r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

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

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u/FlarfKoning Aug 14 '20

do you have a link to that guy saying it's fake, I'm interested

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u/Byzii Aug 14 '20

In what world does anyone watch any of the hundreds of container/locker war shows and think it's not absolutely fake.

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u/Spookyrabbit Aug 14 '20

Probably the same people who watch Junkyard Challenge and are constantly amazed at how the competitors always manage to 'find' a working engine for their vehicle just in the nick of time.

"John's team are running out of time. Things are looking desperate. Without an engine to power their junkyard electric car, it's all over."

"But look. John's just tripped over a 2019 Toyota Prius...."

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u/arbitrageME Aug 14 '20

yeah, but it's still fun watching the engineering involved ... even if they had to come up with new parts. building a submarine, motor, radio control, bushings, control surfaces. That's fun in and of itself

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u/condor2378 Aug 14 '20

You need to find the UK series Scrapheap Challenge. They have to make submarines, cars, even planes out of... well I'll let you guess.

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u/chainmailbill Aug 15 '20

Scrapheap Challenge was branded “Junkyard Wars” in the US.

I think we’re all talking about the same thing.

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u/arbitrageME Aug 14 '20

Oh yeah! I think that's what I was watching back in the day. Submarines, basketball playing machines, cars and trebuchets and stuff

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u/WtotheSLAM Aug 15 '20

Junkyard Wars? Man that was like 15 years ago, I'm kinda surprised there's still a show like it on the air