Most daftly overpriced thing you've seen lately?

[MeinKraft]

I've really fancied trying these Bueno eggs, finally saw them in Tesco and nearly collapsed in shock at the price. £2.75!! For a few tiny little eggs. I think not. The delights of the Bueno egg will remain a mystery to me.

What have you seen lately that's ridiculously overpriced? I know everything but maybe like the little treats you might have bought that are now so out of budget that you won't buy them even if you can afford too.

I've noticed the hike in cat food too. The bag of dry food that used to be £12 or £8 when it was on special offer is now £18. Thankfully it takes them about 8 weeks to get through it!

A ready made macaroni cheese yellow stickered in Morrisons at a reduced price of £9.73. Can’t recall the brand name but I will never buy it.

A 2 pack of kitchen roll. £5.30!

I don't know about the situation at home in the UK, but here in Thailand it's terrible. A small bottle of beer is £5. A night in a fairly basic hotel is £150 and a crap meal of one course for a family of 5 is routinely £100. Cheap days have long gone, wherever you are.

Heinz tomato and vegetable soup currently on offer at £1 in Sainsbury’s.

I was scrolling the internet for a new waste paper bin the other day and this came up.

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/bowls-baskets/scandinavian-wastepaper-basket/id-f_965568/?&currency=gbp

It's nice and all but more than £2500 for something to throw your rubbish in. I know there's people with more money than sense but honestly?

I'll be off to Wilko to get one for 4 quid.

I always think kitchen roll is a waste of money. Why not just buy a pack of dish cloths and stick them in with the daily wash? Much better for the environment too

I was charged £6.85 at post office last week to send letter special delivery

I don’t buy it either. It was on the Asda site when I was doing my shop at the weekend.

@NoMoreVisits

• I'm not lining the Tupperware box with dishcloths before putting left over sausages in it!
• I'm not cleaning up my friend's cat's vomit with dishcloths.

there are many things I use paper towels for that I'm not using dishcloths or other cloths for.

and I'd never wash dishcloths with clothes, nor do a 'daily wash'. Maybe you should consider the necessity of running the washing machine daily, before you start preaching about things that are better for the environment.

Local cafe on Tuesday, 2 peanut butter cookies, a tea and a hot chocolate with cream £14.80, we won't be going back any time soon!

I went to lidl today to get a haul of their Greek week offerings.
Thought to get some of my usual weekly shop there to save time. My good grief the prices! Dearer by far than Tesco. I thought it’s USP was they had keen prices. Not now.
The only extra things I bought on top of the Greek stuff was 3 bananas and one of their lush Portuguese tarts.

Pukka teas £4.25

Tesco value cat litter is now over £2 a bag.

Went for lunch for my birthday this week and it cost nearly £50 for two, just a chain, nowhere fancy.

Chicken thighs used to be cheap meat, now sometimes more expensive per Kg than breast fillets.

My DS has multiple food allergies including dairy and eggs and a lot of the things I'd normally get him for a treat have shot up in price, like fairly small chocolate bars now £1 each and for packed lunches I buy packs of mini Soreen banana loaves that were £1 until recently but are now £1.65. Ok, still not a lot of money in absolute terms but a 65% increase in a few months is way above even the current rate of inflation!

I'm thrilled I've found this thread as I can use it as an outlet for my outrage that I cannot voice in RL.

In the real world I am known for my enthusiasm for home cooked food, good quality produce, ethical food production etc. However I secretly love that Bisto gravy mix, and was recently speechless to find it was £4 a jar ☹️

Because it's my guilty secret I've not been able to voice this in public so, I've stewed on it privately since I last bought a jar 😆

I bought a Kind bar in Costa today. £2.65!

I thought they’d charged me for a coffee as well, but no, £2.65 just for a very small cereal bar.

Yes! I saw these the other day - and the large jar(twice the size) is £5. Very odd pricing

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Can I ask what the difference is between the standard marmite and the XO? I've seen it whilst shopping online, but not tasted it, and can't really afford to pay for an expensive mistake!

I loved the one they brought out for Valentine's day a few years back with champagne, it was fantastic, wish they'd bring it back. 😋

MyProtein vegan protein powder.
£53.99 for 2.5kg. It was £22.26 in Feb 2021 - a 142.543% increase!!

(I appreciate this isn't exactly a staple food for everyone)

I think what annoyed me more was it's huge, because it's see through seems very uncosy, and poor tot seemed to be abandoned in the middle of it without even a blanket! Plus what really pissed me off, is at the top of the cot they've put 2 full sized cushions. I don't care how tiny and immobile baby is, that's such a huge bloody no no. You only need them to fall over, and baby can't escape. 😢

£25 deposit on a script for a bloody play my DS is in. I wouldn't mind paying for it if he lost it or something, but this is ridiculous.

Picked up a teeny tiny jar of chipotle paste in Tesco, it's usually about £1.50 in Waitrose. It was £4.80!!!!! That went back!

£1.99 for a loaf of bread in the local shop 🤔