Lol. Ok, am I allowed to purchase water 5 days into a camping trip, or should I have used the garden hose and a barrel?
Listen to yourself, man. Suddenly I'm lazy because I didn't think about filling a nalgene before embarking on any excursion that will take me far enough away from my kitchen sink that I'd consider buying a bottle of water?
It's my money, so how about you let me decide how I spend it. Go ahead and buy your bottle of pop when you stop at a gas station. I'll have water, TYVM.
Actually, if you don't think, you are lazy. Simple as that. I didn't tell you how to spend your cash. I said you deserve to be ripped off if you buy it.
shark is stinkin' expensive.... not a big deal most of the time, but a few years back when the flames played san jose in the playoffs the local seafood store LOVED me!!!
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Difference is you have to squeeze oranges vs turning on a tap. If you're too lazy to turn on a tap and fill a nalgene (oh sorry, water bottle) around with you, then yeah, you deserve to get ripped off.
And of course it's different than other products. It's an unnecessary product in a country with the highest percentage of fresh water on the planet. But whatever. I get it. The tap is hard to turn on. Convenience is worth paying the exponential mark up.
What if you're traveling somewhere that you don't like the taste of the water out of a tap? Or you're staying somewhere that the water out of the tap isn't drinkable period?
Where the hell are you getting a chart that has bottled water for more than $25 a litre? And why would you think that such a chart was even close to accurate? Do you have no clue how much it really costs?
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What if you're traveling somewhere that you don't like the taste of the water out of a tap? Or you're staying somewhere that the water out of the tap isn't drinkable period?
Too bad, lazyass. You should have thought ahead.
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As mentioned in the NE thread, Greek food is way overpriced - thank Jebus for the Lebs offering the same (but better) stuff for 1/2 the price.
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What is up with that? Also all the greek food seems overpriced. My theory is there is way too much money in Calgary for the services offered.
I was there for my niece's birthday party in the summer and the lineup to the DQ for a friggin icecream cake was outside the building. Near Southlands. Ridiculous.
Yeah, cause everything is black and white. Obviously there are cases where it would be a necessity. I've bought bottled water in other countries where the water isn't safe, or where i've been lazy myself and didn't think to bring my own. Do you honestly think in North America the bottled water industry gets by on campers and people who can't access clean water?
No, they're charging obscene prices because people fall for their marketing. People buy Evian and Fiji water because they think buying imported water is somehow better than local taps. They believe it's cleaner and safer, and that it tastes better, even though drinking water has higher standards for testing, and studies have shown it's psychological.
Maybe I should've rephrased my original statement. For the majority of people who drink bottled water, they deserve to get ripped off.
Do you guys think it's practical to import bottled water from France?? Would you be paying the same money for bottled water if it was from the City of Calgary? The bottled water industry is a joke, which is why I choose not to support it.
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if you like Bahn Mi, there is a divey place in Forest Lawn besdie the old Rollerland was. They have the best Bahn mi (pork sandwiches) for like $3. Compare that to the $5 crap they sell in Kensington.
That new sushi restaurant Koiji that opened up by the NW TnT. Poorly made sushi and $9 for six pieces of bland tasting rolls? Way too expensive considering most places do $6-7.5 for the same thing.
Most sushi in the city is overpriced compared to Vancouver and TO but this place took the prize for being worse value yet.
how about why chicken is near twice as expensive as in the states.
You can thank Canada's protectionist poultry quota system for this. The dairy quota system will also explain why Canadian's pay double and triple the prixe for cheese, milk and other dairy.
What I hate is how much many places charge if you want to change an entree or add something to a dish.
For example I ordered a dinner for 3 last weekend from the local Chinese place. It comes with free fried rice, but I prefer Shanghai Noodles; on the menu the price is the same for both dishes ($8 each). So when I ask if I can change the rice for the noodles, they say yes, but for six friggen dollars. What a complete rip, $2 might be acceptable, but I might as well get both dishes for $2 more?
A few other things that I find to be too expensive:
Beef jerky: It's sooo good, but pricey when compared to American prices. Wendy's value menu: Used to be affordable, now everything is about $2, and they removed the meal option. Store bought chicken wings: Looking at some of the price for pre-made chicken wings in stores, they are way out of wack. Some packages are more than $1 per wing. Wings are much cheaper to make from scratch, or eat out on 15/25 cent wing nights. Anything purchased at entertainment venues (sporting events, movies, concerts, parks, fairs, etc): I sort of get why they charge so much in general, but 3 or 4 times what you'd pay in stores is a bit out of hand. Subway: Probably my favorite fast food joint, but we really get the shaft in Canada. The quality is just getting worse, and the lack of $5 footlongs really pisses me off. I can't count how many times I was forced to order the meatball sub while in school because I didn't want to spend $50+ on subs during the week.
Its not subsidized in the way that you mean it. Tax dollars do not go to poultry producers in Canada. A statutory system of quotas dolled out amongst chicken, turkey and egg producers for each province means that these products are not open to free trade, and are supply managed; this leads to the consumer paying way more for the product.
This quota system also keeps the below average producers in business, and hinders above average producers from being more profitable by increasing their production (purchasing units of quota is a huge capital cost in both poultry and dairy).
Their food is tasty and fresh, but $6.50 for a pita smaller than my fist is just terrible value for money. Not to mention it only has <350 calories so I get hungry again in like 2 hours.
before embarking on any excursion that will take me far enough away from my kitchen sink that I'd consider buying a bottle of water? 
