Things that you just can't fathom why they cost so much.

[transplant99]

Two things in particular make me shake my head when I buy them...and I happened to purchase both yesterday.

Golf balls and Ink cartridges for printers.

[jam26]

Razors

[SportsJunky]

fuel

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Two things in particular make me shake my head when I buy them...and I happened to purchase both yesterday.

Golf balls and Ink cartridges for printers.

The reason why Ink Cartidges are so expensive is because of the extraordinary conditions needed for it to be made. The actual labs are the most clean areas in the planet to the point where even the smallest amount of dust can ruin a whole shipment of it. Plus the whole getting the ink to go through a hole 1/2000 of a mm without jamming the hole is another reason.

[ken0042]

Hookers and blow.


Seriously, some home reno stuff. For example your basic light switch costs 88¢. But if you want a three way switch, all of a sudden that's $8.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

fuel

It's the gas companies and governments. Actual raw costs of fuel is about .25 per liter. About 33% of the final cost is government tax, and the rest is markup from the companies.

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by jam26

Razors

What he said. I think it was 16.99 at shoppers for a 4 pack of Fusion blades, seriously.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Hookers and blow.


Seriously, some home reno stuff. For example your basic light switch costs 88¢. But if you want a three way switch, all of a sudden that's $8.

Yeah, there was one valve that I had to get before to fix a commercial vaccuum cleaner. One that was slightly smaller (and therefore not usable) was a whole 48 cents. The one for the vaccuum was $300. (I was more than a little pissed)

[Lurch]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

It's the gas companies and governments. Actual raw costs of fuel is about .25 per liter. About 33% of the final cost is government tax, and the rest is markup from the companies.

I doubt your figures. Crude oil is about $80/b in Cdn$, which works out to about $0.50/L for the raw input, ignoring the fact that gasoline is probably relatively high in the crude oil value chain. Refining oil is not free, and neither is distributing it to gas stations across the country, so these should be added as direct costs.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Lurch

I doubt your figures. Crude oil is about $80/b in Cdn$, which works out to about $0.50/L for the raw input

I suppose one might also make the assumption that the remaining product is not simply discarded.

Ok, let's simplify this. I can't fathom why crude oil is so expensive.

[Regorium]

Cell phone "add-ons".

$5 for Caller ID
$8 for Voicemail
$5 for Conference calling

etc.

And just the whole Telecomm/Cable industry as a whole - TV, internet, home phone and all.

[habernac]

IPOD add ons

[Lurch]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I suppose one might also make the assumption that the remaining product is not simply discarded.

Ok, let's simplify this. I can't fathom why crude oil is so expensive.

No doubt - that is why I said to discount where gasoline falls in the value chain. As far as I know, and I'm no crude guy, gasoline would be towards the top of value chain, i.e. the only thing more valuable would be the high energy fuels like kerosene (jet fuel). Diesel, fuel oil, asphalt and losses due to the refinery process would all be worth less than gasoline.

[burn_baby_burn]

A fuel filter for my F-350 Super Duty is $80.

[The Goon]

As someone recently engaged, I'd like to add:

Diamond rings.

[Drunk Skunk]

Shoes. It costs so little to make them(The mass-produced and mass-marketed ones anyway), and the prices are jacked up beyond belief. It was just over $200 last time I bought a good pair of Oakley boots.

[SeeGeeWhy]

Day rates for service rigs, and coffee.

[Pagal4321]

Razors, cologne, softballs, any type of fast food, gas and professional exams with accompanying study material.

[J pold]

Parking

Flat screen T.V. wall mount

Movies

Ties

Sunterra

[Berger_4_]

farm equipment & parts...supposed to go down next year though b/c of the high canadian dollar...right now though...nope!

gas

iPod's, and everything to do with them