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So when was the last/biggest time you were ripped off for something?
I paid £3 for a glass of coke at a hotel the other month. I guess that was pretty bad, but a friend ordered a double vodka and lemonade and paid £10. Oh dear.
This is why I hate having to have my wages paid into a bank account.
never sign up for auto bill pay.
They're queueing up for those sorts of prices in Zimbabwe
I paid that much for a hooker once.
She may have been the queen of some country.
God bless american express pre-approved cards.
Considering it's 49c for 8 litres of water, I paid 3 euro for a small bottle of water, IN TENERIFE!! I wouldn't mind, but it's one of cheapest places ever. I stood there looking at her for a second before she came out with "no english", so I just moved on.
Bank of America is full of ripoff artists.
Everything is overpriced at convienience stores.
I ate dinner on top of the Georges Pompidou building in Paris and didn't remember how to order 'un carafe d'eau' and ended up splitting a bottle of perrier with someone for €6,00
Airports. Geeze freakin' louise.
Allie and I spent $8 on a packaged cold cut sandwich once. We were short on time and I don't think there was really anything cheaper around. Craziness.
I called Verizon like 3 months ago and told them to not auto-withdraw that month as I would do it myself on the day it was due because I wasn't getting my paycheck til like 2 days later. They did it anyways. I had $50 in there, and so I charged like $20 worth of stuff. I would've normally still had $30, but they took the $82 out anyway, and National City takes the largest out first, so they all cleared together, with 3 overdraft charges instead of 1 (which shouldn't have been there anyway). Yea, and at NC its $36 a pop, so $118 in overdraft fees, plus the money I bounced... They gave me the $36 back for their charge and claimed that I would've been overdrafted anyways. Bull:bou::bou::bou::bou:. I even sent them a copy of my bank statement.
so thats how we're going to pay for healthcare......
Oh man, I love this about airports. Especially when the overpriced food is horrendous. I'm not sure how much money I've spent on things I've never finished because it was disgusting.Quote:
Allie and I spent $8 on a packaged cold cut sandwich once. We were short on time and I don't think there was really anything cheaper around. Craziness.
But if you think about it, he was debited the amount for spending money, so if they deposit it into your account, that would make you a quadrillionaire if a comparable error happened to you...Quote:
Originally Posted by ReloadPsi
I live in Norway, I get ripped off on a daily basis. :(