Overheard a woman at the grocery store bragging about her $800 fridge water filter replacement

I was grabbing milk and this lady is telling her friend she paid $800 to have a plumber swap out her fridge's water filter system. Said it was "easier than dealing with those little filters every 6 months." I looked it up on my phone right there, a pack of 3 compatible filters costs $22 on Amazon and takes 2 minutes to change. Has anyone else noticed people just throw money at stuff that takes almost zero effort to do yourself?

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tara74520d ago

People DO get carried away with paying for stuff that's simple to figure out. Also $800 sounds EXCESSIVE even for a plumber to do that job, maybe she got a whole new filtration system or something.

adams.vera20d ago

Relate to that @tara745, my last "quick fix" cost me a new coffee maker and a minor kitchen flood.