Movie goers in Livonia, MI grumble about expensive snacks. In economics, this very example is a classic intermediate micro problem (see Alchian and Allen's textbook for probably the best treatment you could hope for). In practice, regular folks see eight bucks for a box of Goobers and think it's a rip-off.
Buying snacks at the theater: predict what would happen to ticket prices (and theater attendance) if theaters were forced to sell candy and popcorn at the same price as at the local Wegman's.
Bonus points: what's the BATNA for not enjoying the refreshing flavor of Milk Duds?
(EDITOR'S NOTE: MR has a piece on this, a while back. Comments are interesting. A lot of people just don't understand economics. And, apparently, Sam is always fussing about stuff like this.)
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Do you have suggestions on where we could find more examples of this phenomenon?