Reddit Users Enumerate The "Legal Scams" People Should Know About
The IRS be like: "I know exactly how much you owe in taxes, but we won't tell you. If you get it wrong, expect a hefty fine. LOL, we're so quirky."
Reddit users are calling out the everyday charges, fees, and business models that feel legal on paper but rotten in practice. The conversation started with one simple question, and it quickly turned into a long list of the things people say drain money from regular customers while pretending to be normal.
From ticket fees and parking charges to insurance headaches and predatory subscriptions, the thread pulls together a familiar kind of frustration. The people weighing in are not talking about one bad company, they are pointing at systems that seem designed to make paying more feel unavoidable.
Some of the examples are petty, some are outrageous, and a few are both.
The question that sparked this conversation posted on r/AskReddit:
F1yff1. An ad asking entrepreneurs to pay $289 to have their small business website listed on their domain, sent via snail mail for a personal touch.
RecentLingonberry821That fee is doing a lot of work.
2. Everyone who has purchased and booked any form of ticket online and printed it at home knows about this questionable fee.
eastherbunni
3. They always find a way to tell you how you broke your warranty, and, poor them, they want to help you so badly, but their hands are tied.
ggs_golf
4. All those unnecessary commentaries on top of the "news" when it's really just an intellectual (most of the time) pissing contest.
flowachild357
5. What a way to kick a person when they're already down, making them pay you a fee for the privilege.
Grateful_me
6. They also get paid vacations, earn significantly more than most of us, and their job is part-time, yet they're telling the rest of us that these basic rights are not beneficial.
vabeach23451
People were especially annoyed by the double standard.
7. You pay someone for a crash course to tell you what you already know, but they promise you'll learn the secret to success by the end of it—if you pay them again to unlock that secret.
AAlHazred
8. How is this a legitimate business model? It doesn't make sense.
Silverback_Vanilla
9. Food delivery services take a percentage from the food, charge a delivery fee, and then have the audacity to charge more for their service.
carbondupe
10. What in the power-tripping hell is this?
MYule90
That one hit a nerve fast.
11. Multi-level marketing, networking, or simply a pyramid scheme. Don't sign up for this, boss babe!
Thats_My_Moo
12. Timeshares that mess up the local housing market.
EatEmUpJack
13. Getting out of those timeshares is also a scam.
cmc
14. The IRS not telling you what you owe in taxes because tax services lobby politicians to ensure the process ages you 10 years, forcing you to use their service. Presto, they have a business!
DestroyingAwesome
15. TV preachers who ask for money so they can buy a new Gulfstream. It's their fourth private plane, but God said they must have it for their devotion or something.
i_tune_to_dropD
16. Parking fees in hospitals and ATM withdrawal fees.
P13r15
17. Health insurance that doesn't work.
ForkShirtUp
18. It's called a subscription model, Brenda; get with the times.
xmuskorx
19. Ticketmaster.
Ecstatic-Election354
People are tired of their games.
People are tired of their games.
lugnutsandbolts
20. Paying someone to legally kidnap your child and then take them to a camp to "correct" them.
st0dad
st0dad
These companies and agencies not only willingly engage in this behavior, but their entire businesses also rely on these loopholes to thrive. They need the scam to continue padding their bottom lines.
They "donate" to politicians to ensure they stay within the parameters of the law, and it works. Bills and resolutions are passed to protect their interests while the rest of us are left to fend for ourselves and yell loudly on the internet.
For another money fight, see how one person challenged family members for unequal bill payments despite lavish spending.
