There’s this ongoing kerfuffle behind the scenes between business owners and consumers. Buyers want to make the most of their money, and sellers want to earn the most from their products. It’s all good and dandy when the commodity is worth the price you paid, but when the high price point doesn’t match up with what you’ve been promised, it can be infuriating, to say the least.
Unfortunately, many of us have been there—saving up for a nice meal or getting our nails done for a celebration—and then left completely in shock because your $20 salad came with three pieces of croutons, and your treat-yourself manicure looked like a child’s coloring.
These scenarios happen more often than we’d like to admit, and what better place to let our purchase frustrations go than on social media? The Bored Panda team has scoured the web to find the most unfair deals that make people feel ripped off. Scroll through the curated list to see expectations vs. reality in this economy that might leave you thinking twice before purchasing something.
#1 Paid $12 To Go To This "Pumpkin Patch", Also Known As A Field With Pumpkins Placed In It
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#2 Paid $300 For 3 Nights At This Specific Hotel Because They Advertised A Free Continental Breakfast. This Is Their Continental Breakfast
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#3 Got Charged 9k For A Doctor To Tell Me It Was Just Period Cramps, And After Going To Another Doctor, It Was Diagnosed As A Ruptured Ovarian Cyst
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#4 I Paid $20 For A Burger On My Cruise. Here Is The Result
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#5 This Haircut That I Paid $60 For
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#6 I Paid $47 To Upgrade To This "Window Seat"
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#7 My Wedding Cake (Yes, We Paid For This)
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#8 This $18 "Caesar Salad" My Girlfriend's Cousins Got In Vegas
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#9 Just Paid $300 For This Textbook And Peeled Off A Sticker To Reveal It Shouldn't Have Been Sold
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#10 I Paid $45 To Add Ride Photos To My Daughter's Amusement Park's Season Pass. It's An Extra $20/Photo To Download Without The Watermark
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#11 $8.99 Kids Buttered Noodles
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#12 Ordered Fried Pickles As An Appetizer. I Got 1 Pickle Cut Into 4, Cost Me $10
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#13 The View From My 30€ Ticket
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#14 I Spent $12 On "Anti-Fog" Mirror Film
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#15 Just Paid $800 For My School "Books". It's A Loose Leaf Paper
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#16 Caprese Salad I Purchased From A Pizza Place. I Should Have Checked The Reviews First
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#17 I Paid $5.50 For These Cheesy Chips At A Football Match
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#18 This Is The Hot Tub At The Airbnb, Which Was Why I Rented The Spot. Smelled Terrible And Was Not Cleaned In Forever
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#19 This Restaurant Has An Automatic 18% Service Charge For Parties Of One Or Higher
I’ve seen restaurants include gratuity when it’s a large party but never for parties of 1.
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#20 Dinner Provided By My School (On A Trip I Paid $1500 For)
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#21 Went Out For Dinner With Friends And Got Sausage And Peppers As An Appetizer. This Is What We Got
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#22 $17 For Sad Pizza My Friend Ordered
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#23 Paid $9 For This. Speechless
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#24 I Paid $10.95 For This
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#25 The Majesty Of An $8.00 Whole Foods Sandwich. The Good News Is The Chicken Salad Is Completely Tasteless
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#26 Bought A New Build House And Chose A Location Across From Yet To Be Placed Park Since We Had Kids. Paid A Premium For This Coveted Lot. Here’s The Park They Finally Put In
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#27 Getting Taxed On A Tip Illegally
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#28 This Was Served At A Networking Party. They Paid 500$ For The Venue
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#29 Just Arrived At My Hotel In My "Sea Facing Room"
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#30 Bought A $44 Handmade Ceramic Mug. It Cracks As I Pour In My First Cup Of Tea
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#31 My Mom Paid $20k To Enclose Her Porch. I Saw It Today. All Of The Beams And Joints Look Like This
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#32 A "Caesar Salad" At Red Robin
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#33 I Ordered A Baby Shower Gift For A Friend From Babies R Us And Paid An Extra $5 For A Gift Wrap With A Gift Message. Gift Message Printed On Invoice With Contents Listed
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#34 My School Lunch. Paid $3.25 For This
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#35 Power Went Out 20 Minutes Into Oppenheimer. Didn't Get To See The Last 30 Minutes
Waited about an hour for it to be restored, and the movie restarted, only for it to restart again automatically at the next showtime, leading to being kicked out of the theater.
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#36 The View Of The Stage At My Concert
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#37 The Server Said The Wings Were A "Good" Size
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#38 Glad I Paid For Pre
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#39 I Paid $8 For This
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#40 I Paid Over 4 Dollars For This. I Just Opened This. There’s More In The Photo On The Front Than In The Bag
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#41 2023 Is The Year Of Paying More For Less
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#42 My Wife Paid $200 For Front-Row Balcony Seats. They Closed The Balcony And Now This Is Our View
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#43 Paid Extra For A "Tower" Room At Our Hotel And Were Told We’d Get A Nice View Of The River
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#44 We Lost Our Cat Thor On Christmas Day. My Girl Has Been Struggling To Cope Since. She Loves Stuffed Animals So For This Christmas I Ordered Her A Cuddle Clone. I Paid $300 For This
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#45 This "Seasonal Fruit" Cup From Wendy's I Paid $1.29 For
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#46 Paid $30 To Get Professionally Cropped Out. Photo 1 Is A Family Photo That Was Taken. Photo 2 Is The One That Arrived In The Mail
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#47 This Costs $8 At Starbucks
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#48 Getting Charged Extra To Remove An Item
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#49 Paid $7 For This Hummus And Veggies Platter
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