What things do you think are ridiculously expensive and you don't know why?

[sharpclawedkitten]

I'll start.

Toothbrush heads for electric toothbrushes - just a bit of plastic!

Reprogramming keys for cars (why does it cost £100s)

Council tax being more expensive the higher you live (if in a block of flats)

Bog roll and butter

That's my new band name sorted 🤣

Yes they can be £30-50 each. I would need 4 minimum for it to look proportionate on my sofas. 4 years in my house and I’ve not upgraded mine yet! Everytime I see some I scoff at the prices and can’t justify it.

Trains are ridiculous. I don’t even consider trains an option for transport anymore.

I live in the North. We can get 3 of us to London in a car for about £70.

3 train tickets would be about £300 min.

Ds16 needed some new tracksuit bottoms...a pair of Nike ones was about £50!

Quality Street. Plastic tubs of their chocolates are getting smaller and smaller.

Definitely transport. It's cheaper to go visit my family in Ireland than go to London unless I get a train that arrives around midnight

Hhhm so this one does have an explanation. The yield is heavily affected by weather,, too wet and they are ruined Spain lost so many for a couple of years thwt it raised the price significantly. Also to produce a small amount of oil takes a fair no of olives and to remove them from the tree either reduces the yield through waste or is labour intensive.

We have family who produce olives to be used as olive oil.

Re glasses, try Glasses Direct, 2 pairs prescription specs for £15.

This is the plot of Terminator: Rise of the Vending Machines.

School pe kits. Absolutely extortionate.

Those Pukka herbal teas - £4.75 a packet and I’m sure there is less in the bags than there used to be.

I used to always drink these but the price is too much now

Council tax is based on value bands from a set point in time. Are you sure it’s based no the height and not the size of the flat?

Get a bean to cup coffee machine. Much better value long term and better coffee!

Do you mean the paper ones? I still have mine five years later! But imo they're the best ones, the diffuse the light really nicely

There are toothbrushes going for around £450 in Boots wtf! Do people who aren’t millionaires actually pay that amount?

Car insurance.
Stamps.

They do wash and wear well though. But if your child grows quickly, that's not particularly helpful!

On the berries, I kind of understand why they are so expensive. But why are frozen ones quite cheap? They still need the same growing and picking process.

Registrars! We got married a few weeks ago and it was £687 for them to come, say their bit and go…£687 for half an hour!

heinz soups

Bloody hell, that is daylight robbery!
How do you become a registrar? I need to look into this😂.

Greetings cards and wrapping paper.
Stamps - I only send a few Christmas cards now, so expensive to send them I can see them dying out in the next 20 years.
Heinz ketchup. Used to get Stokes as a treat, but Heinz is nearly as expensive now.

They sell very well on eBay if you don't need them any longer, we had a large 'ultima thule' brand top box for when we used to drive to the French alps for skiing hols. We put it on eBay and it fetched £120 a few years ago.
(It was bought by a lovely eastern European chap who was driving back home with loads of stuff and he was very pleased with it, left glowing feedback. )