How about textbooks-some USED ones run about 65 and up. And the sucky part is when you go to resell them you get ripped off-I once bought a math text-brand new, the new edition, I believe, for 60 bucks, then the asshole at the bookstore gave me ten bucks for it at the end of the semester. That was the LAST time I ever sold a book.
Well, I definitely feel better about shelling out $415 a month for a two-bedroom, 1-bath, large apartment.
It freaks me out to pay $1.50 a pound for chicken thighs, though. That’s the bits no one wants! Sheesh! It’s not like I want individually cut up chicken strips from the breast…
Corr
you’re complaining about that rent? that’s nothing! Do you live out in the middle of nowhere or something?
Man, I gotta move to Oklahoma. I’m at $815 for a tiny one bedroom here. Of course, when I moved here, I had to live in this part of town. The lease is up next May, I will definately be moving then. even if it’s within the city, if I don’t manage to find a job that relocates me before.
The United States Medical License Fucking Exam.
I’ll be taking Step 2 of this three-Step affair in October. Each of the three Steps costs $385. God, it hurt to write that check.
Dr. J
<<You’re complaining about that [$415/mo] rent? that’s nothing! Do you live out in the middle of nowhere or something?>>
Well, that’s more than a third of what I make. I have a roommate who doesn’t have a job this month, is why it’s hitting me so hard. I have a really good job, too.
Of course, what makes me FURIOUS is that my mother makes less than half of what I do a month, for teaching five year olds. You can’t survive on your own on what a teacher makes.
Oooh, I’d better not start that rant. This is the wrong thread for that.
Corr
Green card application fees. My wife of 12 1/2 years green card is about to expire. She’s not a citizen yet due to residency requirements $115 to apply for a green card.
Oh that must have been me delivering. You no like NIN?
Diamonds.
That fact that we actually pay for these useless pieces of rock is beyond me. Sure mining and advertising and rarity boost the cost on the supply side, but the demand is entirely contrived. The only reason you buy one is because you’ve been told you should. And how much should you spend? TWO MONTHS SALARY!! feh!
$1800/month
studio appartment
NYC
sorry, but I have no tears left for you
Actually the supply side is contrived as well. deBeers has pretty much had a monopoly on diamonds since forever. They more or less stockpile them so they aren’t even that rare.
Yeah, that’ll be the day when I get a taste of Louis. I did have some Courvasier XO, and Remy, both fantastic! But too expensive for daily use. Louis XIII is simply untouchable.
“Tollways: 40 cents (or more) to sit in traffic on a road that should have been paid for 40 years ago.”
Absent the tolls, the potholes will be fixed and the plowing and salting will be done how? By the road fairy? Chain gangs? Volunteers?
Jogging bras! The good ones (which I need) are $30 apiece.
For that matter, all good bras are too expensive. And decent pantyhose cost to much too.
And makeup. Why is makeup so expensive?
I agree with the posters who said that tampons cost to much.
It is expensive being a girl.
And what about the cost when she first applied? My lawyer estimates that when all is said and done, my green card will cost me over $7000.
Film and photo processing. Film is $3 to $6 per roll, $10 to process and print each roll, $4 to process slides. And that’s the mass-production consumer price. To get custom work costs double. Enlargements are crazy, too. A 14x17 is $50 in a good lab. And although you can get an 8x10 at Wal-Mart for about six bucks, the shitty quality is not worth that much. I shoot about 100 rolls of slide per year, so that works out to nearly $1000 per year on film and processing alone. For a hobby.
Camera equipment. I can buy a disposable camera with film for twelve bucks that’ll cover 80% of my photo requirements. To get that last 20% I’ve spent over $3000 on camera equipment, and I’m not there yet. I’m eyeing a lens that retails for over $6000.
Tampons for sure!!! And pot.
$1070/mo. for a 1400 square foot 3 bedroom/2 bath apartment. It was $995 before my lease expired.
Good Scotch…
and Advil.
Cable TV. I would do without it but I need my hockey … Or at least I think I do.
BTW I pay $950/month for a moderate sized one-bedroom.
I really shouldn’t be bitching about my rent since I don’t live in NYC.
The biggest ripoffs are coffins and wheelchairs. A wooden box or a chair with wheels costs 5 grand? Well I guess dead and handicapped people are just there to be taken advantage of. :rolleyes: