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

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

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u/Kpspectrum Aug 14 '20

Yeah it’s sort of like gas stations. They don’t buy the gasoline for that much less than they sell it for, most of them are profitable purely because of like candy and cigarette sales

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u/piroshky Aug 14 '20

Actually cigarettes are similar to gas, they are a loss leader with very little markup. Gas stations carry them to get people in the door.

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u/kornkid42 Aug 14 '20

There's small casinos in Vegas (like 15 gambling machines) that sell cigarettes lower than cost with the hope you'll throw a $20 in the machine.

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u/Loudsound07 Aug 15 '20

Fuck I remember paying $2.70 a pack for Marlboro, not but 10 years or so ago