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“My apartment charges $25 to process online payments.”
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“I had a professor that was really against the college textbook industry and said it was a huge scam, so for the class I took with him, he used a textbook that he wrote and provided a PDF version of it for free to all of us.“

—-eDgAR-
—iremovebrains

—haveyouseenmywetsuit
“I saw an interview once of a brand name frames rep, and when asked why they charge so much for things that cost so little to produce, they roughly responded, ‘The glasses are worth what people are willing to pay for them.’“

—CozyReader881
“Like sorry I was born with bad eyes and now have to fork over hundreds of dollars just to be able to see anything.“

—darth_scion
“And then the fee for the tuition fee. My favorite is the fee my university charged students for going online???”

—SweetTea9219

“How about the $75 graduation application fee? That was the final ‘fuck you’ from school.”

—bdubnit
—m100896
“There is no reason to spend $30 a month for something that isn’t even my choice. I don’t want to bleed for 7-10 days. If I could, I would just rip out my uterus.”
—notafoetoallenpoe
“Complete scam.”

—emik7133

—sneabdekab
“In the US, insurance doesn’t cover COVID tests for travel. I had to pay $115.“

—canijustpetmycat
“My current apartment had a $400 deposit for cats and dogs with an extra $25 a month. My pet doesn’t have a job! How is he supposed to afford that?!”

—xobnn

—mRydz
“Everyone needs one, birth rates are predictable, and people obviously feel better, work better, and live better when housed and not struggling too much.“
—splitting_bullets
“The housing market where I live is ridiculous. I mean a measly 900-square-foot house near my area went from $150k in 2017 to $320k…and nothing changed.“

—PMME_Ur_Bubble_Butt
“Eating right, gym memberships, and exercising cost money, time, and commitment. This should be encouraged and supported, not dragged down with extra costs.”

—Beefy_Peaches
“Like, it’s a plain white top with a logo for $800…WTF?!”

—HodorsABitch
—gorosheeta
Answers have been edited for length and/or clarity.

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