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[–] 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Like bottled water. When it was first sold in stores, a 20 oz soda was $1.39 and a 20 oz. water was anywhere from $0.25 - $0.50. Then people started choosing the personally (not communally) healthy option, rather than HFCS laden garbage, and now water costs the same as soda.

A store I used to frequent lost a customer because I stopped after work to fill my own cup * with filtered water from the soda fountain. I always ask first, and the clerk said the owner made them start charging the full price of a bottle of water. I used to fill my gas tank there, since they were less expensive. Not now.

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