10 Ways You Might be Getting Ripped Off

[Tiger]

Now is a bad time to be wasting money. Here are some common rip-offs to avoid, according to this article.

 

Economists call them "market inefficiencies"--those periods when the price of something veers from its underlying, inherent value. Consumers on the short end of these misalignments call them rip-offs.

 

We're not talking fraud here, though there's plenty of that going around, too. We're talking about all the ways, within the law, that we allow ourselves to be taken for a ride.

 

Rip-offs imply choice. If there's truly no substitute for a particular good or service, then you'll put up with sticker shock. (Think movie theater snacks and certain life-saving medications.) That's good work for businesses that can get it, but plenty rely on our collective naivet

[JamesSavik]

Cable Television

 

The Rip-Off: All you want is basic cable, but your cable company wants you to have so much more--and pay through the nose for it. That's why it bundles in a whole mess of channels, including dozens that even the most feckless of couch potatoes won't watch.

 

How to Avoid It: Hulu.com offers thousands of videos, TV episodes (new and old) and full-length movies--all free. And Netflix charges as little as $9 a month for access to more than 100,000 TV episodes on DVD, as well as 12,000 movies.

 

 

ROFLMAO!

[Y_B]

People do have access to yahoo news, ya know

[Tiger]

People do have access to yahoo news, ya know

Of course they do. It doesn't mean they've read every article on it.

[BlueSoxSWJ]

tip: buy gas in the morning. Gas is priced by volume, but burns by mass, so the colder it is when you buy it, the denser it is, and the more mileage you'll get for the same price.