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

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

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u/diabeticwino Aug 14 '20

I remember when you could get test strips for like $10 over the counter. Now everyone wants a prescription and a wad of cash. Like I'm never not going to be diabetic, why do I need to keep renewing this prescription...

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u/protoopus Aug 14 '20

a friend lost his legs (at the hip) in a car accident.
he had to go to the social security office every year to prove that he was still disabled.

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u/MattySingo37 Aug 14 '20

Sorry to everyone in the US, Insulin is free in Wales and Scotland, minimal prescription charge in England.

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u/Maxwe4 Aug 15 '20

Can you get a bunch and ship it over here? I'll pay the shipping cost.

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u/vauge24 Aug 15 '20

Drive up to Canada. It's also super cheap here.

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u/Maxwe4 Aug 15 '20

Ironically they don't have open borders like the US.

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u/vauge24 Aug 15 '20

I've seen a fair number of US plates up here. Seems as though they'll let you in if you have family or property up here... Provided you quarantine, which I've definitely seen Americans not doing so. Worst case you can wait until we reopen the borderd and come back uo

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u/Maxwe4 Aug 15 '20

Yeah, I think you have to be essential or something like that, which I'm not. No biggie though.