# Bottled water- Is it really worth it? (Scam or not)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water-is-it-really-worth-it-scam-or-not/763327 "2016-08-19T18:19:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water-is-it-really-worth-it-scam-or-not/763327/153 "2016-08-27T17:26:12Z")

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> [@doreen](#):
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> I don’t think anyone has argued that Dasani and Aquafina or any particular other brand _should_exist. Only that it’s not a scam that they do. Two different things.

I’m asking the same question from a different perspective.

Why do these branded products exist? Why should they?

If your argument ends with “I don’t think it’s a scam” then 'nuf sed, I guess.

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