45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Interested in what drives this number, Reddit userJust_Some_Troglodytemade aposton the platform, asking everyone, “What is horribly overpriced?” It immediately went viral, and as of now, has over 5.7K replies. From groceries to funerals, here are the most popular ones.

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GroceriesIt is so stupidly expensive to buy groceries right now. Even if I just need a small list, specifically for the dinner I’m making that evening, it’s always $50–$75. I feel like in the past two years, groceries have skyrocketed.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Being alive. And I’m not even having a good time.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Concert tickets.Ticketmaster gave me a $75 service fee. Why does it cost $75 for you to send me a digital ticket when these venues are probably paying them to sell their tickets anyway?

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Diamonds. Contrary to popular belief, they’re not a rare gemstone and their perceived value is almost entirely artificial.

Subscription plans.Five dollars per month doesn’t sound so bad, until there are 10 of those you have to use, and every one of them has an ‘ultra-premium’ tier for 10 dollars that has all of the feature things you actually care about.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Anything for weddings. If you say “wedding” to any vendor or business, the prices go way up. It’s ridiculous.Me and my fiancé are trying to plan a cheap wedding. Yeah, we are going with the eloping idea right now.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

InsulinIn America…

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Women’s self-care/cosmetic products. It’s the same exact stuff as men’s just with a different smell, but it costs SO much more. Don’t believe me, read the ingredients.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Airbnbs are through the roof. I used to get great deals for under $100 for nice places. Now, it’s impossible to find something decent under $200.When I was a lowly unpaid government intern in 2017 in another state, I really wanted to explore. I managed to find so many $20–$25 Airbnbs. They were rooms in people’s actual houses or their basements, and so many of them made me dinner. Now, it’s $130 a night for a literal shed in Kansas and another $150 for a bullshit cleaning fee. No thanks, I’ll sleep in my fucking car.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

FuneralsMortician here. Go to a privately owned family mortuary. They actually give a shit most of the time about what families want and are generally more flexible than corporate mortuaries. Private mortuaries rely on returning families so they have to do a good job to survive.NEVER go to an SCI location. I worked for that company for two years too long, and it’s astounding how little they cared about people. They had NO issue nickel and diming everyone while doing the bare minimum if that. They regularly buried people without their belongings and never told the families. They had numerous occasions where the body was not ready for a funeral, bodies were used as doorstops, people were put in the wrong urns, etc. They do not care about you and are no better than car salespeople. Family-run mortuaries do what they do because they care.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

McDonalds. It was made to be cheap and fast. Why am I spending close to $5 on fries? That’s when I realized corporate greed was getting bad

The housing market.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Just saw Oppenheimer at 11:00 am on a Sunday. $43 with a popcorn and soda.This is why I don’t go to the movies. And I have four kids. My three girls want to see the Barbie movie, but I know it would cost a month’s worth of rent to take them all.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

I swear that it would be cheaper to melt some platinum and pour it into a printer cartridge than to buy some regular printer ink.That’s why you need to buy an Epson EcoTank. The ink lasts through literally thousands of pages. I bought one in March 2020, went all the way through school and didn’t buy ink again until January 2022. Plus, when you do buy the ink, all four bottles are, like, $50.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Housing, healthcare, and food.The stuff that matters.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Airport food.I travel a lot for work. I leave the house at least 2 1/2 hours prior to my flight just to get food before going to the airport. Usually, like a Subway footlong or something that fills me up for half the day. Also, bring your own water bottle.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

US healthcareYes! Even with insurance, I have a bill for my child’s birth at around $30,000. My OB didn’t even pick up the phone when I went into labor. Nor did her backup. I had to get an emergency C-section, so I was charged accordingly.

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become

Women’s clothing 😩 including vintage and secondhand these days

Groceries are insane they go up every week a noticeable amount. I don’t know how people on fixed incomes afford to eat.

Existing as a single adult.F*****g 100%. Where I live, if I would’ve had a partner with a median salary, we could spend almost half as much per person on housing and get a nicer apartment! Combine that with everything costing less when you buy in bulk, and bachelor life starts to look not too appealing.

Prescription drugs. At least here in the US. It’s disgusting what some companies charge. I know it takes years to develop medications, but when the cost of the medicine carves out entire subsets of society, that should tell you something. Here if you don’t have great insurance, you’re basically F’d.

Anything for disabled has inflated price like were all rich and living off the government. 🤣

COLLEGE and if you disagree I’ll give you a crumb of an example: my university was charging $50 extra per credit for online courses (even tho literally everything including hw, quizzes, exams were already virtual for every class through an app called canvas). One class I had to take for my major was strictly only available online and it happened to be 4 credits (50x4=200) so that was an extra $200 ~ on top of the original price ~ tacked on just because! <3

Apple products.

Even cheap icecream is like 10 bucks…. I cant even stay slightly overweight in this economy

45 Overpriced Things That People Avoid Buying Because Of How Expensive They’ve Become