 The biggest ripoff ever |
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| The biggest ripoff ever |
 Jul 2 2008, 09:47 AM
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Bottled water.
I just got the electric bill and I guess I never really paid attention to it before now. In our house last month we consumed 8,800 gallons of water and the bill was $23.73. Converting gallons to liters makes it 33299.2 liters. So tap water costs 0.00071264 cents a liter Bottled water costs $1.59 a liter What a markup --------------------   |
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Jul 2 2008, 09:51 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Uh... you're just now realizing this? It's no secret that tap water is dirt cheap.
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Jul 2 2008, 10:07 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
I knew it was cheaper but I didn't know it was several thousand times cheaper.
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Jul 2 2008, 10:24 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
haha and if your house was run on 1.59 bottled water, your monthly will would've been around $53,000.
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Jul 2 2008, 10:56 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
well part of the deal with bottled water is the bottle. those aren't free.
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Jul 2 2008, 11:24 AM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 2 2008, 11:56 AM)  well part of the deal with bottled water is the bottle. those aren't free. Yeah, its the convience of it all. Walmart sells Gallons for $1... -------------------- |
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Jul 2 2008, 12:23 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
damn are they up to $1/gallon now? geez I remember loading up on those in college for like $0.25 a piece.
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Jul 2 2008, 12:45 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 2 2008, 01:23 PM) damn are they up to $1/gallon now? geez I remember loading up on those in college for like $0.25 a piece. I remember when it went from 53 to 59 cents and I was genuinely pissed because I bought so many a week -------------------- |
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Jul 2 2008, 12:52 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Gah was it that long ago that I was in the dorms and buying those things???
geez i guess it was like 8 years ago... f'n A |
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Jul 2 2008, 01:31 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,302 Joined: 20-February 07 Member No.: 721 |
actually it may be like a 1.10 now... haven't gotten one in a while (not in lubbock anymore)
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Jul 3 2008, 07:39 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 756 Joined: 22-February 06 From: san marcos, tx Member No.: 27 |
thank god i can drink tap water, bottled water can be good but usually just angers me that they've turned a resource into such a commodity like that. but then again its easier to ship bottled/canned water than 80,000 nalgenes or whatever.
I loved getting gas last week and seeing some toity bitch in a H2 bitching on her iPhone about how expensive gas was as she chugged a huge bottle of Fiji water. Where are our priorities ya know? |
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