Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=20980322'>posted</a> on 01/24/2014:

#5 Computer Repair
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the vast majority of what a computer repairer does can be done by yourself by always saving important files to software and just restoring the comp to a date prior to the problems or just formatting the computer if it gets really bad. That's what the computer tech does half the time and charges you for it. The worst are these companies you see on tv commercials, loads of complaints about them stealing from people and doing nothing.

#4 Banking
Lending institutions, or usurers as they were formerly known, are scams from top to bottom. The hidden fees, bailouts, and preferential treatment from the government help make this business shady. It would take too long to go into all the details, but unfortunately banks have become integral to our economy while at the same time wreaking havoc upon it.

#3 Mechanic
Probably 90% of mechanics give the other 10% a bad name. If you walk in to an auto shop and don't seem to have a clue it's like feeding time for sharks. Especially for women, very common to go in for a burned out light and leave with an appointment for a new transmission installation.

#2 Drug dealing
While obviously unhealthy and predatory to the users it can't be number one as it does actually deliver goods that the customer demands and pays for. I'm not going to go as far as including big drug companies but they share many characteristics with the street dealer

#1 Sports touting
The biggest scam business IMO. Preys on desperate people with gambling addictions but offers no actual product for the payment received, just tricks and illusions


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