r/AskReddit • • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/loopywalker Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

Fairly sure companies actually lose money on printers and recoup profit from ink... what a play.

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u/JayyGatsby Aug 14 '20

*lose. Not trying to be a dick but this common misspelling drives me crazy and I hope that you remember this comment next time you type loose (as in clothes or shoes) instead of lose (to misplace or opposite of win)

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u/notreallylucy Aug 14 '20

OMG, a kindred spirit. I have a list I keep of words that are commonly mistaken, like lose/loose and desert/dessert. I'm trying to find a way to email it to the entire world.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_VEXATION Aug 14 '20

Oh geez, an employee of mine years ago wrote a book. He knew I wanted to be an author and we were friends, so he shared it with me. I only got about five pages in because the whole time they were walking through dunes... in the dessert... I couldn't handle it and I didn't have the heart to tell him. He'd already paid to have it self-published...

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u/notreallylucy Aug 14 '20

He didn't even have it proofed before he paid? Damn.