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)

Glasses frames. It's just moulded plastic. Factories have found ways of mass producing plastic tut in every conceivable shape and selling it in Poundland for a few quid. But plastic glasses frames have a £100 price tag....

Also tuna. John west is so much nore expensive than a tin of supermarket own brand. Why? Are they special tuna?! Tuna with qualifications.

Those food recycling bags, they want us to recycle but then charge the earth to do so. Bloody idiots.

To be fair, I don't grumble about the price of stamps but I dont buy them very often. If someone said they'd give me £1.50 (or whatever it costs) to take a letter to the opposite end of the country I'd tell them to get lost !

Vitamins for kids. Apparently am meant to give her vit D daily until she’s 5. She’s currently 3 and it’s £10/month off Amazon. £120/yr for sunlight in a bottle, someone is on a superyacht somewhere laughing

Don’t you know about Whistlefish?

Selectspecs could be your answer. You can get frames for a cheap as £6 made to your prescription. I'm always leaving my reading glasses in restaurants and cocktail bars so I've had dozens from here...

Razor blades

Stamps

After nearly 20 years in my then-new build I can confirm this will in all likelihood be the case. On the positive side, the IKEA lampshades were built to last!

I second that re: bubble tea.

Sherwoods Mango Chutney, Kitchen Roll and a large glass of NZ Sav Blanc in a bar.

there is a difference with tuna where it is caught and also how it’s caught.

I only buy pole and line caught tuna, as the other method (written as purse seine or something like that) is using a big net and often catches and kills many other sea animals like dolphins by accident.

M&S Tuna Chunks 99p a tin. Stopped buying John West and Princes

Heinz ketchup.
DCs get through buckets of the stuff and are not fooled by any cheaper substitutes!

Comfy shoes - hotter, Clarks, skechers and the like

Disneyland Paris - circa 2k for 4 nights, 2 adults and 2 kids and that's before food or spending money.

Train fares, especially when you have the added pleasure of standing the whole way

Pointless as above...I mean wtaf happened there?

Apples - 2 quid for 4!!!

Anything baby related

My all time grievance, Vet bills, today, £24 to write a prescription!

Yes to the poster that suggested cheap as chips Vaseline intensive care cream. I knew a hand model that swore by it. They actually decided to put the price up as it was perceived to be too cheap, therefore rubbish.

care homes! One of the carers suggested I book mum on a cruise, with me, for far less, and there’s a doctor on board. Hmmm!

Omeprazole, £3.99 for a generic version that lasts 3-6days, the Dr won't prescribe it, so some(most) months when I am really broke I just have to suffer with the pain, trouble swallowing and reflux.

I wish I'd tucked the Christmas cards in when I sent a couple of birthday cards recently, couldn't believe the cost of stamps!

Pet insurance. Mine went up by 150% this year.

I cancelled it and got a cheaper deal.

@BunfightBetty you don't need to buy those tablets. The old cheap dishwasher powder works just as well, maybe better.

Train fares are nuts - we might holiday in Scotland next summer and I'd like to travel there and back by train but I'm betting train fares, even well in advance, will be ludicrously more than budget flights. I suspect we'll do one way by train and the other with a flight.

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