25 Scams That Have Sadly Become Common Place

1. 'Service fees' are just an artificial way to pretend prices are lower than they really are. 'That's only $15! (Plus $10 in service fees)' just say its $25! -u/srcarruth

2. Getting students/interns to work for free while treating them poorly. -u/yk003

3. So many scams in dentistry. I’ve been in the industry for 12 years and it’s amazing how common it is. So easy to tell someone they need a bunch of treatment they don’t really need. -u/Legacy0904

4. Rent to Own, coming from someone who worked for Rent A Center for 3 1/2 years. -u/El-ChuPugcabra

5. Unpaid overtime. Any work you can’t complete in your paid hours should be done by an extra employee the company pays for. By doing unpaid overtime you are ‘paying’ for the cost of your time and donating that to your employer. If a company can’t afford to pay its employees for all their time working and still remain profitable, they are not a viable business and need to restructure their processes and/or pricing. If they can afford to pay it but choose not to they are stealing from you. -u/Fraerie

6. Free trials that auto enroll you at the end. -u/BADMANvegeta_

7. Fake reviews. They are everywhere now. I don’t even trust Reddit or YouTube comments sometimes because I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s company plants commenting about how great their product is. -u/ndcdshed

8. Extra fees on travel or actually any e-commerce purchase. Convenience fees or whatever you name them. -u/jackof47trades

9. Branded Diets. No company that you pay to help you diet is invested in your success. They make money when you fail and keep returning. They're all a scam. You're more likely to end up with an eating disorder than permanent weight loss. -u/givesyouhel

10. Funeral industry -u/username802

11. Timeshares. -u/nate959

12. Cups with so much ice that you only get 4 oz of a drink in a 20 oz cup. -u/your99thproblem

13. Extended warranties on anything you could easily afford to replace. -u/Malgaras

14. Black Friday -u/rottenblues

15. Printer ink being overpriced. -u/Bradley_Snooper

16. The fact existing customers aren’t automatically moved to better deals once their contract ends. They hope you won’t switch and pay the premium. -u/zer0mike

17. Outlet malls. There was a great Adam Ruins Everything on them about how you are not actually getting marked down high end products, just special cheaply made products created by brands for outlet malls. -LbGuns

18. News stations can lie to you as long as they classify it as entertainment. -u/rittenalready

19. Fast fashion: The reason why your clothes don't look good after you start wearing them is because they were meant to break/fade after the first wash. So you can keep buying more and more. -u/totue13

20. Fake download buttons. -u/WingBarbaque

21. Selling a "pint" of beer that really just contains 14 oz instead of 16 (US size). That's not even mentioning "false" pints that have a thicker glass bottom. -u/TallDudeInSC

22. Social media influencer who get away with endorsing horrible products. -u/Dreamjournal7

23. Insurance, you spend most of your life giving them money, then when you need it they turn over every stone to figure out how to deny you care. -u/Gravemindzombie

24. Credit scores. Paid off my student loans. 6 months later, couldn't get a credit card because I didn't have enough credit history. Those bastards want to keep you in debt so you keep paying them interest rather than being actually responsible with money. Burn it all down. -u/lastcallface

25. Manufactured obsolescence and the right to repair. -u/Shnoochieboochies