# "What the HECK" prices??? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528 "2009-05-25T03:32:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528/61 "2009-05-28T17:08:49Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > And pay $1.50 a bottle? :eek: Your local supermarket probably sells gallon jugs of filtered water for $1.00 or less. Use that for drinking and cooking, and tap water for bathing and washing dishes. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528/62 "2009-05-28T17:22:24Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > And pay $1.50 a bottle? :eek: Well, _I_ thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528/63 "2009-05-28T17:28:49Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Well, _I_ thought it was funny. _Thank_ you. šŸ˜› I actually do drink bottled water, but I get it from Costco which is something like $4.50 for 15 liters, which is more or less reasonable considering anything less than ā€œspring waterā€ tastes funky to me. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528/64 "2009-05-28T17:28:52Z")
My local supermarket chain is trying really hard to convince itā€™s customerā€™s itā€™s an ā€œupscaleā€ store, so theyā€™ve started carrying more ā€˜upscaleā€™ brands of things, more ā€œNaturalā€ choices, etc. Just recently, just wanting some cheap spaghetti sauce to use in a recipe, I noticed certain jarred pasta sauces in the store selling for ~$10.00 a jar!! Ten bucks a freakinā€™ jar for pasta sauce? What the hell is in there? Heroin? ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528/65 "2009-05-28T18:49:05Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Oh, and sticker shock for me? 18.99 for that tiny tube of abreva. Iā€™m with you on the sticker shock, but dang, that stuff works wonders. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528/66 "2009-05-28T19:34:26Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > You know those glass turn table plates in microwaves? I broke mine. They wanted $50 for a new one (I didnā€™t even ask what the shipping would be)ā€“the whole damn microwave was about $70 new! Itā€™s just a clear glass plate! In the same vein, a plastic refrigerator drawer costs $85. Ended up fixing it (rail had cracked) with duct tape. Works like a charm. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528/67 "2009-05-28T20:37:56Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > Iā€™m with you on the sticker shock, but dang, that stuff works wonders. Oh, itā€™s totally worth it, but when I first opened the box and that tiny tube fell outā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528/68 "2009-05-29T01:39:35Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Tap water you silly head! The **TAP**?!?! Well LA-DI-DAH! When I was a kid we drank it straight from the hose - it burned our lips too because itā€™d been lying in the sun all day! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-prices/497528.md?page=3)