Things that cost way more than they should.

[Parasitic]

Cell phone device and plan in the US
Broadband internet
Airfare
Books, especially technical stuff

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: pontifex
guns, especially after Nov. 4th 2008.

food and drinks at amusement parks/events/etc.

i was at a gun show at the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex and the soda machines wanted $3.00 for a 20 oz. soda (even bottled water).

WTF?

What? He's right. Anti-gun democrat got elected, so guns started being bought up like crazy in case Obama changes/bans gun sales. Simple supply/demand increases price. What's the big deal?

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: silverpig
Fucking movie theater popcorn. $6 for 4c worth of corn.

the theater makes about $0.03 per movie ticket sold. hence the high prices at the snack bar.

I thought everyone knew this?

Oh I'm sorry. Here's a free car that comes with a $40k steering wheel.

 

[bharatwaja]

I'm suprised no one hasn't mentioned solid state drives here. . . Last time i checked this was still a tech forum.

 

[CptObvious]

Tuition, textbooks, generally anything education-related. I used to be able to get copies of my college transcript for free, but now they charge $12 for each copy. F'ing ridiculous.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: bharatwaja
I'm suprised no one hasn't mentioned solid state drives here. . . Last time i checked this was still a tech forum.

Why do you think they are overpriced? How much does it cost to develop and produce one?

 

[Pocatello]

Cocaine, heroin, LSD etc. The governments banning these illegal drugs are just raising the prices of these drugs, but they can't put a stop to the demand or the supply, since there is money involve. When there is a way to make money, people will do whatever they can to get they share, cultivating, production, shipping, selling, fighting the government, fighting each other, whatever.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: bharatwaja
I'm suprised no one hasn't mentioned solid state drives here. . . Last time i checked this was still a tech forum.

Actually, this is an off topic forum on a tech website

 

[lokiju]

PS3

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
Tuition, textbooks, generally anything education-related. I used to be able to get copies of my college transcript for free, but now they charge $12 for each copy. F'ing ridiculous.

Indeed, it seems most universities cost $12-$20 for what is essentially a single piece of paper with a stamp on it.What a scam. Those who need transcripts (kids going to grad school or applying for scholarships) are the ones who can least afford these fees.

 

[Eeezee]

Broadband internet is way too expensive for the services provided. Go anywhere else in the world and you get more for less. Countries with comparable broadband speeds to the average US figure pay considerably less for those speeds.

Health care costs are insane, and there's absolutely no reason for that. Research costs can be high for certain drugs, but those costs are often recouped in the first year of sale. Yet the pill's price never seems to go down. And then the company developing the pill complains about everyone buying a generic brand. If you want to increase demand for your product, lower your price! And let's not get into the other costs that are way overinflated.

Has anyone mentioned diamonds? They're not particularly rare, but diamond suppliers make believe otherwise.

A lot of people are complaining about airfare, but you may be surprised exactly how much it really costs to run an airline. Planes aren't cheap, and neither are the countless people required to service them, deal with customer complaints, etc. Someone suggested "just tie me to the floor of the plane" but that would actually decrease profits, since it's more efficient to place people in chairs (each chair having a negligible cost compared to the rest of the plane) than to sprawl them all around the plane's floor.

 

[yours truly]

hdtv stands.

spectral stand = 3 bits of glass = £975

 

[Red Squirrel]

Oh right, or even computer monitor stands, they can go for 200 bucks easily, when a monitor is... about 200 bucks lol. Not sure what makes them so special. You don't need rocket scientists to design an arm that can hold a LCD monitor.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: TallBill
$1.79 chicken breasts last week at Meijers, got 20 lbs.

Good God I miss Meijer...

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: silverpig
Fucking movie theater popcorn. $6 for 4c worth of corn.

the theater makes about $0.03 per movie ticket sold. hence the high prices at the snack bar.

I thought everyone knew this?

Oh I'm sorry. Here's a free car that comes with a $40k steering wheel.

um. don't buy it if you don't want it? bring your own snacks? none of these options ever came across your mind? It's not really overpriced when it's the only way that business model can survive.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: pontifex
guns, especially after Nov. 4th 2008.

food and drinks at amusement parks/events/etc.

i was at a gun show at the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex and the soda machines wanted $3.00 for a 20 oz. soda (even bottled water).

WTF?

What? He's right. Anti-gun democrat got elected, so guns started being bought up like crazy in case Obama changes/bans gun sales. Simple supply/demand increases price. What's the big deal?

Despite all of the times Obama has mentioned that he has no desire to take away anyone's guns, I remain baffled as to how this BS propagates itself. Are people still clinging to that "guns and religion" comment? You realize that had nothing to do with gun restrictions; he was characterizing how certain people react in fear to desperate situations. which was quite apt.

well hell, look up there. You even said "in case." you peons can't even make up your own minds about someone without assuming the democrat label means anti-gun. what the hell.

the prices may have gone up, but only because of the pea-brained reactionists making baseless assumptions. In no way is that Obama's fault.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: bharatwaja
I'm suprised no one hasn't mentioned solid state drives here. . . Last time i checked this was still a tech forum.

Why do you think they are overpriced? How much does it cost to develop and produce one?

yeah, there aren't really any serious consumer-class models are there? Price really isn't an issue right now...

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
Broadband internet is way too expensive for the services provided. Go anywhere else in the world and you get more for less. Countries with comparable broadband speeds to the average US figure pay considerably less for those speeds.

Most other places in the world are much more densely populated than the US. The telco companies don't have to spend nearly as much money to build and support the infrastructure.

Do a search, this topic has been discussed many times on AT.

 

[JS80]

Nothing is technically "over-priced" except for monopoly goods such as Microsoft products and some utilities.

This thread is full of commie idiots.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: JS80
Nothing is technically "over-priced" except for monopoly goods such as Microsoft products and some utilities.

This thread is full of commie idiots.

I question your understanding of what a real "commie" is.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Bulk Beef

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: silverpig
Fucking movie theater popcorn. $6 for 4c worth of corn.

the theater makes about $0.03 per movie ticket sold. hence the high prices at the snack bar.

I thought everyone knew this?

Oh I'm sorry. Here's a free car that comes with a $40k steering wheel.

um. don't buy it if you don't want it? bring your own snacks? none of these options ever came across your mind? It's not really overpriced when it's the only way that business model can survive.

Look at the title of the thread. If you're gonna bitch at me for saying movie theaters overcharge for popcorn, then bitch at the people who say monster cables are overpriced too. Hey, they gotta pay for their marketing somehow right?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Commercial kitchen equipment. Think cars depreciate fast? Try an instant loss of 50% as soon as it's installed. Most banks still insist that food service operations buy new equipment even though there is zero evidence that new equipment lasts longer or has fewer repair costs than used equipment.

 

[oiprocs]

ATOT account. RossMAN said I was getting a cheaper rate at $15 a month but I still think it should be less.

 

[Newbian]

Fleshlights.

Where can you get used ones for cheaper prices?