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20 Arnaques (rip-offs)

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Susie Hollands

1. Haircuts

2. Dry cleaning

3. 1€ bathroom entry and 3€ toilet rolls at Printemps

4. Bottled water in restaurants and cafés

5. Pink Lady apples

6. Buddha Bar

7. Zénith

8. Mobicarte

9. Service Plomberie

10. Manicure / pedicure

11. Dépots de vente

12. L’épicerie du coin

13. Printer ink

14. Developing photographs

15. A pint

16. Anything en livraison

17. Kooples

18. Rôtisserie chicken

19. Shaving razors

20. Vélibs, only when: flat tyres , no brakes, bent wheel, sliding seat, wobbly handlebars, loose chain, gears slipping, the machine doesn’t print a ticket, using it for over half an hour … forgetting where you parked it. Otherwise a bargain.

Thanks to Kinneret Rosenbloom for suggesting 20 “super-over priced Parisian items” and winning the much coveted ‘Elles’ catalogue.