Have you ever felt ripped-off when paying for something?

How do you deal with it? Especially with knowing the fact that you could be getting a better deal elsewhere, but you still pay that amount of money.

Such as paying $68 for a video game when you could be getting it for simply $22 in the US...

Or paying 15 bucks for a movie ticket when another place has it for just 8...

That kind of thing. And your situation doesn't warrant you the ability to take advantage of better deals elsewhere (otherwise you wouldn't be complaining and just go with what's better)

no kidding, I bought an MP3 player for $75 at office depot, cometo find out later on, it was worth only $50 at the manufacturer website

I also bought a $600 camera at Best Buy, when the camera at the manufacturer's website was worth around $400

problem is couldn't return because 30 days had already passed

one thing I learn, PRICE SHOP before buying anything, I bought out of impulse and got screwed twice

I feel ripped off all the time lol. For example, I bought God of War 3 and Metal Gear Solid 4 for $60 when they both first came out. I then came back to the game store a month later and found both titles at $39 used! There were other scenarios in my life where I spent too much money only to find cheaper prices (movies, games, electronics,etc).

I'm a little more consumer conscious now.

Every time I buy a movie ticked I feel ripped off . . . but I just keep doing it.

I payed £3.30 for a bacon baguette today, 2 pathetic pieces of microwaved bacon on a terrible microwaved piece of soggy bread. If you ever go to chippenham, NEVER !! go to First cafe. ever.

No i haven't..i research prices before purchasing..

To be honest, I never feel ripped off. its my responsibility to look around before i buy. I found some 5.1 speakers at a computer direct store near me for $50 dollars, which Newegg was selling for $90..., and newegg doesn't usually rip people off.

A guy at Gamespot turned into a silver tounged devil and convinced me to pre-order MW2 while buying Halo 3:ODST.

A guy at Gamespot turned into a silver tounged devil and convinced me to pre-order MW2 while buying Halo 3:ODST.

metroidprime55

A guy at Gamespot turned into a silver tounged devil and convinced me to pre-order MW2 while buying Halo 3:ODST.

Every time you're buying something as a tourist in a tourist destination-You're being ripped off... Every time you buy a bottle of coke in a convenient store placed in an unconvenient location,where there isn't competition for kilometers-you're being ripped off. So yes-I have...grape_of_wrath

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A guy at Gamespot turned into a silver tounged devil and convinced me to pre-order MW2 while buying Halo 3:ODST.

horgen123

Aw sorry I mean Gamestop.

when i was a kid i used to play maplestory and i bought so much NX cash :lol: what a rip off

[QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"]Every time you're buying something as a tourist in a tourist destination-You're being ripped off... Every time you buy a bottle of coke in a convenient store placed in an unconvenient location,where there isn't competition for kilometers-you're being ripped off. So yes-I have...jeremiah06

When my jeans cost up to £40 I feel a little cheated but then I figure at least it lightens my pockets....its important to always look on the bright side :)

[QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"]Every time you're buying something as a tourist in a tourist destination-You're being ripped off... Every time you buy a bottle of coke in a convenient store placed in an unconvenient location,where there isn't competition for kilometers-you're being ripped off. So yes-I have...jeremiah06

[QUOTE="jeremiah06"][QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"]Every time you're buying something as a tourist in a tourist destination-You're being ripped off... Every time you buy a bottle of coke in a convenient store placed in an unconvenient location,where there isn't competition for kilometers-you're being ripped off. So yes-I have...STAR_Admiral

Now that i think about it, University textbooks and courseware are a rip off. They make the textbook mandatory and then charge over $100 per book. and if you care about your grades, then you have little choice. I remember one professor made a coursepack which she wrote herself mandatory and charged $120 for the 30 page coursepack. (It was black and white too, paperback) How its legal for a professor to make a text, which they wrote themsleves, mandatory for their students and charge that much is beyond me. Needless to say, Much of us were able to avoid that cost with some handywork

Now that i think about it, University textbooks and courseware are a rip off. They make the textbook mandatory and then charge over $100 per book. and if you care about your grades, then you have little choice. I remember one professor made a coursepack which she wrote herself mandatory and charged $120 for the 30 page coursepack. How its legal for a professor to make a text, which they wrote themsleves, mandatory for their students and charge that much is beyond me. Needless to say, Much of us were able to avoid that cost due to an invention known as the photocopier.STAR_Admiral

I feel that way all the time.

Just the other week I was buying crisps at lunch. I got the average packet for 85c, and as I was walking out of the shop, I noticed a shelf with a special offer of a super-extra large pack for 1 euro

*facepalm*

I never feel ripped off because I thoroughly research any item I am going to buy to find the lowest price.

Not really. If you admit to continually buying something and feeling ripped off, then you're basically admitting to being a sucker.

Yes, its good though because I learn from it and now I look into what I am buying very closely.

Yeah, I feel like that quite often, and there's really nothing I can do about it unless I either move out of NJ or legalize cannabis. So for now I'm stuck with getting ripped off :cry:

Every time I buy something at Culver's, but it tastes so good.

Yup. Went to a Yankee game today. Payed $5 for a bottle of water and $6.75 for a hot dog. The vendors should carry guns on them: stop trying to hide the fact that this is robbery!