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What unethical life hack would you recommend to others? (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

In America, they have the big profit margin, AND they still have up charges for everything else. It's the American way.

Years ago, before everybody had a printer with a scanner, I went into an office supply store to have a document scanned. They charged me $10, scanned my document, returned my document, and said Thank You.

I asked for a copy of my scan, but that was another $15. I had assumed that the original $10 also included a copy of the scan on some form of media, but No, the $10 was just to scan it into their computer. It was another $15 to take it home with me.

BTW, I spoke with the manager, who acted like I was being totally unreasonable to assume that paying $10 for them to scan a document they have no interest in into their computer was a weird thing to sell, and that ANYONE would assume that it includes a copy of the item you scanned. He eventually refunded my $10, and I got it done somewhere else.

That's how things are done in America.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    A long time ago, before car keys with buttons were common, I had a car with one key with buttons. They didn't work well, so I went to the relevant dealership to get another key.

    They charged me $80 and gave me another key, which admittedly did have functional buttons, but in so doing they further broke the original key - the buttons no longer worked at all. They then told me that I should not have expected to pay $80 and come out with more than I'd brought in.

    I guess I shouldn't have been surprised. The first time I went to that dealership, I asked to test drive one of their cars ... The salesperson to whom I spoke claimed that they didn't have any license plates to spare while visibly holding one in his hands.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Doctor offices used to charge a dollar per page to transfer records.

    Circuit City used to charge a 25% restock free if you bought something and it wasn't right.

    Banks here used to charge a fee for writing too many checks, another fee for having not enough activity, or another fee for just having an account.

    A family member of mine gets charged for sticking their own finger.

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