Cookware
Cookware has been around ever since cavepersons fashioned crude implements to aid in roasting whatever critter they could wrestle into the fire. The modern version might work a little better but when you get right down to it, the pans you can buy at Wal-Mart for $9.99 are about as adequate for most cooks as the $99.00 model.
Unfortunately, those about to start families are frequently bamboozled into buying outrageously expensive kitchenware by silver-tongued in-home salesmen, by pitchmen at bridal fairs and at "seminars" that promise free travel to those unlucky enough to spend $3,000 for a set of pots and pans.