Biggest scam you didn’t know was a scam

Eating out anywhere has become a real scam. Mostly the price of desserts which are usually catering packs cut up with a piece of fruit on top and some icing sugar and priced over 7 or 8 pounds per item.

Are you OK? What's going on in your life that makes you so nasty?

Regarding home decor...

I once got an absolute steal on ebay. Displayed but unused Kitchen Aid mixer, so basically brand new, for £150.

The description said "Selling as doesnt match my new kitchen accessories" It was fucking BLACK!!! Black goes with everything and they were £450 new at the time!

Some people would stick tenners up their bums if you told them it was fashionable!

Light-hearted is not the same as stupid.

When everyone else on the thread is saying they've never cleaned a chair leg in their life, the marketing team at the Chair Leg Sanitation Board aren't doing a very good job.

Most of the science now shows that for most people it's about what they eat and not exercise. Isn't this also what sliming clubs promote?

So true. I hear this all the time but it’s the adults who seem to want to live outside their means. Once upon a time before manufacturing in China people made do with less and they valued quality. Now everything is disposable and cheap but it’s actually a much more expensive way to live. Same with eating out - this used to be a luxury for a special occasions now people eat out all the time and no surprise they are not as as older generations who cooked at home

Would you share, where you had your dress made please. Thank you

People are tricking you. What do you think marketing is? In the 1950s marketers either out that they could sell much more stuff if, rather than telling you about the product, they told you how much better your life would be with this product, how much happier you’d be if you only had x, how much more successful, or attractive you’d be. And it’s been downhill since then. It’s very hard to fight against something that’s being constantly fed to you, and this messaging is picked up and run with by everyone around you, meaning that it’s not just pressure from the ads etc themselves, but also societal pressure, constantly telling you you need more “stuff”, That’s the scam. And I think it’s helpful to remind yourself that’s what it is, as you may then have half a chance of fighting these constant unconscious messages.

To answer the question, I realised pretty quickly that AVON is an MLM or pyramid scheme and when my family was telling me to be come an Avon girl.

if you look into it its 100% an MLM and theres no way in hell you would be able to make good money off it if thats your sole income.
no one will believe me when i say this and thinks its normal and they have a good name

A lot of this nonsense has come about because of social media, no-one knew, or gave a damn about, Mrs Rooney's home decorations, family pjs etc., to just pick an example, there are 1000s of others.
What many people don't realise is that the better known you are the less you have to pay, companies are falling over themselves to be seen decorating the homes of the famous, a bit like they get free holidays on the TV that cost them nothing, in fact they will be gettig paid.

Agreed!

Corporation pop? Has to come from the North West though it would be Vimto for me to retain my NW credentials, before they went national and did weird things!

Turns out Mobility Cars are a scam.... Keeping car sales up and car dealerships financially viable. And banks charging high interest to do the loans into the Scheme. It's a total racket. See the grifters on Tiktok promoting the scam.

1 of every 5 new cars are now bought through The Mobility Scheme, purportedly for disabled drivers.

Turns out that those applying for the cars are often not those who are driving them daily. No, its often family members that are using them for a daily commute given three drivers can be put FREE on the insurance.
All costs are covered inc servicing &insurance & a replacement car every 3 years. All they pay for is fuel!
It benefits sales numbers, dealerships and banks and the Government needs to get a grip asap.....BUT will they?

Yeh with the decorating thing it’s why I never go for something ‘fashionable’ although tempting. I always remind myself that what I think I love I probably don’t really it’s just what’s fashionable. And then I think back to the maroon walls and thick gold pelmet’s curtains swags and tails shit, and stencils, - how expensive rhat was and how a year later I realised how shit it was.

since then if it’s a big thing like new sofas or kitchen I go simple and plain so I can’t hate it later.

Yes, but the business isn't doing so well. Less people getting married.

My MIL changes her decor all the time, does my head in , suppose it's just her thing though

Yes! I never understood this! You obviously put on clothes every day so although you don't need to follow fashion, I can see how that's a thing. But why would you go through painting or wallpapering a room/your home and then change it because of what's in fashion? Anyone who does that must have amounts of money and time I can't even fathom.

I also feel like that about Christmas decorations - I haul the same ones out every year and have a christmas tree ornament collection that I occasionally add to, and treasure. When I realised a friend was chucking them out and buying new ones in the "in" colours every year I was horrified!

The biggest scam is being told what you like by someone else and believing it.

I was 30 when I realised house decor was gashionable/seasonal. I just assumed you did what was to your taste and style, didn't know certain tiles, colours, effects were trendy and then old fashioned....SCAM!

Dental charges, there's a lot of very rich dentists out there.

I kept noticing a lovely fresh smell on my clothes yesterday and I don't use fabric conditioner or perfume. Then I realized it was because the weather had been good enough for me to hang my washing out to dry last week.

Corporation pop with a dab of ribena for me.

I agree that the business model behind WW, SW etc that people fail. If they didnt then they wouldnt keep paying.

The "eat less, do more" idea though doesnt actually work for most people. Exercise makes you fitter but doesnt do a lot for weight loss. Eating less, if you are eating the wrong things in the first place, wont do much either. Sugar addiction is the biggest issue in obesity for a lot of people. All sugars not just the sweet sort. This is another reason why the slimming clubs dont work long term. SW is the worst for this as it says you can eat as much pasta as you like as long as you dont eat XYZ with it and their "syn" free treats are high in sugar too. Oh yes you will lose weight but until you kick the sugar habit, it wont stay off.

Eat less yourself and do more exercise.