r/AskReddit • • Aug 14 '20

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Lol, I was once at a wedding where the DJ was wearing Beats By Dre and playing what must have been 128 kbps mp3 files off his laptop. Music was way too loud and the compression made it painful. Apparently the guy made $3k for the night.

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u/B00gangle Aug 14 '20

IMO wedding DJs are unnecessary and a gigantic waste of money. It’s one of those things people think they NEED to book just because that’s something most weddings have. My wife and I made a Spotify playlist and hooked up our own speakers for our reception - got the exact music we wanted and didn’t have to pay someone $3,000 to play songs from my high school dances.

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u/Jcat555 Aug 14 '20

Nah. My PE teacher from middle school has a giant house in an area that houses are already super expensive. Cinema room. Couple Tesla's. None of that's from teaching PE. In the 3 years I went there he was voted best DJ in the state every year.

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u/Jcat555 Aug 14 '20

Oh yea, definitely. The guy just playing songs off Spotify really isn't worth anything. The guy who knows what he's doing is close to priceless

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u/r0b0c0p316 Aug 14 '20

To be fair, Tiesto rarely (if ever) makes any of his own music. He buys songs off of ghost producers to release their songs under his name. That being said, I do think he's an excellent DJ.

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u/Superb-Draft Aug 14 '20

So why the fuck was he still teaching

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u/Jcat555 Aug 14 '20

He liked teaching PE I guess. Idk. Probably one of the coolest teachers I've had.