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What's the most ripped off you have ever felt?

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coulditbeme2323 · 07/05/2026 11:53

Now I don't mean something that was expensive but you really enjoyed, but where you felt ripped off.

I'll start.

26 euros for two Sprite's in Paris.

And this was circa 2014.

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Bikenutz · 10/05/2026 09:40

A very average pizza - £40 on the Amalfi Coast.

Staffygirl · 10/05/2026 09:34

Stayed at the Radison Blue hotel at Stanstead a few years ago. Asked for a glass of chardonnay wine, was told they don't sell chardonnay but they do have sauvignon blanc.
So I agreed to a glass of sauvignon - £26!! I was shocked, I have never in my life paid so much for a glass of wine.

JKFan · 10/05/2026 09:03

mjf981 · 08/05/2026 11:02

Paying a solicitor. Absolute rip off - 150 pounds to send a bloody letter!

£150 to spend time going through the compliance required for anti- money laundering, pay for professional indemnity insurance which, depending on size of firm may be in the hundreds of thousands of pounds, spend time taking instructions from you, and lastly have the experience and knowledge to know what should and should not go in the letter.

InterestingDuck · 10/05/2026 08:58

JKFan · 10/05/2026 08:54

I had been going to post about my experience of paying extra for butter which had shocked me. This was also in the early 1990s. It was at a service station on the M62. Seeing your post makes me realise that my 28p for a pat of butter was actually cheap!

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Ah, on the M62 they know that northerners have limited tolerance for being ripped off 😆

Ohcrumbs25 · 10/05/2026 08:55

Every week when I go to the gluten free isle. Yes I know I can bake but I don’t always have time or the energy

JKFan · 10/05/2026 08:54

Hayfield123 · 08/05/2026 07:40

An extra £2 for the butter to go on my roll. The roll came with the bowl of soup I had ordered. This was in 1994, I still haven’t got over it.

I had been going to post about my experience of paying extra for butter which had shocked me. This was also in the early 1990s. It was at a service station on the M62. Seeing your post makes me realise that my 28p for a pat of butter was actually cheap!

Ginmonkeyagain · 10/05/2026 08:49

One euro ten to use the toilets at Brussles Midi station, they were filthy and the attendant and his dodgy mates hung around the entrance all the time, which was nice at 8pm as a solo traveller.

I only used it as I was changing trains and was too desperate to wait til I got through border control and security to the free toilets in the Eurostar terminal.

I hate Brussels Midi, it is such an armpit.

nomas · 10/05/2026 08:37

JMSA · 10/05/2026 08:02

If you’ve lived your entire life without being ripped off, then are you really living on the same planet as the rest of us?!

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I’ve shared my experiences of being ripped off upthread…

Kittyloulou · 10/05/2026 08:36

A chicken dish in a fancy hotel in Budapest which was basically a roast chicken leg. No accompaniments, nothing with it. Made a big show of carving half a roast chicken in front of me on a wheely table and took the breast away. £35

angeltop · 10/05/2026 08:33

Staying in a hotel, check in after 3pm out you go before 11am. And bloody extra if you want a breakfast.

JMSA · 10/05/2026 08:02

nomas · 09/05/2026 07:09

A lot of these are making me wince for people and angry at the companies ripping people off.

Is anyone else a bit grateful that they are a bit tight and don’t pay for these things?

If you’ve lived your entire life without being ripped off, then are you really living on the same planet as the rest of us?!

JMSA · 10/05/2026 07:57

SuddenlyBecoming · 10/05/2026 07:26

You need to live somewhere and you have the same options as everyone else on where to live.

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And?? It doesn’t mean they’re not all being ripped off!

Shadesofscarlett · 10/05/2026 07:52

not the worst, but the most recent is returned 3 unworn, too small for size advertised, items to ASOS and for some reason the bastards refunded only 2, won't tell me why the 3rd is not being refunded and refuse to log as a complaint. Bizarre.

SuddenlyBecoming · 10/05/2026 07:26

Uptee · 07/05/2026 13:01

Renting from landlords/letting agents.

You need to live somewhere and you have the same options as everyone else on where to live.

Chickadee001 · 10/05/2026 06:15

Last year on a cruise stop in Kusadasi ice cream stall made a show of doing something fancy (without being asked!) to amuse my young daughter then proceeded to demand 12 Euros in payment from me!

Grrr I'm usually the one warning everyone else about tourist traps....!

Nofeckingway · 09/05/2026 23:42

Daughter looking at venues to have very small wedding . Meal was a little bit on the expensive side but that was OK but the corkage fee per bottle was £35 per bottle.

Tonissister · 09/05/2026 23:05

I was in Spain recently and had a slightly sore throat so bought some Strepsils from a chemist. Twenty euros! But two huge glasses of wine, that came with a free plate of cheese, salami, breadsticks, nuts and olives was only four euros, so it balanced out.

WotsitsMadeIn1927 · 09/05/2026 22:51

£4.50 for a bacon roll in Carisbrooke Castle. The roll was cold. No butter. Bacon looked anaemic. Kids meals consisted of half of a half of a triangle sandwich, tiny piece of fruit and a very small fresh orange juice drink £5. This was in 2017.

Washingupdone · 09/05/2026 20:56

100$ for three drinks and a bowl of nuts outside the Rockefeller centre in 2008. To add more hurt to injury and waiter asked us to move a little while later as he wanted our seats.

Reallywhatsthat · 09/05/2026 20:35

Wedding recently in northern city.
Went to bar, can i have your wine menu, we don’t have one, its the table wine only. OK says I, a bottle of red please ( we had a big sharing group going on)
that will be £35 please 😳😟, it was a£5 wine at best.

suburburban · 09/05/2026 14:57

nomas · 09/05/2026 07:09

A lot of these are making me wince for people and angry at the companies ripping people off.

Is anyone else a bit grateful that they are a bit tight and don’t pay for these things?

Yes

catmum44 · 09/05/2026 10:57

£3 hospital parking for quick 5 min chat that could have been done by phone.
Receiving 2 identical appointment letters a week after the event as it was arranged by phone - waste of postage X how often this happens and the cost to taxpayer's & the NHS budget.

ConnieHeart · 09/05/2026 10:56

OH is in London & has just posted a pic of a stall selling a small pot of strawberries with a chocolate drizzle for £9.50. Hopefully he'll pass on that as he doesn't like chocolate 🤣

MissDixieVoom · 09/05/2026 10:22

I got lost trying to find the pick up spot at Bristol airport. Pulled over to look at map, and got fined £200

Inthesunshinebutchilly · 09/05/2026 09:58

@LivingDeadGirlUK that's shocking, £300.

Tell I don't use trains.

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