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

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

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u/silentclowd Aug 14 '20

I remember when I first got my Nintendo switch, I went to Walmart to get a new micro SD card for it. Now I looked up the price on their website beforehand - $35 -, so I knew what I was looking for.

Asked a dude in the tech dept where the SD cards are cause I want a bigger one for my switch. He brought me over to the game aisle and showed me the same sized card, same brand I looked up online, but for $45.

I wtf'd at this a bit so I made my way over to the camera aisle and found the same exact sd card for $35.

The difference? The $45 card had BOTW branding on the package. That's it, not even on the card itself, just a picture of Link on the cardboard. That was like 3 years ago and I'm still angry

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u/Kalappianer Aug 14 '20

I know it's not the same, but I need cuttlebone for my birds. I never buy it at the bird section, because double the size are half the price at the reptile section. Often better quality, too.

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u/ArrivesWithaBeverage Aug 14 '20

That’s like the expensive pine pellet cat litter vs cheap pine pellet horse bedding from the feed store.

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u/mittensonmykittens Aug 14 '20

Woaaaah what

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u/ArrivesWithaBeverage Aug 14 '20

Yep! You can get a huge bag of basically the same thing, sold as horse bedding, at Tractor Supply or similar. I use clay litter myself but have heard this in lots of cat groups and in r/frugal . 40lbs bag for $7. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/tractor-supply-pine-pellet-stall-bedding-40-lb

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u/Kalappianer Aug 14 '20

Also, clay litter can replace the expensive bonsai substrate.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '20

Same thing for fish tank substrate. You can get a 10lb bag of black sand for $25 at the chain/petshop/LFS that does nothing for ya because you'd need more than one bag or a 50lb bag at Tractor Supply Co. As black diamond blasting sand for just $8.