Scam Alert: 20+ Things That Should Be Illegal But Aren’t

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We are all trying to save money and survive these days. So how are these legal scams still going on???

1. College tuition and then years of school loan debt
2. Grocery store inflation prices, while companies rake in the profits
3. “News” isn’t useful or objectively true, and therefore not news, but propaganda. (think Fox News)
4. Rent through the roof. Landlords keep increasing it with no care for people’s financial situations.
5. Software as a service. Why am I paying a monthly fee for the permission to use Adobe Photoshop??
6. Medication costs: Why are needed meds hundreds of dollars???!!!!
7. Health insurance that takes forever to approve procedures or deny needed procedures
8. Printer ink: Super expensive. Thankfully I hardly print anything anymore as everything is digital now
9. Vet care. My cat needed a few teeth extracted. Over $2000.
10. Paying the min. on a credit card and the balance stays the same forever.
11. Rent to own furniture, laptops etc. where you pay $3000 for a $500 couch
12. Payday loans should be illegal
13. Insurance going up after a car accident. We had an accident a few years ago and immediately our insurance went up. Ridiculous.
14. College textbooks: A huge and profitable ripoff
15. Debt collectors: They chase debts over a seven-year timeframe and don’t leave people alone. And now they are trolling social media to find people.
16. ATM service charges: $5 to withdraw MY money? WTF? I don’t use cash that much anymore so I stopped this.
17. Business/website owners beware: If you’re a personal business owner, you may receive what looks to be a bill in your mail from the US Domain Authority. They make it look like you need to pay $289 to renew your website domain name. This is NOT true. In the very fine print stating that you are not legally required to pay the listed amount. It’s actually an ad requesting you pay that amount in order to have your website listed on the US Domain Authority site.
18. Hospitals charging parking fees
19. Churches not paying taxes
20. Car repairs and Jiffy Lube expensive oil changes
21. Car loans. Taking 7 years to pay off a depreciating asset is insane.
22. Getting rid of cable to save money and then subscribing to a million apps to get the needed tv shows. In the end, it still costs the same as cable.

What scams have you noticed??

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