Things you'd expect to be cheaper

[TameRacingDriver]

Cneci said:

Really?

By worth having do you mean anything <280bhp?

Not necessarily, but I remember, for example, an EP3 CTR was £16K in 2001, which is apparently £18,500 in todays money; now a CTR is nearly 30 grand.

[Sa Calobra]

Bicycle parts and complete bikes (the hobby weekend end of the spectrum).

UK bikeshops and distrubtors want you to feel that that's how much they should cost.

We are utterly being had by some.

[Efbe]

TameRacingDriver said:

Cneci said:

Really?

By worth having do you mean anything <280bhp?

Not necessarily, but I remember, for example, an EP3 CTR was £16K in 2001, which is apparently £18,500 in todays money; now a CTR is nearly 30 grand.

try a different calculator. I got £24,756.46

[TameRacingDriver]

Efbe said:

try a different calculator. I got £24,756.46

Yes I see. Although the new Civic with its £31K asking price has still gone up beyond inflation (I know it does have more toys etc but still, so does everything else).

[anonymous-user]

Wooden items, mainly sheds and garden furniture.

I have a figure in my head and the reality doesn't match up at all.

[Carl_Manchester]

All these things I expect(ed) to be cheaper.

Council tax - £150pm
Car parking in Salford, Manchester @ £18 per day. Robbing a holes.
13 Euros for a single 330ML bottle of heineken (not export) in an Ibiza nightclub. Que much swearing.
Philips LED Lightbulb - £50 each. Let's see now, 8 rooms, 12 bulbs. hmm.
A proper honest-to-God pair of black, English made, leather brogue shoes - £560. Blimey.
Laptop DAC for music by Chord - £4,000. they can stick it, I will keep my Mojo
Gym memberships at £230.00pm (Virgin Gym Wallbrook) they are 'avin a Giraffe. They can stick that an all !
Any game from the Nintendo Switch online estore which are always more expensive than the physical cartridge i.e. £59.99 for Zelda
£59.99 for Zelda
Nintendo switch joycon controllers £70 a pop (3 additional required for bomberman). Ever seen a grown man cry at the till ?

[Sheets Tabuer]

Anything in a garden centre, 10 quid for a lavender plant, of course sir. 3k for a 6 foot greenhouse? Of course, would sir Like glass with that?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Pebbles167 said:

Viagra. Around £29 For 4 tablets.

You can get it cheaper, if it's past its swell by date.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

dontlookdown said:

I went to Maccie D's for the first time in ages recently. Compared to Five Guys, Byron etc, what struck was what great value it is.

If you can get the discount vouchers out of the freebie papers on the tube, it's just stupid cheap. On Saturday I bought big mac and fries (£1.99), Quarter pounder with cheese and fries (£1.99), apple pie and caramel sundae (99p each). Two adults fed for £5.96....in Central London!

[bazza white]

Mooring fees. Even swing moorings can can be expensive. It's a bit of rope attached to a concrete block.

[SCEtoAUX]

Anything from a farm shop.

Carrots with mud = 2x price of same carrots in Asda. And they are the same carrots too.

Bottle of Hobgoblin - £2.95 in farm shop, £1.25 right now in Asda, never more that £1.89

[Cneci]

dontlookdown said:

I went to Maccie D's for the first time in ages recently. Compared to Five Guys, Byron etc, what struck was what great value it is.

I am so over poshed-up burgers for 20 quid a pop. Bring on the next, next big thing, I am hungry for it.

Isn't it like £8 for a burger in Five Guys? Insane!

[mickthemechanic]

Fish and Chips

My partner and went for drive a couple of weeks a go stopped at a local chippy. Fish and chips twice+2 cans of coke = £18.80 (were in the north east of England)

[Steamer]

SCEtoAUX said:

Anything from a farm shop.

Carrots with mud = 2x price of same carrots in Asda. And they are the same carrots too.

Bottle of Hobgoblin - £2.95 in farm shop, £1.25 right now in Asda, never more that £1.89

Arrrr! Flash back to the Ex..

She was horrendous with money - yet simply had to shop at the Farmshop for veg that mostly ended up in the bin at £20 a visit .... but it came in a cardboard box.

Carrots - English farmed - 500g: 29p in Aldi this week and they will all get used

[Zebrs]

Excellent, my thread has arrived...

Kitchens. Went looking with the OH to a well known kitchen retailer. 8 mdf carcasses, some chipboard worksurface, doors and fancy handles. £6k inc vat. What. The. Fu*k? Fitting on top of course...

Kitchens seem the biggest con going in my book, unless everyone is somehow paying much much less than originally quotes prices.

[HTP99]

SCEtoAUX said:

Anything from a farm shop.

Bottle of Hobgoblin - £2.95 in farm shop, £1.25 right now in Asda, never more that £1.89

My colleague did a Hogs Back Brewery tour and bought a case of ale that they brewed there; shopping at the local Morrisons a week or do later and the exact same ale was far cheaper.

[TameRacingDriver]

mickthemechanic said:

Fish and Chips

My partner and went for drive a couple of weeks a go stopped at a local chippy. Fish and chips twice+2 cans of coke = £18.80 (were in the north east of England)

Colmans? About what we paid there in their new fancy beach side restaurant. Nice views, mind.

[Sheepshanks]

mickthemechanic said:

Fish and Chips

My partner and went for drive a couple of weeks a go stopped at a local chippy. Fish and chips twice+2 cans of coke = £18.80 (were in the north east of England)

Ours, in the NW, would be about that, but it's good and convenient. Was in there the other night and an old guy was clearly taken aback by the cost but paid up. He went out of the door and was overwhelmed by the thought there must have been a mistake so he came back to check. It was right.

[Thankyou4calling]

Carl_Manchester said:

All these things I expect(ed) to be cheaper.

Council tax - £150pm
Car parking in Salford, Manchester @ £18 per day. Robbing a holes.
13 Euros for a single 330ML bottle of heineken (not export) in an Ibiza nightclub. Que much swearing.
Philips LED Lightbulb - £50 each. Let's see now, 8 rooms, 12 bulbs. hmm.
A proper honest-to-God pair of black, English made, leather brogue shoes - £560. Blimey.
Laptop DAC for music by Chord - £4,000. they can stick it, I will keep my Mojo
Gym memberships at £230.00pm (Virgin Gym Wallbrook) they are 'avin a Giraffe. They can stick that an all !
Any game from the Nintendo Switch online estore which are always more expensive than the physical cartridge i.e. £59.99 for Zelda
£59.99 for Zelda
Nintendo switch joycon controllers £70 a pop (3 additional required for bomberman). Ever seen a grown man cry at the till ?

Virgin Walbrook is £119 a month. Alternatively there are plenty of budget gyms in London such as Pure with amazing facilities for around £25 a month. Half the price of 15 years ago.

Gym membership is ridiculously cheap.

[ch108]

KAgantua said:

ALDI/ LIDL razors.
Been my mainstay for 5 years now.

I made the mistake of buying razors in Poundland once. I would have made less of a mess shaving with a potato peeler.

But I would agree, razors from the bigger companies are ridiculously priced.

The West Cornish Pasty Company at Southwaites services. Thought I was being smart avoiding the queues at Greggs and Burger King (neither of which I really fancied, but needed something), by going to the only place without a queue. Schoolboy error of not looking at the prices, ordered a pasty, with wedges and a bottle of fruit juice. £8.97! For a glorified pie.

I always think a pack of chicken breasts from most supermarkets always seem expensive. In some cases it would be cheaper buying steak!

Fresh fruit always seems on the pricey side too.