Things that are overpriced

Quote: rxwine

My oldest relative had hearing aides that cost around $6000 about 5 years ago. Now I see hearing aide ads, as they made it possible to buy withot prescription.

(Looks at smartphone, and still shaking head at current costs)

Hard to believe they haven't been way overpriced for years.

You have to be careful now because many companies are advertising amplifiers as hearing aids now.

Cigarettes.

In college I got them in the on-campus machine for a quarter a pack; now up to ten bucks for Marlboro.

Yeah, mostly taxes but still...

Quote: missedhervee

Cigarettes.

In college I got then in the on-campus machine for a quarter a pack; now up to ten bucks for Marlboro.

Yeah, mostly taxes but still...

wow

you can buy a very nice cigar for less than $10

Someone has to pay for the road potholes.


Including the exchange rate, I pay $1.64 counting tax for one pack of Marlboro.

That may sound like a bargain, but it's very high markup.

Quote: DoubleGold

Someone has to pay for the road potholes.


Including the exchange rate, I pay $1.64 counting tax for one pack of Marlboro.

That may sound like a bargain, but it's very high markup.

Where do you live that Marlboros are 1.64? I live in I think the cheapest State (bottom 3 anyway, within a couple cents of each other) for cigs, and its 3.50-4.50 a pack for Marlboros depending on deals. There are some ultra discount brands (Pryamid, Maverick, etc...) in the 2s, but these are the fringe. I have never seen a pack below 2 dollars.

Even shady Indian Reservations, you could not find those prices.
Do you live in Eastern Europe or Asia?

Quote: DoubleGold

Someone has to pay for the road potholes.


Including the exchange rate, I pay $1.64 counting tax for one pack of Marlboro.

That may sound like a bargain, but it's very high markup.

No one pays for them to get fixed in Puerto Rico, I can tell you that.

Quote: Gandler

Where do you live that Marlboros are 1.64? I live in I think the cheapest State (bottom 3 anyway, within a couple cents of each other) for cigs, and its 3.50-4.50 a pack for Marlboros depending on deals. There are some ultra discount brands (Pryamid, Maverick, etc...) in the 2s, but these are the fringe. I have never seen a pack below 2 dollars.

Even shady Indian Reservations, you could not find those prices.
Do you live in Eastern Europe or Asia?

Rio de Janeiro, close to Copacabana and iPanama.

I was walking past a storefront just awhile ago that is going to be opened as a restaurant sometime soon. The thing is, it was a restaurant just a few months earlier which closed. No one was working today (Memorial Day, I guess) but I looked at the permit on the door. Construction cost listed was $120,000. 120k to covert a previous restaurant to a new restaurant. I don't know if that's overpriced.

Quote: rquiredusername

No one pays for them to get fixed in Puerto Rico, I can tell you that.

I believe you.

No road potholes here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVoHT72i9EM