Things that are cheaper than they should be.
 

I am often fascinated by the fact that most things are ridiculously overpriced, but there are still items that surprise me for how cheap they are.

The one that is the all time champ for me is the common lighter. There are plastic, metals, gas, moving parts and springs. It seems that making a lighter is a fairly involved multi step process, and they still sell it for ~ a buck.

What other items surprise you because of their low price point?

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Clothes at super target. They look just like the polo crap i used to get at dillards. I get a full wardrobe everytime I got for like <$100

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Eggs. Bananas.

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Gas

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most prostitutes

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Giant televisions. Anything that goes into a computer that was made last year.

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Stamps

Mail something from anywhere in the US to anywhere else in the US in just a couple of days for something like 40 cents which is very nearly nothing.

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Double Cheeseburger for a buck. Loss leader?

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there are lots of household goods at the dollar store that are ridiculously cheap. brooms, sets of glassware, little trinkets, crap like that.

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Double Cheeseburger for a buck. Loss leader?

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yes it is, burger places in general make their $$$ off of fries and soft drinks

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Mud baths

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I dont even know how farmers make money with eggs. Dozen eggs is like 50 cents. That's the best deal in the supermarket.

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having someone killed.

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$4 perscriptions at Walmart. I can actually afford all of them now.

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Delivered pizzas

Electricity

torrents

portable hard drives

maps

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light bulbs

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Eye Glasses.

They could basically charge whatever, and people would still have to buy them.

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Getting a tire patched. Car goes from undrivable to road ready for about $8. I always feel like I'm getting the best deal ever.

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yeah those carrots sure are a bargain!

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Eye Glasses.

They could basically charge whatever, and people would still have to buy them.

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if only there was some sort of competition to make it so prices were reasonable!@!$!!@!@#!!!!

oh, and communist ban.

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songs by The Who for use in tv commercials.

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Delivered pizzas

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What? Pizza costs like $1.5 in materials. They charge you between 5 and 15 bucks for it. 1000% markup gogogogogogogogogoggogo

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Getting a tire patched. Car goes from undrivable to road ready for about $8. I always feel like I'm getting the best deal ever.

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Do you mean patched properly at a good tire place, or plugged at a crappy gas station?

If you mean plugged it's going to explode and kill you. You have to get them properly patched.

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Thai whores.

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I disagree with the pizza comment, I don't think a delivered pizza is cheap at all. In fact, I think it is very overpriced.

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my entry: water (I'm serious) It amazes me how cheap the water bill is for tons of gallons of fresh/clean tap water. And no, I don't buy bottled water, that would be an example of a rip off.

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Everything related to medical care. Actually they should be even cheaper so that everyone could afford them, but the cost is still really low compared to value and I think that was the question.

Public transport(mostly busses and trains) is also much cheaper then it could be.

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netflix is really really cheap. It's amazing how much value you can get from them.

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I can get three pizzas delivered to my door for $22 - enough to feed 4-5 people at any time of the day.

No way should someone be able to deliver hot food like that, at those hours, for peanuts.

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netflix is really really cheap. It's amazing how much value you can get from them.

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It's because of schmucks like me who take three weeks to watch and return something.

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Stamps

Mail something from anywhere in the US to anywhere else in the US in just a couple of days for something like 40 cents which is very nearly nothing.

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This was my first thought, as well. It is incredibly cheap to send a letter.

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produce in general

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gas in the US!!!!

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Stamps

Mail something from anywhere in the US to anywhere else in the US in just a couple of days for something like 40 cents which is very nearly nothing.

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You realize the US mail is subsidized by taxes, right? That's like saying "The U.S. army is cheap. I didn't pay anything for it!"

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Getting a tire patched. Car goes from undrivable to road ready for about $8. I always feel like I'm getting the best deal ever.

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Do you mean patched properly at a good tire place, or plugged at a crappy gas station?

If you mean plugged it's going to explode and kill you. You have to get them properly patched.

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Les Schwab here in the good ol' west does it for free. Even if you didn't buy the tires from them (although I think that's an official requirement, they never ask).

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Guns

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produce in general

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Yeah, opened the thread to post this. When you think about it it's pretty impressive that you can get fresh fruit and vegetables anywhere in the country at any time of year for a relatively low price.

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Well, since it was addressed in another thread: acid. Seriously, the price has hardly fluctuated in like 40 years. Five bucks to get [censored] up for like 10 hours.

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gas in the US!!!!

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Gas in Venezuela is 12 cents a gallon

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gas in the US!!!!

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Gas in Venezuela is 12 cents a gallon

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Yeah, but you have to live in Venezuela.