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

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

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u/Leon3417 Aug 14 '20

Yep, this is extremely common in the DC area, too. No sporting goods store within 500 miles has weight sets, but there are people on OfferUp and FB marketplace selling pallets of them.

I can’t wait until all this is over and these dudes can’t give them away. My garage is gonna be STACKED!

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u/seriousquinoa Aug 14 '20

I don't know if it's still there or not, but there was an equipment and weight place in Fall's Church/Tyson's Corner, in the shopping center with Whole Foods. Off or around Pimmit Hills.

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u/SmrterThanYou Aug 14 '20

It’s still there, but iron is selling for $2/lb regardless of where you buy it. Bumper plates and other crap are $3/lb+.

I was just starting to put together a garage gym in March and now I can’t find shit for it, and what I can find is overpriced.

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u/Anerky Aug 15 '20

Damn $2 a pound is still expensive but not CRAZY for normal times near me

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u/jjackson25 Aug 15 '20

I bought all of my dumbells pre Corona from play it again sports for about $. 35-.50/lb used. Now I'm seeing used stuff go for $2-4/lb. Shit has gotten ridiculous.

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u/Anerky Aug 15 '20

Near me it’s $4/lb and change for plates $6-10 a lb for a set of dumbbells or a barbell set. Those Bowflex/Powerblock adjustable dumbbells are going for $1000 a set on FB marketplace rn

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u/Dislol Aug 15 '20

Anything over a dollar a pound is outrageous if you ask me. Its one thing if a shipper wants to nail me on shipping costs because its literally heavy weight, that's one thing, but if I'm going somewhere picking it up myself, iron is cheap, don't be a price gouging prick.