I recently did some online shopping for clothes and I was totally blown away by how expensive certain things are: flannel shirts, jackets, pants.
I was looking at nice brands, but still…I was kind of shocked.
But what do I know?!?!
What do you think is way too expensive?
Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.
1. Ticketmaster is the devil.
“Electronic tickets processing fees.
Ticketmaster is an evil company.”
2. I agree.
“My apartment charges $25 to process online payments.
Absurd.”
3. That’s criminal.
“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.”
4. It’s real.
“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.”
5. Yup.
“Funerals.
I worked at cremation, why people spend 12k + for a box they are going to burn is beyond me.”
6. I guess…
“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.””
7. Interesting.
“Hearing aids.
I’m an audiologist. 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 manufacturers 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.
It 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.”
8. Scammed.
“Adobe Products.
It’s a massive scam that they switched to a monthly fee as it’s k**led any incentive for them to make meaningful improvements and they k**l or buy up any competitors.”
9. Come on!
“IHOP charges $5 for a small glass of orange juice.
Want a refill? That’ll be another $5.
It’s a small one, but it bugs me. It’s a breakfast place.”
10. A big one.
“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.”
11. A girl’s best friend.
“Diamonds. A total scam.
If it wasn’t for De Beers, diamonds would be about $20 per carat.”
12. Amen!
“Housing.
Everyone needs one, birth rates are predictable, people are better utilized when housed and not struggling too much.”
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