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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
things that are more expensive than they
should be
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
goods and services that are outlandish
ly pricey considering what’s being given
in return and you just love lobster
number 10 concert tickets there’s
something undeniably special about
seeing your favorite performer lives
[Applause]
surrounding yourself with thousands of
diehard fans singing and dancing along
it all gives music and added to mention
you just can’t get listening to a
recording but it gets a bit difficult to
dance when you’ve paid an arm and a leg
for the ticket as of 2016
the average price per ticket for an
American concert is roughly forty seven
dollars and that’s not even for the good
seats with so many people crowded into
such a small place it can be challenged
not to wonder where all that money is
going number nine furniture it’s a cost
you really don’t understand until you
move out there are so many supposedly
essential furniture items to buy and
each one is likely to cost you anywhere
between a hundred bucks to well over a
thousand depending on the piece
ironically this is now the most
expensive piece of furniture in the
entire department some are non
negotiables like beds dishwashers and
dressers others really make you stop and
think though well paying $500 for a
coffee table actually make your living
arrangements any better
thankfully for the frugally minded we
live in the golden age of online
classifieds where if you don’t mind
something used you can acquire many of
these items at a fraction of the cost
number eight everything in movie
theaters let’s go google love be it
feels build something it’s pretty
obvious when you think about it if
you’ve got a captive audience you can
set the prices wherever you want and
that’s why a simple candy craving can
break the bank whether you’re at a movie
theater airport or sports stadium the
most consistently frustrating of all is
the movie theater though if we spent a
billion dollars at the box office on
Star Wars how are we still paying like
eight bucks on licorice but what is a
movie without snacks sky-high concession
stand prices have encouraged even the
most squeaky clean among us to smuggle
in our own treats on occasion it’s
basically skimping appearances
number seven playing tickets the
phenomenon of air travel is truly
incredible flying across the country in
a few hours when it would otherwise take
days to drive is a miracle that should
be enjoyed by all the thing is it’s hard
to enjoy the experience when you know
you’ve paid through the nose for it good
luck finding a domestic flight under 300
bucks and international ones often cost
you over a grand roundtrip
and there will be seventeen thousand
four hundred and twelve dollars
considering the fact that airplane food
is glorified cardboard and each person
is allotted a two foot by two foot space
for the flights duration air travel
offers few comforts and what about
family trips in a car the price of gas
is divided in the air you’re paying per
head number six lawyers all right
Charlie remember this lawyer is not a
big fan of ours we’re probably gonna
have to turn the charm up a little bit
in the beginning here’s a professional
who services you fervently hope you
never need but may desperately require
when you least expect it it’s going to
cost you is a thousand and one pound of
your finest mess divorces car accidents
and other financial disputes are
frequent enough occurrences that you’ll
likely encounter at least one in a
lifetime to avoid being taken advantage
of it’s highly advisable to hire a
lawyer anyone asks you anything how you
doing isn’t it a nice day say gee I
don’t know talk to my lawyer thing is
you’ll still be taken advantage of even
a modest attorney can cost between two
and four hundred dollars per hour in the
city the profession has been a lightning
rod for criticism but hey considering
you can leave a simple consultation with
empty pockets you can kind of understand
why you get me one coffee drinker on
that jury you won’t walk out of there a
rich man number five diamonds or
engagement rings diamonds
people don’t love them because they’re
cheap it’s more or less a rule that all
engagements include the purchase of a
diamond ring
yes sir and how will you be paying for
it I don’t know in the late 1800s De
Beers stockpiled diamonds
effectively gaining a monopoly on the
market they then ran a stellar marketing
campaign drilling it into our heads that
diamonds equal love now it’s just about
impossible to get a proper ring for
under $2,000 let’s be honest financial
stability isn’t necessarily a precursor
to marriage I got a real interesting
price on Fulbright right around there
yes if only we could all agree to stop
the whole diamond ring thing can we
interest anyone in a cubic zirconia or
maybe a nice moissanite ring perhaps
number for health care have you heard of
the Affordable Care Act oh yeah I heard
about that that’s the thing that doesn’t
work those among us living with a
well-established universally funded
health care program or who are given
adequate health care by employers get to
avoid this massive headache others have
to live with the knowledge that one
small accident could mean financial ruin
or crippling debt hospital bills pretty
much sucked up all the money the worst
part of it all you never really know the
cost before head should you wait out the
head cold at home or roll the dice see a
doctor and play The Price is Right
guessing game while waiting for the bill
often it’s not a choice you have a heart
attack
and wake up owing six figures number
three a college education student should
not have to drown in debt to get an
education they need to survive there’s
nothing else out there that manages to
put young people tens of thousands of
dollars into debt with no guarantee of
adequate future payoffs kind of get up
early and waste some more money on my
other prized education sure the
statistics are there you learn
exponentially more in your lifetime with
a college degree that statistic doesn’t
make it any easier to take out a $5,000
loan every semester though in-state
public tuition currently costs roughly
10 grand a year excluding room and board
that doesn’t even address the added woes
of out-of-state tuition
what’s more just when you managed to
scrape together the funds for tuition
you get your astronomically expensive
textbook shopping list oh the joys of
higher learning
number two funerals he thought it was
okay to tell people about a cheaper
casket time for a rather morbid pitstop
funerals are just about the most
painfully expensive service out there
when a loved one dies it’s up to an
inner circle of family to figure out the
details of the burial process while
grieving it feels inappropriate to
haggle over prices but it often seems
almost as if the industry is well aware
of this fact and makes the most of it
you maybe get excited when someone dies
exactly cuz you’re like I’m going to
prophesize because Oh exactly
there was losing make sure you’re
sitting down for this one the average
funeral costs between 7,000 and 10,000
dollars the burial site and digging
costs roughly $1,500 but that’s before
the coffin tombstone funeral service and
funeral director fees are tallied even
the most basic cremation costs between
one and three thousand dollars before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions at businesses like
rapid refill recycled and refilled
cartridges can run anywhere from four
dollars fifty cents to twenty four fifty
so congratulations four-eyes you belongs
with an elite group of bespectacled
geniuses like the men who invented
bifocals I get you something to drink uh
that water’s fine urn I can’t go myself
do you have a Miller High Life
number one weddings it was a tough
choice between these last two but
weddings have reached such ludicrous
levels of cost that they practically
deserve their own tax break
not including rings honeymoons and
bachelor parties a wedding will suck you
dry to the tune of on average $26,000
well you still have me yeah we as a
society love weddings and the industry
knows it sure the gift registry does
have items starting at 40 bucks apiece
but when it’s all said and paid for that
will hardly result in you and your
beloved breaking even it better be the
happiest day of your life if it’s going
to cost you your life savings do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
four new videos every day
somebody clearly didn’t get the memo
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
things that are more expensive than they
should be
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
goods and services that are outlandish
ly pricey considering what’s being given
in return and you just love lobster
number 10 concert tickets there’s
something undeniably special about
seeing your favorite performer lives
[Applause]
surrounding yourself with thousands of
diehard fans singing and dancing along
it all gives music and added to mention
you just can’t get listening to a
recording but it gets a bit difficult to
dance when you’ve paid an arm and a leg
for the ticket as of 2016
the average price per ticket for an
American concert is roughly forty seven
dollars and that’s not even for the good
seats with so many people crowded into
such a small place it can be challenged
not to wonder where all that money is
going number nine furniture it’s a cost
you really don’t understand until you
move out there are so many supposedly
essential furniture items to buy and
each one is likely to cost you anywhere
between a hundred bucks to well over a
thousand depending on the piece
ironically this is now the most
expensive piece of furniture in the
entire department some are non
negotiables like beds dishwashers and
dressers others really make you stop and
think though well paying $500 for a
coffee table actually make your living
arrangements any better
thankfully for the frugally minded we
live in the golden age of online
classifieds where if you don’t mind
something used you can acquire many of
these items at a fraction of the cost
number eight everything in movie
theaters let’s go google love be it
feels build something it’s pretty
obvious when you think about it if
you’ve got a captive audience you can
set the prices wherever you want and
that’s why a simple candy craving can
break the bank whether you’re at a movie
theater airport or sports stadium the
most consistently frustrating of all is
the movie theater though if we spent a
billion dollars at the box office on
Star Wars how are we still paying like
eight bucks on licorice but what is a
movie without snacks sky-high concession
stand prices have encouraged even the
most squeaky clean among us to smuggle
in our own treats on occasion it’s
basically skimping appearances
number seven playing tickets the
phenomenon of air travel is truly
incredible flying across the country in
a few hours when it would otherwise take
days to drive is a miracle that should
be enjoyed by all the thing is it’s hard
to enjoy the experience when you know
you’ve paid through the nose for it good
luck finding a domestic flight under 300
bucks and international ones often cost
you over a grand roundtrip
and there will be seventeen thousand
four hundred and twelve dollars
considering the fact that airplane food
is glorified cardboard and each person
is allotted a two foot by two foot space
for the flights duration air travel
offers few comforts and what about
family trips in a car the price of gas
is divided in the air you’re paying per
head number six lawyers all right
Charlie remember this lawyer is not a
big fan of ours we’re probably gonna
have to turn the charm up a little bit
in the beginning here’s a professional
who services you fervently hope you
never need but may desperately require
when you least expect it it’s going to
cost you is a thousand and one pound of
your finest mess divorces car accidents
and other financial disputes are
frequent enough occurrences that you’ll
likely encounter at least one in a
lifetime to avoid being taken advantage
of it’s highly advisable to hire a
lawyer anyone asks you anything how you
doing isn’t it a nice day say gee I
don’t know talk to my lawyer thing is
you’ll still be taken advantage of even
a modest attorney can cost between two
and four hundred dollars per hour in the
city the profession has been a lightning
rod for criticism but hey considering
you can leave a simple consultation with
empty pockets you can kind of understand
why you get me one coffee drinker on
that jury you won’t walk out of there a
rich man number five diamonds or
engagement rings diamonds
people don’t love them because they’re
cheap it’s more or less a rule that all
engagements include the purchase of a
diamond ring
yes sir and how will you be paying for
it I don’t know in the late 1800s De
Beers stockpiled diamonds
effectively gaining a monopoly on the
market they then ran a stellar marketing
campaign drilling it into our heads that
diamonds equal love now it’s just about
impossible to get a proper ring for
under $2,000 let’s be honest financial
stability isn’t necessarily a precursor
to marriage I got a real interesting
price on Fulbright right around there
yes if only we could all agree to stop
the whole diamond ring thing can we
interest anyone in a cubic zirconia or
maybe a nice moissanite ring perhaps
number for health care have you heard of
the Affordable Care Act oh yeah I heard
about that that’s the thing that doesn’t
work those among us living with a
well-established universally funded
health care program or who are given
adequate health care by employers get to
avoid this massive headache others have
to live with the knowledge that one
small accident could mean financial ruin
or crippling debt hospital bills pretty
much sucked up all the money the worst
part of it all you never really know the
cost before head should you wait out the
head cold at home or roll the dice see a
doctor and play The Price is Right
guessing game while waiting for the bill
often it’s not a choice you have a heart
attack
and wake up owing six figures number
three a college education student should
not have to drown in debt to get an
education they need to survive there’s
nothing else out there that manages to
put young people tens of thousands of
dollars into debt with no guarantee of
adequate future payoffs kind of get up
early and waste some more money on my
other prized education sure the
statistics are there you learn
exponentially more in your lifetime with
a college degree that statistic doesn’t
make it any easier to take out a $5,000
loan every semester though in-state
public tuition currently costs roughly
10 grand a year excluding room and board
that doesn’t even address the added woes
of out-of-state tuition
what’s more just when you managed to
scrape together the funds for tuition
you get your astronomically expensive
textbook shopping list oh the joys of
higher learning
number two funerals he thought it was
okay to tell people about a cheaper
casket time for a rather morbid pitstop
funerals are just about the most
painfully expensive service out there
when a loved one dies it’s up to an
inner circle of family to figure out the
details of the burial process while
grieving it feels inappropriate to
haggle over prices but it often seems
almost as if the industry is well aware
of this fact and makes the most of it
you maybe get excited when someone dies
exactly cuz you’re like I’m going to
prophesize because Oh exactly
there was losing make sure you’re
sitting down for this one the average
funeral costs between 7,000 and 10,000
dollars the burial site and digging
costs roughly $1,500 but that’s before
the coffin tombstone funeral service and
funeral director fees are tallied even
the most basic cremation costs between
one and three thousand dollars before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions at businesses like
rapid refill recycled and refilled
cartridges can run anywhere from four
dollars fifty cents to twenty four fifty
so congratulations four-eyes you belongs
with an elite group of bespectacled
geniuses like the men who invented
bifocals I get you something to drink uh
that water’s fine urn I can’t go myself
do you have a Miller High Life
number one weddings it was a tough
choice between these last two but
weddings have reached such ludicrous
levels of cost that they practically
deserve their own tax break
not including rings honeymoons and
bachelor parties a wedding will suck you
dry to the tune of on average $26,000
well you still have me yeah we as a
society love weddings and the industry
knows it sure the gift registry does
have items starting at 40 bucks apiece
but when it’s all said and paid for that
will hardly result in you and your
beloved breaking even it better be the
happiest day of your life if it’s going
to cost you your life savings do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
four new videos every day
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