Stuff that costs more than you think it should....
Discussion
Apart from the obvious like Fuel and utilities etc...some things costs alot more than I expect
After watching the GBBO the OH wants one of those electic mixer things for making dough etc so we went looking for one to buy and, £300 for a good one....
Way more than I thought - why so expensive?
Another one - Overlockers for finishing off handmade shirts etc....they are 3-400 quid new for a decent one...I know you can pay anything you want for somethings but as a generalisation these two things stood out recently as like "crikey, that's more expensive than I thought it would be...."
After watching the GBBO the OH wants one of those electic mixer things for making dough etc so we went looking for one to buy and, £300 for a good one....
Way more than I thought - why so expensive?
Another one - Overlockers for finishing off handmade shirts etc....they are 3-400 quid new for a decent one...I know you can pay anything you want for somethings but as a generalisation these two things stood out recently as like "crikey, that's more expensive than I thought it would be...."
HarryFlatters said:
Thankyou4calling said:
A coffee in Costa or similar
£2.25 for a double espresso from Starbucks at Abington services... Daphuq?two coffess at costa recently at washington services £6.45. I looked at teh teenager serving me with an expression that should have said something like "are you s
tting me???" and she replied "its because its a services"the bloke in front of me paid £5 for two cups of tea...that's hot water, a paper cup and a teabag....
as a yorkshireman I'm so tight I only breathe in but that is getting ridiculous!
Tc24 said:
HOGEPH said:
Shandy.
Half of it isn't bloody alcohol!
And on that note, wherever I go, ordering an orange juice and lemonade seems to translate to "please relieve me of the contents of my wallet" Half of it isn't bloody alcohol!
on a related note a drink at hotel du vin in harrogate a large glass of shiraz needed a £20 note granted I got change but wtf...when i complained the wine was freezing cold i was met with a shrug - this comes from a hotel that has a semellier for each restaurant.....w
kersWeddings are ridiculous - as Ben Elton eruditely puts it....
"Flowers. Wedding flowers aren't flowers, they're blooms. you don't visit a florist, you visit a bloomist. blooms are exactly the same as flowers, except they cost three times as much.
Hotels, wedding suite. you;re only sleeping in there, you'll be so pissed you won't be able to shag the bride anyway, if she drops the "you've gotta shag me" one and you say "WITH WHAT" as you look downwards, later on you you'll be hunting around the room for a pencil to use as a splint, start to vomit and wake up in the bog on the floor with toothpaste in your eye in the morning...how will you know its the wedding suite? it will have cost a fortune and there will be a doilley under the bog roll...."
"Flowers. Wedding flowers aren't flowers, they're blooms. you don't visit a florist, you visit a bloomist. blooms are exactly the same as flowers, except they cost three times as much.
Hotels, wedding suite. you;re only sleeping in there, you'll be so pissed you won't be able to shag the bride anyway, if she drops the "you've gotta shag me" one and you say "WITH WHAT" as you look downwards, later on you you'll be hunting around the room for a pencil to use as a splint, start to vomit and wake up in the bog on the floor with toothpaste in your eye in the morning...how will you know its the wedding suite? it will have cost a fortune and there will be a doilley under the bog roll...."
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