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)

I'm taking that because of having had chemo. Took it during and have to take it for a few months after.

Why won't your dr prescribe it? It's awful without it.

They won't prescribe anything you can buy over the counter in my surgery.

That’s government rules.

@Whatevershallidowithmylife

Wallpaper not fabric?

@ChishiyaBat

I don't want to worry you but can't you get oesophagus cancer from acid reflux?

Probably, but what can I do, they weren't bothered the last time I went, said it's a side effect from the iron and tranexamic acid and to buy omeprazole.

Make - up

£20 currently reduced to £16. I used to buy these a lot as small gifts or just a wee treat for myself. Christmas ONLY now!

Charbonnel et Walker White Chocolate Truffles, 135g (Pack of 1) | Pink Champagne : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery

I do appreciate that complaining about the price of champagne truffles is a bit...ironic...?! Like "my diamond shoes are too tight".

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Dummies - whenever we lose one I feel genuinely gutted,

Kitchen pedal bins

I was surprised at the price of dummies! I work at a nursery and used to think parents were being OTT when they’d want us to search high and low for their child’s missing dummy. I thought they only cost £1 😂Then I had a baby and it cost me £6 for too. Although I still think they were being OTT making us look everywhere 😜

DH and I recently visited Windsor Castle on the way back from Heathrow. Entrance tickets cost £75 for the two of us and no over 60 concessions. Bloody grabby.

Bottled water in airports. You can't bring your own due to liquid restrictions. Not you can divert journey, like you do on a motorway and find a retail park or village within a couple of miles from junctions.

I have paid £3/€3 for a single bottle of 500ml water. Cheapest was Larnaca €1 for a 750ml bottle in vending machine past security.

I don't take an empty water bottle with me for these reasons - 1. Friend got her empty water bottle confiscated at security. It was just a £1 from Poundland. 2. Many airports, especially foreign ones, don't have drinking water taps and 3. My friend who was able to take her bottle through security for another flight, was told on a website that go to any café or bar and they will fill the bottle for you. She tried 4 and all refused.

Would Gaviscon help, is it any cheaper? Actually they can prescribe it if you cannot genuinely afford it.

I think the point was that alcohol free won't bear the hefty alcohol duty, not that it's any easier/cheaper to manufacture.

It's not that much cheaper, plus it doesn't do anything for me.

We were in Cambridge for the weekend and as it was a sunny day thought we might checkout the punting (small boat with about 10 seats, they take you around the colleges, show history of the place etc, about 45 min). You can buy the whole boat, a section, or 2 seats. When I asked the price I thought 2 seats would be like 20 each max and even that seemed high. Nope, 80 quid for 2 seats. Just seemed extortionate to me. That's about 400 per boat each time they go...

@ChishiyaBat

I didn't realise that you aren't suppose to take iron supplements at the same time as indigestion remedies.

I was taking my ferrous sulphate and omeprazole at the same time....

Booja Booja fine champagne truffles are £8.99 for 92 grams on the sous chef site. The box is also handpainted.

I didn't know that either thank you, luckily I take mine at different times.

Footballers

What about if you were offered £15000 to take 10000 letters to the other end of the country? I'd jump at that deal!

Petrol, we’re an island of coal sitting in a sea of oil
Vet bills, extortionate, £95 for five minutes & one booster jab. I can buy enough, similar, to inject 20 goats myself for £7.
Farmers markets
Blackberries
cauliflowers
magazines
mongrels called oodle, doodle mixes with all kinds of potential health problems.
town centre car parks