America's Biggest Rip-offs

[AJ]

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/news/1001/gallery.americas_biggest_ripoffs/index.html

 

[Picklz]

well the pay per text 'plans' are marked WAY up as they want to push people on monthly packages so they have recurring revenue. For the most part I think the rates are reasonable for the added benefits it gives, I think there are plenty of other things I'd consider a larger ripoff than $10/mo for my texting habbit.

 

[AJ]

I agree on the texting aspect, it's only $120 a year and it's quick and convenient to get something said and done.

Some of the others, like the mini bar, is purely ok with me if someone wants to pay for that shit for that much $. Cause I won't bite. lol

 

[ZoomZoom Diva]

Personally, I look at texts as an annoyance and a nuisance versus just calling me... but that's a good reason for them to be optional as well.

Name brand medicines may or may not be ripoff. While generics have to be proven to have equal effectiveness, a generic may be more or less effective than the name brand drug on a specific person based on how each person manages the fillers in the pill.

 

[YSOSLO]

Does the mega-texting generation have that many more close friends than we had growing up? It seems like sending literally thousands of texts each month must create a sense of familiarity we perhaps never experienced growing up, but I don't know enough high school-aged kids to be able to ask them how many "close friends" they have, to see if it's more than the 3-5 I grew up with. Is there anyone on here that texts a shit ton that feels like their substantial texting helps to make/keep closer friendships than would be likely without the texting activity/habit?

 

[dmention7]

The "get off my lawn" side of me feels like the facebook generation values having dozenss of casual acquaintances over a handful of good friends.

But the realistic side of me is compelled to point out that back in my day tweens just spent hours and hours every day having the same inane conversations on the phone that modern tweens have over texts.