I suppose I might have titled this 'reasonable' and 'unreasonable' if there were room.

I have had this topic in mind for quite awhile, but something finally pushed me to start it.

What products do you consider to be fairly and reasonably priced? or not! I am NOT looking for just high prices or just for things which seem to be bargains, but rather for items whose everyday price appears to you to reflect manufacturing cost plus a reasonable markup.

I have long felt that items like shampoo and toothpaste and soap were pretty fairly priced, while items like breakfast cereal and candy bars have moved into the exhorbitant and ridiculous range. Even computers have become 'reasonable', even if you can't quite afford a new one every year.

But the item that hit me recently was razor blades....plain, ordinary single-edged razor blades that my wife uses for craft projects and I use in hand-held scrapers and cutters in my shop. In the CVS (big drug store/pharmacy chain) a pack of 10 blades was $4.99!!!! I know that they are not the big item they once were, but I do NOT believe that price is justified by marketing and manufacturing costs. Same with average size candy bars...and I will NOT spend a dollar to buy a pint bottle of WATER!

so...what nominations do you have for rip-offs and decent prices...whether large or small?

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