Lotteries

llcucf80 , Emiliano Vittoriosi Report

Final score:

124points

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No. 3 years ago

never enter into the lottery. Even if you win the money, you'll probably lose all of you relationships.

32points

#39

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Doing your own taxes, and paying to use a privately-owned software (or a service) when the government could totally do it for you, send you the details, and ask if it’s correct.

strawberrywords , Danial Igdery Report

Final score:

122points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I would rather use an accountant, especially when our tax is a bit more complicated with all the deductions.

21points

#40

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Annual college tuition increases. Why aren’t they held to a competitive pricing model as opposed to having to take out a mortgage to go to school? Everyone wants to talk about government paying for college education, but there is no conversation on why is it that expensive anyway? Especially when some unis have endowments in the billions that just the interest on those funds could literally pay the tuition for everyone that goes through the door.

lcapaz , Charles DeLoye Report

Final score:

118points

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Bill 3 years ago

Colleges got ridulously expensive because the US government got involved. 1971 was when student loans became mainstream and about the time costs started spiking

22points

#41

Social media looks like free, harmless fun, but is more like selling your soul (and data), makes you addicted and sad. Most people notice, probably, but don't care enough.

_Pillars_ Report

Final score:

118points

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I I 3 years ago

off , FB , Twitter , Insta .... only use this

18points

#42

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Paying for cable tv. The whole idea of paying was to create a revenue stream separate from that of marketing. There are a few out there (HBO, I think) but generally we pay to access the content and still have to spend 20% of the time sitting through commericals.

Then streaming comes in and were free of advertisements again, for a bit. Now YouTube has tons of ads and other streaming services are talking about adding ads as well

suelzlej , Daan Stevens Report

Final score:

117points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I would never get Foxtel coz it is approx $60 a month when I can get Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime video, Stan etc plus all the catch up tv and YouTube for at least $20 less a month. They are an absolute rip off.

14points

#43

Most modern manufactured goods. Designed to not last, so you keep buying more.

toxiczen Report

Final score:

117points

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I I 3 years ago

yep , my wife thinks we get a bargain if a washing machine lasts 4 years , i get mad having to buy yet another washing machine for £400

19points

pinocchiosWoodBalls , rupixen.com Report

#44

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized EVERY SINGLE PERSON on the Internet that sells some sort of „millionaire education“ .

Every single one of them. They are all liars, most of them are not even rich to begin with! They fake it enough that some idiots buy it. You are customers to them. Nothing more.

Final score:

111points

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

A lot of self-help unfortunately is based on the falsehood that you can "accomplish it with this one trick." The One Trick will not get your weight healthy, get you that relationship with that person, put money in your pocket or make you happier. Real life requires nuance and complexity. And things that are hard and take time and effort. I wish there were One Trick but we need to deal with the situation we have, not the situation we wish it was.

26points

GrandpaBells , Anastasiia Ostapovych Report

#45

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Toothpaste commercial were actors filled their toothbrush with toothpaste too much which is unnecessary

Final score:

106points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

You should only use about a pea size amount. In saying that though, I am just as bad as the actors and put on almost as much as what is pictured lol.

26points

#46

Herbalife

Sly-Mountain Report

Final score:

100points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

And every other MLM company.

65points

#47

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Internet Data Cap

vynlak Report

Final score:

98points

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I I 3 years ago

always get unlimited , if you go over your cap you pay a fortune

23points

#48

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized The fact that you have to pay to bury loved ones

twodorrahsucc , Hannah Wernecke Report

Final score:

98points

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chi-wei shen 3 years ago

I don't think the mere fact that you have to pay for burials is a scam, but the often high prices are equivalent to a scam.

68points

TheSanityInspector , Inside Weather Report

#49

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Rent-to-own furniture and appliances.

Final score:

97points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I understand why it’s a thing coz some people can’t afford to pay for those big items upfront so rent to buy is one of their only options.

30points

#50

Lootboxes in videogames.

HXTXI Report

Final score:

91points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

Oh yes, to the point where some countries actually declared them illegal. A wise decision.

26points

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#51

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized The Verizon $1 scam.

Verizon tacked on a $1 fee onto 8% of their customer's bills each month so over the course of the year, they did it to every customer, about 150,000,000.

Their rationale was: 50% wouldn't notice and just pay the charge or would notice and wouldn't spend anytime fighting a $1 charge. 50% would notice the charge and call to have it removed. Of those, 35% would get frustrated while on the call and give up.

This added approximately $120,000,000 to the bottom line each year (3 total) until caught. Once caught, they paid a $25,000,000 fine.

LISHPjuice , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

57points

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Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

So they ended up getting a huge amount even after the fine.

0points

#52

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Ticketmaster

Psyopsss , Amanda Smith Report

Final score:

52points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

My niece mis-heard it as Ticketbastard. LOL I guess it's not far from the truth.

21points

#53

the Sneaker/Shoe industry.

you don't need masses of fancy artistic-looking running shoes collected in boxes that you go and spend $1000-10,000 on at a swap meet...You may as well be collecting very expensive funko pops. You're not going to wear them...and if you wear them you're only going to worry about them while you wear them, and the markup is insanity. I know people who do this, and they are leveraging money they don't really have on something that's going to sit on their shelf and do nothing...It's bad enough that shit like Sketchers (the literal K-Mart brand of shoe) cost over $125 a pop for a really crappily assembled shoe...but to spend in the thousands for what is essentially "Stamp-collecting" is nonsensical bordering on obsessive compulsive.

And don't get me started on women's shoes by design houses. I saw someone dish out $1800 for Loubouton's or something...what are you wearing those foot-destroying shoes for and why would some leather and glue and plastic cost 18 HUNDRED bucks? what a racket.

[deleted] Report

Final score:

52points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)

I hate having to spend $100-$120 on my shoes but I do it every year coz I know they are comfy and they have the support, plus they last me a year, sometimes more and they are hard wearing. I used to buy cheap shoes but they lasted sweet f**k all and I was replacing them more often. I have worn the same brand of shoes for the past 5 years and will continue to buy them until they are no longer available.

5points

#54

All MLMs They prey on insecure women, specifically army wives to give in. It’s almost like a cult. Guaranteeing new friends, lots of free trips and make 20,000 dollars a month. They are not your friends, the trips are only “free” if you become a top earner And the only way to make 20,000 dollars a month is to get at minimum 100 people in your team that work every single day Most sales from those companies are from the salesperson who is buying it to sell it. And they tell you that you have to buy more to sell more.

It’s really gross

snowrachell Report

Final score:

50points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

MLM companies should be illegal like pyramid schemes are.

18points

#55

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Idk if anyone remembers Power Balance bracelets from the early 2000s. A lot of celebrities and athletes advertised for them and they claimed to improve your balance and overall health. Well being a rubber bracelet made in a factory, it was all nonsense but they still sold millions of units before shutting down. A new company owns them now and you can still buy them though

PraiseGodBarebones , U50Sweden Report

Final score:

49points

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Julia Atkinson 3 years ago

Why do people fall for this? It's even sillier than magnetic bracelets which can't work because the iron in blood isn't magnetic

12points

#56

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized The games at fairs/carnivals.

ChaChaRealSmoothe , Jake Weirick Report

Final score:

48points

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Ozacoter 3 years ago

Everybody knows that those are scams

26points

UnrepentantCarnivore Report

#57

Most kids shows are just long advertisements for toys.

Final score:

44points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

What kids shows are you watching.

8points

#58

Timeshare anything

Solitary-Dolphin Report

Final score:

43points

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Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago

I managed to talk my mother out of getting a timeshare. I always thought my mom was so smart, but she almost fell for it. Scary.

9points

From-the-Trailerpark Report

#59

bottled water

(except in certain areas)

Final score:

42points

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Kelli Lindsay 3 years ago (edited)

For those who are defending bottled water in places without drinkable water, is the water provided in bottles free? Or at least comparable in price to a regular water bill? And why, over a decade later, does Flint STILL not have clean drinking water? It almost makes me wonder if if the city is profiting off its own demise. While the bottles of water maybe a necessity, the reasons why it’s is still considered a necessity is what makes it a scam.

2points

#60

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized I just paid for the privilege of setting up my router.

dognus88 , Jonathan Report

Final score:

37points

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Boyan Cezarov BO 3 years ago

That's actually normal, you pay for the service if you can't do it yourself.

12points

#61

Any of the food they sell at Disneyland/Disney World. While they are delicious as all get out, you will pay for the nose and not get too much for your money.

Nick9943 Report

Final score:

37points

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Kristal 3 years ago

I love me some Disney food, particularly at the food festivals and foods in the shape of Mickey. However, I definitely agree with this. Portions have been getting smaller and prices higher.

7points

BuriedUnderTheDirt , Bernard Hermant Report

#62

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Back to base security system monitoring

Huge scam.

My smart home security system alerts me faster than ADT ever did (biggest offenders) When you don’t answer the call, they will send out someone and will charge you a fee

And every-time your system messes up, it will send false error codes to the monitoring station, which they will charge you a huge fee to fix

And oh if you want to disconnect it, they guy i spoke to from ADT was going to charge me $250 call out + $50 for every 15 minutes he was at my house, and the job would of taken at least an hour he they said, they may need to go into the roof

no i just called a security installation Electrictian and he said $50 call out and $30 for every 30 minutes he was there but that was depending on the type of job

He was at my house for 5 minutes

Power off Remove power wires from control box* Protect the wires so its safe Replace cover on control box Done

He only charged $50. Compared to ADTs service which would of cost about $450

Final score:

36points

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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago

In one of the places I worked, the owner got bills for follow ups on alarms in one of the buildings that didn't even have any kind of alarm installed.

6points

#63

Industrial age schooling and the 40hr work week

YogaStretch Report

Final score:

36points

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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago

There's nothing wrong with a 40 hour work week provided that you earn enough to have a decent life without having to worry how you are going to feed your family and pay the rent and utilities at the same time.

15points

KungFu-omega-warrior , Petras Gagilas Report

#64

50 Things That Are Actually Scams Yet We Don't Notice Them Because They're So Normalized Scientific journal memberships.

Final score:

35points

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Titas Burinskas 3 years ago

Sci-hub se. No need to thank me, thank its creator.

27points

#65

The price for cable and internet

Spoofo9t9 Report

Final score:

34points

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I I 3 years ago

yep , in the UK we pay for " line rental" then pay for internet , line rental is £20 then what ever your internet is on top , we pay £45 for 200mb

9points

#66

Brands high prices (especially clothing )

einat162 Report

Final score:

33points

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Anne 3 years ago

I found that medium priced clothes are actually better quality. The cheap stuff wears out soon, so that's for fashion colors only if you are into that sort thing.. but spending a little more can actually give better quality so you in the end save money

16points

#67

Gasoline prices ending in 9/10s of a cent.

PunkCPA Report

Final score:

33points

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John C 3 years ago

As I remember it, that's the tax (I think?). So having the tax actually displayed makes it more transparent than basically everything else, when you aren't presented with the tax until you're at the register.

1point

#68

Idk if it's normalized but McAfee security service. In my own experience with the service, it's done literally nothing for me except pop up every time I open my computer or nearly every 4 hours or so. I remember my ex gf's grandma who fell victim for the service. I tried to talk them down from it and not to pay the service but I was much too late for any semantics. So I just took it to memory that every computer already comes with security software and any outside security software, if not installed properly, checked with 100% concentrated power of will, you're going to have a bad time. At least, I'm convinced that the McAfee service is just a virus that makes you pay similar to some of those other viruses that get your photo via your personal webcam, lock your computer and show you a copy pasted photo of a "legal document" urging you to pay a ransom, what was it, ransomware.

So my belief is that Even though most people may use McAfee as a computer firewall security service, it's more than likely a scam. Downvote me to hell, but at least convince me otherwise first.

Tyflowshun Report

Final score:

32points

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I I 3 years ago

i buy it never had any viruses , it;s only £10 for 10 devices for a year , id rather buy that than lose my laptop to a virus like my mate did , yes it was from porn but viruses can come from anywhere

4points

#69

mobile games. they draw you in with youtube sponsorships, then once you buy the game, you realize that in order to succeed, you have to pay a fine. i would say that paywalls are both like getting kicked in the nads and getting mugged. the only game i could imagine where you don't have to spend money in order to have a good time is minecraft pocket edition. in short, everyone should either play console/pc for games or spend more time with your family.

enderblade143 Report

Final score:

30points

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Rick 3 years ago

Depends if you have low willpower or not. People ask me how much money I’ve put in to a confectionary based crushing game to reach (current) level 7483. The answer is £0 (actual money, I’ve given my time = money watching the ads)

10points

#70

Hot milfs in your area

Murky-Heart-1844 Report

Final score:

29points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

Or "You are the 1000000th visitor to this website, you won an iPhone." Ummm, no thanks, I wouldn't use an Apple product even if I really won it.

15points

#71

Slot gambling. The casino controls how much they are paying out. If they wanted to, they can set it to “100% hold” and the slots will pay nothing. They set it to 7%-10% so on average, you lose 7 to 10 cents for every dollar gambled until it eventually reduces to nothing

KingTrump2021 3 Report

Final score:

29points

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Danieletc 3 years ago

ALL gambling is for for suckers, unless you're the house. If you're the house, you just lie and massage the losers and suckers. Slot machines are just the most profitable in the losers' game.

14points

#72

credit scores

mncm10 Report

Final score:

24points

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Questionable. Don't think this is a scam, it's a vital tool for lenders to know the financial obligation that a person can adhere to.

15points

#73

Phone contracts

real-kda420 Report

Final score:

23points

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Johnny 3 years ago

I just buy prepaid service -- I pay $40/month for AT&T prepaid with unlimited calls and 16GB data (and I never get close to that cap). I can cancel at any time

1point

#74

Those Keymaster games that usually have something like a Switch and a pair of Beats and stuff.

I work part time at an arcade and you physically cannot win a prize until the machine has taken it's retail equivalent in cash.

totalimmoral Report

Final score:

21points

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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago (edited)

Because the owners of the arcade need to make a profit to get the arcade going and have enough money to pay you. How revolting... ( Oops I forgot the "/S" again....)

1point