Stuff that costs more than you think it should....
Discussion
groucho said:
sjabrown said:
Expensive booze. Just unknowlingly finished a bottle of plonk that tasted not too bad. Was left for me by previous house owners. Google revealed it's £110+/bottle. I thought it was nice, perhaps worth spending a tenner on.
What was it?To think a large glass would be about £25, at home.
sidekickdmr said:
Houses!
You try and explain how, a small patch of land, with some clay blocks and woodwork, constructed in a few months by a few guys, costs on average £250,000
Quarter of a million pounds!
People used to make mud huts from the ground and twigs around them for free on land they just claimed.
where/when did it all get silly?
Another linked point.
A brand new 3 bed house up noorth is 130K.
The exact same house near london is 600k
Yes i understand the land cost more, and the labour costs are slightly higher, but the raw materials cost exactly the same and that tiny patch of land didnt cost 470K MORE than the other.
Where does the extra money go?
Supply and demand, and a limited supply of land with planning, where the demand is greatest. You try and explain how, a small patch of land, with some clay blocks and woodwork, constructed in a few months by a few guys, costs on average £250,000
Quarter of a million pounds!
People used to make mud huts from the ground and twigs around them for free on land they just claimed.
where/when did it all get silly?
Another linked point.
A brand new 3 bed house up noorth is 130K.
The exact same house near london is 600k
Yes i understand the land cost more, and the labour costs are slightly higher, but the raw materials cost exactly the same and that tiny patch of land didnt cost 470K MORE than the other.
Where does the extra money go?
You could get a 4 bed detatched built in my parents garden on Anglesey for £100K. The local builder gave them a ball park quote. They could sell the house for £200K. The Estate agent reckons the plot is worth £80K with planning. They haven't had a single person interested in the land. Across the road farm land is selling at £5K an acre. Back in London, that building plot would be made to take 4 houses, and that tiny plot of land would cost £80K x N where N is a figure based on how desperate people who work in London are to live there.
Expensive things - the full price of wall paper at Laura Ashley. lucky they had a 50% off sale, and I managed to get a 10% first time user discount on their on line sales.
HaroldBishop said:
Cheese.
This gets my vote. How the actual f
k can cheese cost on average £10/kg? That's your basic bog standard block of cheddar, not some fancy piece from the continent or other side of the world. I simply refuse to buy it unless there's some half price/2 for 1 deal going on.Condi said:
The Vambo said:
Takeaway pizzas.
A large Dominoes is what? 2lb in weight, so that is the same amount of dough as a loaf of bread, 200g catering cheese, 200g of cheap salami and a hand full of vegetables.
18 bloody quid.
Takes the piss. 3 streets from the central station in Rome you can get 600ml of Peroni and a pizza in a sit down cafe for 10 euros. Makes Dominoes seem very expensive. A large Dominoes is what? 2lb in weight, so that is the same amount of dough as a loaf of bread, 200g catering cheese, 200g of cheap salami and a hand full of vegetables.
18 bloody quid.
Mrs PurpleTurtle is currently up the duff and has a craving (so she says!) for a dirty Dominoes every Friday night. It was getting pricey so I have banned delivery given that we live less than half a mile from our local one, I take a spin up there in the car (or motorbike with topbox, for added authenticity) and save a tenner
irocfan said:
HTP99 said:
NAS said:
g3org3y said:
irocfan said:
HTP99 said:
Anything to do with a wedding.
oh fk ME fkING RIGID YES!!!!!!!!!!! Getting married next year and the second any fking parasite hears the 'W' word it seems a licence to wallet rape them 
Wedding planned 2016.
reception - £500 to secure the room (wanted £500 to hire it so I just pointed out that we're likely to be spending at least £3,500/£4,000 on food/drink so the £500 did seem to be taking the piss somewhat - thankfully he agreed!)
photographer is way under what a London snapper would charge (even allowing for paying extra for her to come up to London!)
groom's car? Using my own car
bride's car? may use Mrs Irocfan's
covers and table flowers? Bugger that, buffet (given that the wedding takes place at 16.00 it does make sense for a buffet)
That being said it'll still end up costing a chunk
London424 said:
Only piece of advice I'd offer (if you even want any) is don't skimp on the photographer. The only thing you'll have to look at after the event is the pictures, so make sure you get a decent person in. I've a few friends that cut a bit of cost here and hate their photos and it seems to have taken something from their day.
This!! whilst i'm only an amateur photographer the amount of very bad wedding photos I see from people who have tried to cut on their expenditure just to then spend the saving on table decorations. And then there response - I wish I'd got a better photographer. I know someone who has just booked a photographer without meeting them before hand, why it costs nothing to meet them. ecsrobin said:
London424 said:
Only piece of advice I'd offer (if you even want any) is don't skimp on the photographer. The only thing you'll have to look at after the event is the pictures, so make sure you get a decent person in. I've a few friends that cut a bit of cost here and hate their photos and it seems to have taken something from their day.
This!! whilst i'm only an amateur photographer the amount of very bad wedding photos I see from people who have tried to cut on their expenditure just to then spend the saving on table decorations. And then there response - I wish I'd got a better photographer. I know someone who has just booked a photographer without meeting them before hand, why it costs nothing to meet them. deanogtv said:
jogon said:
doogz said:
Weed.
Yep price has doubled in last 10 years and seems easier to get than ever. Something doesn't add up. Bradgate said:
Coffee!
It amazes me how so many people are prepared to pay £2.50-£3 for a cup of coffee, several times a day, every day.
Buying 2 coffees per working day @ £2.50 each is £25 per week.
Or, £110 per month (22 working days).
Or, £1175 per year (47 working weeks).
Adds up, doesn't it?
I don't mind buying the occasional Costa or Starbucks whilst out shopping with the missus, but for work I bought a Tassimo machine for £70, and stock up on Costa pods from eBay at around 20p each. The Tassimo milk pods are vile, but work buys milk anyway.It amazes me how so many people are prepared to pay £2.50-£3 for a cup of coffee, several times a day, every day.
Buying 2 coffees per working day @ £2.50 each is £25 per week.
Or, £110 per month (22 working days).
Or, £1175 per year (47 working weeks).
Adds up, doesn't it?
And on a related note, shop bought sandwiches - £3+ for the basic ones, £6 for a baguette. I'm in Chesterfield, not Knightsbridge!
dxbtiger said:
deanogtv said:
jogon said:
doogz said:
Weed.
Yep price has doubled in last 10 years and seems easier to get than ever. Something doesn't add up. cocopop said:
dxbtiger said:
Indeed, was 20 the last time I bought one, must be nearly 10 years ago, surely it's not 40 quid for a henry these days??
Yep. Thereabouts. Not been sold in henry's for a long time, it's by the gram nowadays.
Apparently.
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