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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by mastermind@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] soyagi@yiffit.net 20 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Printers and printer ink

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[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Insurance.

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[–] flatpandisk@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Resort fees, especially in Las Vegas.

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[–] starclaude@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

gacha game, paying premium money, an insane amount event just to see virtual character

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[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 17 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Car rental - I'm 95% sure I don't need any of those extra insurances but due to pressure and fear tactics (you do want to be covered if x happens, right?), it's hard to know in the moment.

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I rent a car very often through work, and I always get those extra insurances, because:

My company pays for it
More than once the car rental companies have found some nano-scale damage to the car that I couldn't have caused (must've been there when I picked it up), and they try to pin it on me, something my job wouldn't cover. And unsurprisingly, those claims only happen when I don't have that extra insurances.

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (14 children)

The extra .9 cent we pay for every gallon of gas in the USA.

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[–] Julian_1_2_3_4_5@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

most cheap things that fall apart after a short time

[–] HonestMistake_@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Patents

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[–] the_q@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (20 children)

The mortgage.

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[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Girl Scout cookies

[–] tilgare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago

They're a fund raising tool for the troop, which is very transparent. Nobody is forcing you to buy them, but people love them and do so voluntarily. Where's the scam?

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Religion. The all-time champion, no contest, just as George Carlin said:

https://youtu.be/2tp0UNcjzl8

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[–] dobeltip@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Video game trailers

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[–] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Toilet paper

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[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Credit cards and everything to do with the debt trap.

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