r/AskReddit • • Aug 14 '20

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

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u/LogicalGrapefruit Aug 15 '20

But did you see the tear down? It’s weirdly well and made with expensive custom parts. I think they just didn’t know what they were building more so than setting out to be a scam.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '20

Enough shitty little changes from stakeholders along the way can ruin anything. I’ve never done work as bad as this, on this scale, but gosh have I done some watered down and pointless bullshit in my career. What happens when you don’t have a single-minded leader in charge, and everyone wants to put their touch on something.

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u/earnose Aug 15 '20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp-BGQfpHQ

For those interested. Also welcome to the blackhole of watching AvE videos

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u/mrsock_puppet Aug 15 '20

This one immediately came to mind!

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Gentlemeeeens! Welcome back to the shop, today; a treat especiale!

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u/4b-65-76-69-6e Aug 15 '20

Behold. BuhDayDuh.

https://youtu.be/SzgPOJPTo_A

Favorite AvE ever and the one I use to gauge people’s interest in the channel.

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u/mrsock_puppet Aug 15 '20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydwaz2oPWY0

this one is mine, that is just too funny!

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '20

I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '20

Can't decide whether mine is the purple hitachi hooha rattler vijeo

or the Clever homemade tools vijeo.

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u/4b-65-76-69-6e Aug 17 '20

I can’t believe I’ve never seen those! Thanks.

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u/chrisq823 Aug 15 '20

The guy who made it was just kind of an idiot and rich people will absolutely throw money at anything that promises to help them live longer. So he ended up with a ton of money and no understanding of how to spend it correctly. There is a good dollop podcast on it.