What product do you buy even though you know it's overpriced?

Heating.

In all seriousness, imported snacks: hot sauces from Mexico, beers from central Europe and fruit from South America.

I don't know anyone that does their own protein powder and it ain't even that expensive if you make the calc for each serving. Going for the trouble to search up all the ingridients one by one and mixing them is way too tidious and a useless time sink.

As for your question: It's probably a flagship phone once in a while. Why do I think it's overpriced? Because I use like at most 10% of what the phone has to offer and pay for the 90%. Why do I do it anyways? Because I buy a phone once all 5-6 years or so. So having the newest tech of 5 years ago isn't that bad. Lower end phones don't hold that long.

Internet. I prefer the underdog, not giant corpo owned ISP... and by paying more, it's only be ause those bs 'sales' the major ISPs put on to their plans that make you fight every 2 years or change provider to the other big corpo.

anytime I ask what the REAL price is, it's shocking higher then what I'm paying...those promos can be cancelled at anytime, without prior notice becAuse terms and conditions those major ISPs use.

I refuse to play that game and would rather have constantly priced invoices from my ISP so I 'pay more'.. plus, the rare time that I call from issues, I talk to someone who actually understands networking and doesn't have a script. my calls last maybe 20, vs the big corpo where it takes me 20-40 minutes to even get a human

I purchased 2 sticks of ram yesterday. Even used, like the ones I purchased, it's overpriced.

If you live in the US. Food, water, housing, education, and community.

iPhone. I haven’t found another smart phone that I actually like.

Insulin. Or rather the insurance plan so I don't have to pay a car down payment on insulin

I'm vegan but really missed ice cream so I started getting Ben and Jerry's almond milk version when it's on sale. It irks me that they charge for a pint what I could get a gallon of the dairy ice cream for, but there isn't much selection for dairy-free. For whatever reason vegan versions of foods are pretty much always priced like premium brands. I'd be happy to buy generic brands of stuff in bulk, but instead I look at the price of something and often decide I don't need it after all.

I dont have a product that I buy that I know is over priced per se but I do shop at a particular liquor store and grocery story that I know are more expensive than others.

Both are just so convenient to my drive home, so if I need to grab a few thins I will hit those.

I dont buy groceries or booze from them for scheduled shopping.

Buying protein in bulk saves a lot over the supplement store.

I buy iPhones. I’m not sure they’re overpriced but they sure are pricey.

I tried a hatch salsa this week. It was $7 but it’s so flavorful. Would recommend. I also got some Whole Foods guacamole with it, so dinner is good this week.

health insurance, is the most obvious i recently have to buy it with some subsidies. and alot of plans dont cover most things until you paid OOP and deductibles, pretty much a scam. unless you have a good job with employee insurance its really almost barebones.

What protein source is cheaper than protein powder? i pay 16€/kg for whey protein

Turbinado sugar. It’s considerably more expensive than processed white sugar, but it’s nice in coffee and when used in certain cheesecake crusts (it doesn’t dissolve and leaves a sweet crunch).

I’m going to grow my own sugar beets this year and try making my own. I know it won’t be the same but as long as I end up with something “close enough”, I’ll be happy.

Many protein powders were found to contain high amounts of heavy metals. Some of the pricier ones (ON Gold Standard, for example) contain less contaminants. I think that makes it worth paying for.

https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640/

food

We get collagen powder but its not very expensive. I mean we splurge on things but im not sure if they are overpriced really. Like pastuer raised eggs. They are like twice as expensive but they are meaningfully better. Hopefully health wise but definately in taste. Same with natural low ingredient ice cream. Id just rather eat them less often than eat the crappier stuff. There is likely something but I can't think of it. My wife buys a lot of keto type stuff and I feel thats overpriced but I don't value them higher than normal products whereas she does.

Mostly convenient sources of protein such as Brust drinks, Leanfit powder, Simple Protein Bars, and Okios Pro Yogurt. Food is often cheaper, but also higher in calories, sugar, and salt.

Camera equipment.

All the mirrorless makers price gouge the daylight out of their stuff.

Snacks at the movie theatre. Costs a lot more than it's worth but I like to have popcorn and soda at the theatre

Water

An iPhone. I’ve tried Android 3 separate times, a Nexus 5, 6P, and Pixel 3A XL, and I keep crawling back to pay the Apple tax.

Although the accessibility features have replaced several assistive devices that each cost several times the price of the iPhone, so it’s a matter of perspective.

Lettuce.

I bought 3 HMD (Nokia) phones back-to-back.