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Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:12 am ]
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Im about to overpay for some soup cans at CVS for the homeless (company has a holiday giving thing)

Also I live 5 minutes from a place that sells my smokes for $8 and I sometimes buy them downtown for $15 (i need to quit for good)


What have you overpaid for?

Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:16 am ]
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Every time I have ever ordered anything from Door Dash or Uber Eats.

Author:  Brick [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:19 am ]
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I don't know if this qualifies, but I bought a sweatshirt at Costco but it was too short on me so I was going to take it back. When we went the next time I left it in the car and we were already at the point where we have to prove our identities more than I had to in order to vote so I decided I would just keep it instead. When we were leaving, the line was like 8 people deep in the returns and I felt good about my decision.

Author:  Caller Bob [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:21 am ]
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Porn in a hotel room, with my significant other

Author:  Nas [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:24 am ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
Every time I have ever ordered anything from Door Dash or Uber Eats.


Uber Eats now will price delivery based on the distance you live from the restaurant. I paid .$99 for delivery the other day. I'm not sure what the agreement with their drivers are but that would piss me off.

Author:  Panther pislA [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:28 am ]
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I am a total Walgreens-phile. I just love the convenience of knowing were everything is, and getting in and out.

I almost never even glance at the price, although I am pretty sure I am being gouged in exchange for the convenience.

Author:  leashyourkids [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:29 am ]
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Panther pislA wrote:
I am a total Walgreens-phile. I just love the convenience of knowing were everything is, and getting in and out.

I almost never even glance at the price, although I am pretty sure I am being gouged in exchange for the convenience.


#metoo

Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:36 am ]
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Used to be for parking in the Loop or in River North.

I'm staggered each time I've seen the prices even compared to ten years ago when I still would do it.

Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:36 am ]
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leashyourkids wrote:
Panther pislA wrote:
I am a total Walgreens-phile. I just love the convenience of knowing were everything is, and getting in and out.

I almost never even glance at the price, although I am pretty sure I am being gouged in exchange for the convenience.


#metoo

Yea, that's my go to for K-Cups, general coffee stuff and pop.

Author:  Douchebag [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:38 am ]
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Panther pislA wrote:
I am a total Walgreens-phile. I just love the convenience of knowing were everything is, and getting in and out.

I almost never even glance at the price, although I am pretty sure I am being gouged in exchange for the convenience.

I'm a fan of convenience over price, but I can't stand stopping at Walgreens or CVS. Whenever I go in those places there's only one register open, operated by someone that should have retired 20 years ago, and I end up waiting in a line that is 8-10 deep.

Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:40 am ]
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Caller Bob wrote:
Porn in a hotel room, with my significant other
This, way back in the day.

Beer from a gas station. General Walgreen's items as well, but I try not to make a habit of going into their stores. The drive thru pharmacies help with this a lot.



RPB, jump on I57 to I80 and buy your smokes at 183rd & Harlem...Will County.

Author:  leashyourkids [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:42 am ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Panther pislA wrote:
I am a total Walgreens-phile. I just love the convenience of knowing were everything is, and getting in and out.

I almost never even glance at the price, although I am pretty sure I am being gouged in exchange for the convenience.

I'm a fan of convenience over price, but I can't stand stopping at Walgreens or CVS. Whenever I go in those places there's only one register open, operated by someone that should have retired 20 years ago, and I end up waiting in a line that is 8-10 deep.


Don't forget the old lady with 20 coupons and the cashier who is encouraging her to use more.

Author:  Franky T [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:44 am ]
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I once went out and bought some new underwear because I didn't want to go to the laundromat.

Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:45 am ]
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Frank Coztansa wrote:


RPB, jump on I57 to I80 and buy your smokes at 183rd & Harlem...Will County.

That's the place 5 mins away I was referring to

Author:  Rod [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:48 am ]
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It was a really cold winter night and a bunch of us were at O'Callghan's on Hubbard. We decided we were going to head over to Coyote Ugly which was on Erie. It's not that long a walk but it was fucking cold so we were gonna cab it. (This story predates Uber.)

We came out and there were about 30 people waiting for taxis. I was freezing my balls off. A black dude driving a stretch limo with no one in back pulled up. I asked him how much to take us to Coyote Ugly. He said he couldn't do it. I said, "There's 4 of us. How about $40 a guy?" He said, "Get in!"

My friends still give me shit for paying $160 for a three block ride.

Author:  Terry's Peeps [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:50 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
It was a really cold winter night and a bunch of us were at O'Callghan's on Hubbard. We decided we were going to head over to Coyote Ugly which was on Erie. It's not that long a walk but it was fucking cold so we were gonna cab it. (This story predates Uber.)

We came out and there were about 30 people waiting for taxis. I was freezing my balls off. A black dude driving a stretch limo with no one in back pulled up. I asked him how much to take us to Coyote Ugly. He said he couldn't do it. I said, "There's 4 of us. How about $40 a guy?" He said, "Get in!"

My friends still give me shit for paying $160 for a three block ride.


:lol:

1%er

Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:51 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
It was a really cold winter night and a bunch of us were at O'Callghan's on Hubbard. We decided we were going to head over to Coyote Ugly which was on Erie. It's not that long a walk but it was fucking cold so we were gonna cab it. (This story predates Uber.)

We came out and there were about 30 people waiting for taxis. I was freezing my balls off. A black dude driving a stretch limo with no one in back pulled up. I asked him how much to take us to Coyote Ugly. He said he couldn't do it. I said, "There's 4 of us. How about $40 a guy?" He said, "Get in!"

My friends still give me shit for paying $160 for a three block ride.

Not quite the same but when I lived on the south side but partied up north, sometimes Id take a $60 cab ride over sleeping on a friend's couch.

Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:52 am ]
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Nas wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Every time I have ever ordered anything from Door Dash or Uber Eats.


Uber Eats now will price delivery based on the distance you live from the restaurant. I paid .$99 for delivery the other day. I'm not sure what the agreement with their drivers are but that would piss me off.


The delivery charge isn't what comes to mind. The upcharge for the food is what I'm thinking of.

Author:  Brick [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:53 am ]
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I've bought headphones in airports at least 4 times. That's like $100 worth of headphones and literally none of them are worth using.

Author:  GoldenJet [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:53 am ]
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I've done the limo ride home from a Cub game because I didn't want to wait 2 hrs for a train.

Author:  GoldenJet [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:55 am ]
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
I've bought headphones in airports at least 4 times. That's like $100 worth of headphones and literally none of them are worth using.


I went for the cheapest sound dampening, over the ear headphones at an airport...They're OK, but I easily paid double. I think I paid $120

Author:  leashyourkids [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:59 am ]
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When I was underage, I once paid $200 for a bottle of Jack Daniels and a gram of cocaine. The laws of supply and demand become very clear at 4:00 AM on a Sunday morning.

Author:  Furious Styles [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:08 pm ]
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My soul.

Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:17 pm ]
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leashyourkids wrote:
When I was underage, I once paid $200 for a bottle of Jack Daniels and a gram of cocaine. The laws of supply and demand become very clear at 4:00 AM on a Sunday morning.


I shudder to think what I paid for beer on ill planned college Sundays in the dry state of Georgia.

But it beat the 45 minutes drive to Tennessee friends in school in Alabama made.

Author:  Panther pislA [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:43 pm ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
Panther pislA wrote:
I am a total Walgreens-phile. I just love the convenience of knowing were everything is, and getting in and out.

I almost never even glance at the price, although I am pretty sure I am being gouged in exchange for the convenience.


#metoo

Yea, that's my go to for K-Cups, general coffee stuff and pop.

I have been known to come out of there with a cart full of shit like I just came out of Costco.

Author:  Panther pislA [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:43 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
Panther pislA wrote:
I am a total Walgreens-phile. I just love the convenience of knowing were everything is, and getting in and out.

I almost never even glance at the price, although I am pretty sure I am being gouged in exchange for the convenience.

I'm a fan of convenience over price, but I can't stand stopping at Walgreens or CVS. Whenever I go in those places there's only one register open, operated by someone that should have retired 20 years ago, and I end up waiting in a line that is 8-10 deep.

Dude, you are not being very observant.

Any Walgreens BlackBelt knows hot to use photo counter, makeup counter, or pharmacy to ring shit up in a jif.

Author:  billypootons [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:44 pm ]
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paid 40 cents more per gallon for a couple gallons of oasis gas than chancing not making it to the regular gas station

Author:  Panther pislA [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:45 pm ]
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Franky T wrote:
I once went out and bought some new underwear because I didn't want to go to the laundromat.

That is like my M.O. for underwear and socks. I do this about once per year.

Author:  tommy [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:50 pm ]
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Caller Bob wrote:
Porn in a hotel room, with my significant other

Did he help defray the costs?

Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:51 pm ]
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leashyourkids wrote:
When I was underage, I once paid $200 for a bottle of Jack Daniels and a gram of cocaine. The laws of supply and demand become very clear at 4:00 AM on a Sunday morning.
You were underage in September?

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