Someone Asks People “What Is Criminally Overpriced?” And Here’s 35 Insightful Answers

Looking through this list, one thing sticks out: pharmaceuticals and everything medical is over the top expensive in the USA. I can't understand why anyone still wants to live there.

This. Preying on people at their worst.

If you live in America, you should identify as a dog! You get 98% discount on meds. Totally worth it!

It's not a luxury. Women use them because we have to. Pricing them so high is indeed cruel.

I used to work in the industry. At one time, HP ink was $5,300 a litre. There was another printer (I think an Epson) that used 2% of its ink EVERY TIME IT WAS SWITCHED ON to clean the heads. We told people to never switch them off.

I always bring a fold up empty water bottle and fill up with drinking water after security, every airport I've been to either has a designated free water station or shops will happily fill it up for me. Plus always handy to have with you when travelling out of the airport too!

Good one but unfortunately so true.

In my university in Ruse, Bulgaria, a professor directly told us that we need to buy or rent her textbook otherwise don't expect to pass her class. She took notes on the spot, and commented that she will not accept students with photocopied textbooks.

This has a lot to do with nimbyism (Not In My Back Yard). This is why housing costs are so high. We all want affordable housing to exist, but nobody who owns a home wants it anywhere near them. So you end up in decades long legal battles

The poor tax. Who feels it knows it.

Free in EU. Just gotta wait as there aren't that many psychiatrists or government funded psychologists

Apparently in North America being healthy isn't a human right, but you do have the right to bear arms, priorities!

According to Hitched.co.uk, the average cost of a wedding in the UK is £17,300. This is excluding the honeymoon, which can add a few thousand to the bill. So, basically, marriages begin with unnecessary debt.

Americans need to start giving a lot more s**t to their politicians, that is just f*****g ridiculous my inhaler costs 2.80€ ( +/- 3 USD ) Over the counter price, I would be frikking dead by now in that country, i honestly don't know how in all the f***s do you ppl take that s**t like you do.

Not sure if this comment will get deleted or not, but look up internet eyeglass sites like zennioptical[dot]com. They have quality glasses at decent prices. Strike a blow against the Luxottica mafia!

Sounds like you have to be a millionaire to afford to be an asthmatic diabetic with a peanut allergy in the USA.

Better off doing an apprenticeship. It's free (sometimes even paid), and you're almost guaranteed a job at the end.

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Ticketmaster... biggest rip going.

If you get 20 years out of a good one, it’s worth it.

It used to be overpriced when it was still a "buy it and own it" type of deal, but with the current subscription model? It's robbery.

I'm on a similar biologic infusion every 8 weeks in the UK, free. Universal healthcare ftw. Fair pay to nurses!

Look up zennioptical[dot]com

Not everyone lives in a country with potable tap water

Bottled water companies don't sell water. They sell bottles.

Not everywhere has potable tap water.

Not everyone's stomach is ok wkth tap water as is. I can only have filtered previously refrigerated tap water or previously refrigerated spring water/water bottles. Also I barely eat most times let alone keep my fluids up so they are easier. Used to recycle them to that Coles program that shut down.. :/ or re use them when travelling

unless your in Flint Michigan(USA) or any of several water districts with serious problems they are ignoring

I live in an rv that is not hooked to water.

Tap water migh be free but can you drink it??? I lived in N.Y. for a while and had a jug in the fridge (open) to let the chkorine evaporate before using it!

Hahahahahahaahah..... JUST DRINK THE TAP WATER! Jajajajajajajajajajajaja Is it brown? Let's find out! Will you s**t yourself for days? Maybe. Will you die? Possibly. BUT ITS FREE!!!

Many wars will be fought in the future over fresh water.

If you have access to free drinking water and choose to buy bottled water instead, that’s you deciding that the convenience is worth the price tag.

I cannot agree with this one. The water here tastes awful. I can’t even use tap water to make coffee. But brita water filters are an affordable option

Really? Why didn’t I think of that?

Bottled water is necessary during times where cities go through boil water advisories or when you go through a disaster and don't have access to clean, running water.

And the plastic!

For a very short time here in Canada, there was an ad for bottled water asking people if they really wanted to drink the same water that is used to wash floors. With a few inexcusable exceptions, every town and city has completely potable water. And we use it to wash floors, and our cars. There was such an outcry at the sheer obscenity of this ad that it was pulled.

I love how people with this kind of privilege don't appreciate it and think everyone has potable water out of the faucet. That's like telling a poor person to just go get more money.

In South Africa it's not recommended to drink water straight out of the tap. We've had algea, worms and dirt in our water. We have big water bottles usually 20litres that we fill up at R1 a litre. Much safer

Many parts of South Africa

Errrr, maybe with well water. Drink my sink water and you'll throw up, I promise. We have to boil it before putting it in a filtered container just to drink it. Tastes like metal otherwise

Not always, however I'd recommend buying larger bottles, better price-quantity ratio. 250ml bottle is 4$ here and a 1L bottle is 7$.

I would love to but my kidneys don't agree. In places with really hard water is not always an option

Unfortunately in some parts of Europe (idk about everywhere else) the water is just not filtered as much. In the UK, it is very filtered and safe to drink, but in other places it is less so.

Most main grocery/box stores have water islands. Can refill a gallon jug for only 39 cents. Real cheap. That is where I get my water.

Municipal water will bout kill you in the us these days

North America still puts fluoride in tap water. So go ahead, if you enjoy rat poison.