Things you think are far too expensive.

[BassDoc51]

wives and ex-wifes

[DerHoggz]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Where I used to live, we had great tasting tap water. Id fill up a jug and leave it in the fridge.
I used to take those 5 gallon sparkletts jugs over to a machine and fill it up with filtered water for $1.25, that was to water my plants, as I was controlling their mineral intake.
The 99¢ Store sells gallon jugs of filtered water for... 99¢
I dont think the filtered/bottled water industry is as much of a racket as people think it is.

As a college student, I buy Wal-Mart's 12 pack of bottles for like $2.50. It works out bring cheaper than the same amount in the big jugs. Convenience is a big selling point, always available cold, and easy to take with me wherever.

Originally Posted by benthughes

Coffee stand coffee. $5.00 for espresso and milk? Really??? Again, people pay so I can't see prices going down. I'm guilty of paying into it but way less than I used to and I refuse to go to Starbucks.

EBooks. It's an electronic copy of a friggin' book, costs to supply these seems negligible and I'm not sure that the authors are reaping the rewards. In some cases Ebooks can cost more than a new copy at a bookstore.

Really? I get a double macchiato for $2.02 at the one local shop that is really fantastic.

Electronic textbooks, the one "rental" last year was ~$120. I just bummed books of other people when absolutely necessary, which was once.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

What about filtering jugs (such as Brita).

They tend to be a fair bit cheaper than buying bottled water. Granted, YMMV depending on how bad the starting quality is. Though I certainly made the difference when I moved from a rural area to the city.

[Clark Dark]

Originally Posted by BassDoc51

wives and ex-wifes

second'd

[fourstringdrums]

Originally Posted by Eric Perry

Oh I don't think so. Not at all. I pay $70/month for a very good policy. Great comprehensive plan with full tort and a modest deductible. I've had a few accidents over the years, and State Farm has been exemplary. No complaints over the cost at all based on my experiences.

Car insurance used to be stupidly cheap for me, with full coverage costing me about $45 a month through Metlife. I had one minor fender bender (my fault, resulted in just a scuffed bumper on the other car). In the end I would have been better off paying for the woman's repair out of my own pocket because it was about $600, but my insurance DOUBLED. I switched immediately to State Farm and that got my payment back down to about $10 more than it was before the accident...fine by me.

[Jim Nazium]

I know this will get me flamed, but I'm going to say it anyway: boutique preamps and DIs. I really have a hard time beleiving they sound that much better.

I'm kind of shopping for a new micro-amp. The usual suspects (GK, Genz Benz, Markabss, etc) are around $600. There's the Phil Jones D600 for twice that much, or the Glockenklang Blue Soul for 3x that price. But even the $1799 price of the Blue Soul wouldn't buy a Warwick Hellborg or Mike Pope preamp. No power amp included, you're on your own for that. Tube compressors and microphone preamps for studio use are even more.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Diminishing returns

[michael_atw]

-Soda pop. It costs almost as much as milk and is sugar in carbonated water.
-Bottled water is just plain stupid. Saw a meme one time of an African kid after a hurricane over here asking "So let me get this straight, you buy bottled water when water rains from the sky?
-BEEF JERKY. It is now a cost of a FULL MEAL to buy a 3 oz. bag.

[BawanaRik]

Originally Posted by Tony Flow MMMM

What are some things you think are far too expensive yet people pay for angways.

Obviously you can say everything too expensive blame (insert president) don't do that. Mainly luxuries. (No not healthcare either)

I actually don't find gas that expensive where its currently at.

My two biggest pet peeves are
1. CABLE I have friends paying around 200$ a month for cable... Uh no.... Seriously I'm not paying more than 20$ MAX and I'd be complaining about that being too high.

2. Cellphone service with data, this I DO have and it has never REALLY bothered me, but its beginning to. Definitely not something I'm willing to give up not yet anyways.

Yours?

I don't have cable. It seems they get you hooked with cheap in the door price and then nickle and dime you to poverty. So I just skipped it. I have cell service and at $65 month I can't believe I can get it that cheap. Actually cell service is a miracle. I may be getting old but to be able to carry a Star Trek device in my pocket is alone worth $65 a month.

My largest single expense is property tax. At 8K a year not only is it a lot of money but it wasted money. I get nothing out it. I have to pay another few hundred bucks a year for garbage, water and sewer. I think the US should use a European Type VAT or high gas tax and leave home owners alone, like they do in Europe. I'm old. I shouldn't be taxed to pay for the youngsters.

[BawanaRik]

Originally Posted by BassDoc51

wives and ex-wifes

I have to wonder why they need the money. They come equipped with a device that prints money.

[BawanaRik]

Originally Posted by Eric Perry

Oh I don't think so. Not at all. I pay $70/month for a very good policy. Great comprehensive plan with full tort and a modest deductible. I've had a few accidents over the years, and State Farm has been exemplary. No complaints over the cost at all based on my experiences.

I get hit just north of a grand year for two cars and a half mill liability. Next year I expect to drop below a grand when I cancel collision. I own a house so I need it. I think that insurance should be voluntary but that's another topic.

[michael_atw]

Originally Posted by BawanaRik

I get hit just north of a grand year for two cars and a half mill liability. Next year I expect to drop below a grand when I cancel collision. I own a house so I need it. I think that insurance should be voluntary but that's another topic.

Yeah, then when you hit someone they can sue you for all you have when you don't have the $20k to pay for costs.

Car insurance is an essential.

[HunterBrodt]

Originally Posted by SteveC

Food. Healthy food. Our grocery bill has gone up at least 40% over the last year or so. We don't buy Hamburger Helper or other processed foods. It's crazy. We hear how the country is so obese yet eating healthy is out of reach for many.

When you're saving money in health care costs the increased price of healthy foods will seem like nothing. Its more expensive to eat cheap.

[darius8]

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[Tony Flow MMMM]

Originally Posted by HunterBrodt

When you're saving money in health care costs the increased price of healthy foods will seem like nothing. Its more expensive to eat cheap.

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[HunterBrodt]

Originally Posted by Tony Flow MMMM

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Go ahead and say that again. Eating like dump will make your medical costs go through the roof when you're old.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by michael_atw

Yeah, then when you hit someone they can sue you for all you have when you don't have the $20k to pay for costs.

Car insurance is an essential.

Yep, 3rd party insurance should be the bare minimum required.

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by HunterBrodt

Eating like dump will make your medical costs go through the roof when you're old.

Yep. I am paying now, at age 41, for my eating habits 15-20 years ago. I didn't have any health problems back then. Some of what I have dealt with in the last few years can be attributed to the poor food choices I made in my younger years. Some of it to getting older, but I didn't help my cause with the way I ate back then.

-Mike

[HunterBrodt]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Yep. I am paying now, at age 41, for my eating habits 15-20 years ago. I didn't have any health problems back then. Some of what I have dealt with in the last few years can be attributed to the poor food choices I made in my younger years. Some of it to getting older, but I didn't help my cause with the way I ate back then.

-Mike

I'm sorry to hear that. Its never too late to start exercising and eating healthy.

On another note, the amount you save when you're younger would be lost just from increased insurance premiums alone... not even taking into account the surgeries and decreased life span.

[MJ5150]

Yeah, I flipped it around about two years ago and am in a much better spot now. It isn't something most people think about in their teens and 20's. I didn't, and it caught up to me as you suggested in a previous post.

-Mike