What do you consider to be the biggest ripoff (old, value, price)

[Oramasfella]

Dining out.
Cars.
Health insurance.

[49erfan916]

Originally Posted by Oramasfella

Dining out.
Cars.
Health insurance.

i agree that health insurance is over inflated BUT we have no choice.

[galaxyhi]

ANYTHING labeled as " organic"; " premium"; " new"; " improved"; or worse yet " free" ( just pay exorbitant shipping and handling fee).

Anything labeled as "better than...." the " regular or ordinary " is guaranteed to be a ripoff.


Applies to about anything you can buy.

[pvande55]

While the biggest ones are the ones you can't control, there are some you can. Probably time shares are the biggest of those you can.

[JGC97]

There are quite a few things I consider to be big ripoffs but I'd say the price of a vehicle smog test. The prices vary anywhere from 35 to 65 dollars which I find irritating. It should be one price. Period.

[49erfan916]

Originally Posted by HereOnMars

There are quite a few things I consider to be big ripoffs but I'd say the price of a vehicle smog test. The prices vary anywhere from 35 to 65 dollars which I find irritating. It should be one price. Period.

You gotta love California!!!!

[Vectoris]

Bank charges

Soft drinks at fast food places

Popcorn and soft drinks at a movie theatre

Small cans of cat food

Paint

Greeting cards

[CSD610]

Originally Posted by 49erfan916

And it doesn't have to be by dollar amount, but maybe value ratio.

The item that sticks out to me the most is bottle water from vending machines. At my school, they charge $1.75 for a 20oz of Aquafina. I know at Walmart, I can get 35 pack of water for $3.33 (plus CRV-stupid California) And even though it's not Aquafina water, it tastes all the same to me. So including the CRV, I would say that the cost per bottle is 15 cents.

If you broke down 15 cents into the 1.75, you could buy 11 store bought water for that one vending machine water. (and i know you could argue that you could get water for free from tap but i like my bottle water)
The same concept applies to vending machine snack foods and such.

The exact reason bottled water is so expensive.

[mysticaltyger]

Health care. And this doesn't mean I support socialized medicine. I think that has contributed to the problem.

The good news is we could wipe out most of our health care costs by not needing it in the first place by leading healthy lifestyles. Dan Buettner leads the way:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waGHi6aMzh8&t=20s

[49erfan916]

I'm surprised no one said cable