Outrageous pear prices.

Oh my! It sounds like price gouging. They shouldn't have been about 35 cents each. Pears aren't that heavy to cost that much.

too expensive.... here in italy, the most that a pears can cost is 3 euros a kilo, off season. maybe there was a mistake, are you sure the scale wasn't broken? maybe you should go back to check this out. which country are you in and how much is a kilo of pear there?

That has to be a mistake. Surely the cashier accidentally cheated you. I mean I was agog over the fact that buying one pear at my grocery store cost 90 cents. I can't imagine one pear almost costing four dollars. Did you call the store to ask? I kind of feel like going to that store and chewing them out for you. I mean, we aren't made of money people! And my threat of chewing out is probably in vain if I'm talking to a woman. I have a much easier time chewing out a male than a female. ; )

I think fruit and vegetables are costing more these days. This is due to poor weather and not as much of the produce as usual being available. Some fruit is grown in your home country and some of it is exported from elsewhere. Pears at $3.99 last week were very pricey indeed. Even pears at $3.20 are way too expensive. I feel ill seeing higher prices all the time. Yesterday 1.00 and today 1.56. It all seems crazy to me and high prices will put people off fruit.

That really expensive. Here in our place, I do not buy pears because they cost about $2 dollars each. I would have wanted to buy some for fruit salad but I just opt for apples instead. Apples are expensive too, almost a dollar each, but better than pears. Are pears really that expensive? Maybe there was a mistake.

I hardly go shopping and so I only have hear say knowledge about prices. Recently I had to do some shopping and looked for apples. The price that I knew was Rs. 20 a kilo. I almost fainted when they told me that it was Rs. 150/- a kilo. Prices are rising at a galloping rate!

Oh my friend, what am I to do with you, I remember you getting ripped off before, whilst stopping at a layby on your way home and finding rotten fruit and paying over the odds for them, and now this? I'd hate to remind you that things come in threes, but you need to be vigilant. Those are mighty expensive pears and should taste like nectar, manna from the Gods themselves for that hiked up price!

That will certainly kill your budget fast. Is it the wrong season for them? Are you able to grow this type of fruit where you live? I know you would not have chosen them if you knew the price. Here they are marked at the shelf. Is it possible that the cashier rung up three times the cost she should have? You could always call the store and ask what the price is and see if there was some kind of an error.

The last time I looked at fresh pears I decided to buy the canned ones because they were so highly priced. And people wonder why the poor in my country are fat--it's mainly because they can't afford to eat a healthy diet, not because they are gluttons or uneducated. When you can pay $4 for a pack of hot dogs, a box of cookies and one of macaroni and cheese and feed your family, you're not going to pay $10 for lean chicken and fresh vegetables and fruit! I keep a tally of what I'm buying as I go through the aisles so I don't get surprised at the checkout. I cannot believe you had to spend that much on pears!!! I wonder if canned pears are less expensive there?

Yeah, that's a bit pricey. I guess they are going out of season, so the store charges more, or maybe it's a mistake? usually when things are that expensive here, it's because they're out of season and they've been shipped up from South AMerica.

Are they gold plated? Don't break a tooth!

Because they are not ripe so they are heavier right now. I saw some for the same price. I am going back for some asparagus tomorrow but that's all.

Wow that is quite a jump in price! was there maybe an error in the register system I am a Produce Manager at a grocery store and I know that sometimes the codes get messed up and things don't ring up at what they are supposed to Also I can tell you that around here I have noticed a drastic increase in cost distributors are charging stores more for most things due to unfavorable growing conditions I try to keep my prices as low as I can so the customers don't feel like you did but sometimes its unavoidable

My beloved wife wanted me to eat something healthy and hence she got me some apples at 7 USD a kilo(3 pieces only) I have no intentions of eating those directly and have invested another 5 USD in buying some custard powder, some more affordable fruits and now am waiting for her to arrive on Saturday evening/night when we would have them together. Seriously, I agree with you that the price rise has been steep here in India too and almost everything's prices have skyrocketed. Though I am supposed to be on medicinal diet, I simply cannot afford anything nutritious just because my earnings are much lower than their costs.

WOW what a rip off. THink I would have told the man to move please and I wouldnt have left the counter before it was all added up ya can catch them over charging if ya watching them

It is hard to believe they sold them at such a price.However they didn't seem to rip you off.I doubt if it was a well-known quality variety of pear.

hi dear MsTickle same here with other fruits and veggies..... you really got to look for the bargains if you want to eat healthy. Most of the time I go for frozen veggies cause they are not that expensive.

i do not know, where we can buy items with cheaper amount. in here, apple would price half a dollar - that would be the maximum price of it. and pears as well, it also cost half a dollar per piece. but in the supermarket, it costs 3 dollars to 4 dollars maximum. well, that is quiet expensive in the philippines because all of the rate is based upon the economic state of the country and knowing this country of ours is not rich. i am not buying these fruits most of the time, i mean, rarely would do this. but to stay fit and healthy, we have seasonal fruits every year. i mean different fruits sold in the market in its peak season like mangoes, mangosteen, durian, bananas (we can have this all of the time), guabano (sour grape), guavas, avocado and many more. the price of it is a dollar and a half (maximum price). but if lots of stocks - we can buy it, half or one dollar. it is really nice to be healthy that is why we need to eat fruits to sustain the nutrients and minerals in our body. but sometimes, our financial state would affect not to. but also, we can find another alternative to stay healthy :)

I think pears are Mexicos most expensive fruits. here where I live they cost about 3.75 us dollars per lb. I dont get them very often.

oh my God that is too expensive to pay that much only for 3 pears... I actually love dry pears too much , wishing for the time that my grandparents were alive and we used to go to their garden and eat lots of different fruits and making jams and baked fruits... wow, pears always recall my old memories..