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Biggest Ripoffs in US

Phone texts, movie popcorn, and textbooks are overpriced

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff | Suggested by easterner

Posted Feb 2, 2010 5:58 PM CST

(Newser) – Text messages may be the biggest ripoff in America. It costs 1/3 of a cent for carriers to send a message, but they can hit you with a 20-cent charge on pay-per-text plans. That's a markup of 6,500%. More bad deals from CNNMoney:

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