Things that are ridiculously expensive considering the labor and materials involved......
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I guess I've become Oldy McOld but the missus was explaining to me that now cell phones don't come free with re-upping with the cell provider.
My response? Who cares. I can talk, text, and take pictures on my phone. I don't need anything else. Nor do I want a new phone.
Of course my dad also once ordered 6 or 8 flipphones off ebay because he said he never wanted to ever have to learn to deal with another phone and he figured that would last him until death, so I get it genetically.
20 years ago we paid $0.10/minute for a long distance phone call. And $50/month for a landline. And probably $100 for the stupid cordless phone in the house.
So put that in perspective. As Hank said, cell phones are amazing.
So put that in perspective. As Hank said, cell phones are amazing.
This kills me.. I've seen some places charge $3, and they aren't even that fancy of establishments. I'll drink water for that price or at least a beer.
Simple service items on higher end vehicles like Mercedes and BMWs.
$220 to change the cabin air filter
$185 to change the engine air intake filters
Filters for both are about $25 each and take 10 minutes of labor...maybe 15 minutes for the cabin air filter as it is fidgety.
$220 to change the cabin air filter
$185 to change the engine air intake filters
Filters for both are about $25 each and take 10 minutes of labor...maybe 15 minutes for the cabin air filter as it is fidgety.
If you use it, pays to pay more for an inkjet printer. I used to do event timing so I was printing often 100+ pages every week. At first had a cheapo printer and it went through 1 or more ink cartridges every weekend. Went out and paid close to $300 for a high quality printer. Not only did it print much faster, it used about 20% of the ink. Paid for itself pretty quickly.Good pick. It is pretty sad that buying ink for your printer a couple times or even once is damn near as much as the printer itself cost. You might as well just buy a new printer every time your ink runs out. Unfortunately they tend to just give you a sample of ink when you buy them to force you to purchase more ink right away.
Is there any other device that has such a huge cost to operate it compared to the actual cost of buying the device? Here's an example.
$29.99 at Best Buy.
$31.99 at Best Buy
In this case it costs more to actually buy the ink the first time than the printer. So why is ink so expensive? Does it come from the blood of an endangered animal? [laughing]
I gave my smartphone to my granddaughter and bought me a flipphone. No more butt dialing.
This is what generally happens when monopolies are busted. Cable TV and SAT TV are going in the opposite direction as they are becoming more monopolized. I remember the bitching and moaning when AT&T was broken up. If that doesn't happen, there might not be cell phones for personal use.
Already went over this. That $3 isn't for 1 cup of tea, it's for infinity cups of tea. You get refills til that place closes for the night if you want. Where else can you get a deal like that?
IKEA furniture isn't expensive and guess what? It's terrible. If you think it's not labor intensive to build a dresser then by all means go ahead and build one. It'll take you over a week and it'll be horrible when you're done.
Considering that I pay $2700 a month between child care and student loans, I would say your graph is spot on.
I can say one thing, if you can at all pay for your kids college, do it. Student loans are awful. I'd rather my parents do that then leave me money.
Agree. I have worked in Higher Ed for 18 years now and have a 2 year old. No way am I leaving Higher Ed before he graduates with the tuition benefits I will get when he is in college.
I agree.
I actually bought a Fujitsu ix500 scansnap to try and get rid of all of my old paper.
That thing is awesome. It is not an all in one. It is a dedicated scanner. For me it was well worth the investment.
I'd have to check.. But im pretty positive a few of these places aren't offering free refills. And even so.. How many ice teas am I gonna drink in an hour?
If a place doesn't offer free refills, they're trying to become like Europe and I WONT STAND FOR IT!
In all honesty, I've never been somewhere, as far as I know, that charged for a refill of any non-alcoholic beverage or dessert drink.
In all honesty, I've never been somewhere, as far as I know, that charged for a refill of any non-alcoholic beverage or dessert drink.