Thursday, May 8, 2008

Hierarchy of Extortion

The same bottle of mineral water, priced in different places:

Supermarket: ¥1.10
Foreign Student dorm convenience store: ¥1.50
Foreign Guests accommodation convenience store: ¥2.00

On rising prices:

My favourite brand of yoghurt at:

Supermarket (as of April): ¥7.00
Foreign Student dorm convenience store (April):¥7.50
Foreign Student dorm convenience store (May):¥8.00


I'm usually not too careful about prices, but this is...