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    What’s something you know it’s happening in Switzerland but you can’t prove it?

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    1. Cereal-killerCH on

      Politicians getting kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies etc. Or other industries. Human nature…..

    2. heliosh on

      I hear some people stir their Rösti constantly while frying, instead of frying one side and then the other.

    3. Federal-Subject-8783 on

      Too many barber shops per capita, there must be something off there

      There is some shady stuff going on with companies who make those labels for doorbells/mailboxes that you are forced to buy when you move into a new place and it’s like 60 bucks for 2 stupid pieces of plastic

    4. Suspicious_Place1270 on

      That there is a massive lobby in products like drinks and snacks and similar stuff in hospitals and other public facilities that persuades said facilities in buying and selling their stuff only and not considering others. All this goes at the expense of the general public.

      Real life example: Why does Unispital Zürich have to order their food and beverages from Transgourmet, a coop subsidiary, that is most definitely the most expensive one?

      Why not get Lidl or Aldi or literally MIGROS to deliver the food for you? They are all cheaper and considerably better alternatives. But no, it is transgourmet.

      And then again, what brands do they order? Coca Cola and the most expensive yoghurts from Emmi.

      So, my point is, that there is no fair market because either the people collude with their own interests (stocks etc.) or the companies lobby their way into stuff they should not be able to lobby in.

    5. ProfileBest2034 on

      Obvious price fixing across competitors in nearly every industry. 

      Next time you are at any restaurant look at the cheapest meal, they are all virtually the same price irrespective of what kind of restaurant you are in. There is a minimum which has obviously been agreed somewhere or somehow. 

      Some say this just represents the minimum possible in Switzerland given the cost of everything which is nonsense. A plate of pasta costs about 2 chf when the ingredients are bought in bulk. Why should that then sell for 26-28 CHF everywhere?

      This is just one example but you can see it everywhere once you start looking. 

    7. HiImMari on

      systematic revocation of majority left wing cities’ autonomy by the majority right wing country side with e.g reduced transit spending resulting in a more car orientated landscape & city-unfriendly policies such as “no 30km/h”

    9. tinmru on

      All those coiffeur places are mafia fronts for laundering money. There are like 20 barbershops in Zurich on Badenerstrasse and they’re like 20 meters from each other. You can’t convince me each of them is profitable and is able to pay 4 employees who are mostly outside smoking or on their phones.

    10. Suspicious_Place1270 on

      Another point: making SBB and/or Post private is actually worsening their situation.

      Paying a CEO is more expensive, consequently abusing workers because said CEO wants more money is more expensive on the long run (training loss after people leave the whole industry etc.), forcing a profit is more expensive on the end consumer and forces the company to be greedy which in turn forces them to have weak public service capabilities that are just too expensive.

      But as the government “profits” off of it, I can not prove it’s not better that way.

      One good compromise would be to actually pick a CEO and assure they consider some base values that can not be avoided.

    11. MycologistOver3165 on

      Migration is pushing rents up. Can’t prove it and obviously there are other factors such as lack of new buildings, but with so many people moving in it just feels like demand is way ahead of supply. Latest numbers show ca 5.9 net migrants per 1‘000 people in 2024. For comparison, Germany is around 1.8/1‘000…

    12. Suspicious_Place1270 on

      That all the coiffure salons are actually just a front for money laundering and the state is doing nothing because it actually benefits them.

      EDIT: correction, not all of them, I know one lady very personally and she is definitely just doing real business, but some salons are really sketchy and you can’t make this up that they have so little work but are at a premium spot.

      Also: some fast food restaurants like kebab-holes or shawarma-shops are definitely doing shady business. I can’t grasp why the tax police did not do anything there to punish them.

      But then, once you look at criminal stats: Swiss are actually the majority of criminals here doing financial scams including money laundering. Maybe that explains the reluctancy of actually doing something?

    13. Federal-Subject-8783 on

      Home internet companies all run 70% discount at all times and they all end up being about 40 bucks a month. Price fixing much

    14. Electroboy5 on

      Politicians get 1000% by lobbyists to vote for rising prices such as rent, health insurance, food, restaurants etc.

      The whole population is mourning for years about krankenkassenprämien but nothing happens. Same with rent.

    19. Pretend-Focus-8337 on

      Swiss hippies/alternative scenes are the prime demographic for Russian/right wing propaganda seeing as they’re so against government and anything associated with popular science

    20. HF_Martini6 on

      Both sides of the political extremism spectrum are not only gaining traction but also followers and violence is on the rise.

      Moderate, constructive people willing to talk to each other respectfully are becoming less and less.

    21. IrisKV on

      They are rigging the machines you can see at the Cailler museum so people still buy the whole “They all taste the same” lie about the bars that’s there so you won’t suspect *too much* they are actually slightly lower quality. Cailler saves up billions each year that way.

    22. puglet1964 on

      Swiss to Swiss real estate transactions that never hit the market (rental or sale), making you believe the insane offers on Homegate represent “the market”

    24. HelicopterNo9453 on

      The government supports (or gets “lobbied by) de facto mono- or duopolies and we customers always end up paying the price. 

      And now on top of that, they’re trying to scrap the free import threshold (currently 150 CHF) just to block competition from abroad. 

      They want us to buy overpriced stuff, worse services and we better be happy about it…

    28. Rare-Artichoke-5584 on

      I m deeply disturbed by what’s going on at specific areas of Zurich on 1st of May, and feel that the whole world goes to hell (not just Switzerland). This aggressive crowd feeling, makes no good to noone.

    32. Signor_C on

      Another one: what’s the deal with the “No advertisement stickers” on the post boxes? Everyone has it (me included) but I keep getting tons of ads

    33. PrinzRakaro on

      Cooperative members have lost all controll over migros/coop/Fenaco/raiffeisen. Look up m-frühling, Sorgim or detailwandel. It’s not even Stockholders that profit, the profit just dissappears inside the cooperatives.

    34. LalosRelbok on

      Woth all the coiffure salons. Theres also billiard places i feel like. Theres a billiard place thats been next to my place for my entire life and i rarely see people, only on weekends but alsononly since after the pandemic. There have never been more than three groups in there at once before 2022 and its a very big place

    35. Gumphant on

      2nd hand cars. They’re so many fancy car locations for used cars totally away from high traffic areas with fancy cars. Very questionable

    36. Interesting-Bus-7656 on

      Parking in public health facilities. I had a burnout and needed psychiatric therapy for 4months and each day in parking costs 18CHF!
      Luckily I only had to be for 4hrs which was “just” 5CHF per day. But still. I asked around and every employee said that there is unfoetunately no discount. I feel this has to change, so that at least patients can park for free.
      Luckily I have a plug-in hybrid car and therefore was able to park on beside charging stations and only charge 1% hehehhe.

      Edit: parking cost per day for me

    38. DangerousCell2863 on

      Money Laundering. Obviously. Especially in Citys its obvious very much small shops without customers and absolute no concept

    40. ToasterJunkie on

      Not my own conspiracy, but I once worked with a guy that was convinced that items on sale at Migros are made up of “returned” food from a nearby military WK.

    42. Big_beaver46 on

      The owner of the local Dönerladen pulling Up in a BMW X5 with the M package while having 3 customers a month

    43. Appropriate-Main-105 on

      Companies are making a coordinated effort to get employees back into the office. The timing makes me quite sure that at least some of the big corporations coordinated this among themselves.

    46. Every_Tap8117 on

      Regies collude behind the scenes in Major cites such as Geneva and snap all the housing either for them or their wealthy owners on their behalf. Keeping the low rent really nice places for themself and their friends. All the while being 100% nationalist on whom actually get an apartment in a artificially scare apartment market.

      From my room at I type this i have a count of 42 flats i have tabs on (i can see 3 major blocks here in my Neighborhood out my window) and for 8 years I have yet to see a light on. Now when I talk to the concierge of one of these that has at least 8 apartments that haven not once had a single light on he says its tight but they have a 3 bedroom for 5.5k+ charges if interested.