What thing was ruined because it turned into a rich person's hobby?

[NewLion]

attending Premier League football

Edinburgh festival £300 a night for a premier inn and £20 for a 50min show ticket in a cramped broom cupboard.

Pets
My cats (2) vost me about £220pcm.

I never spend more tha £30 on a ticket but I like sitting in 'the gods' rather than at the front and it feels weird not to have a birds eye view of the stage now.

dog ownership i agree, mixed breed, now have a particular name, ie Jackshund

Holidaying in the UK! Just too expensive now. The cost of holiday cottages and b&bs has shot up, plus petrol and eating out.

Just to add a majority of kids hobbies out of school…a gymnastics class near me charges £17 for 45 mins’

camping
glamping

vegetarian cooking

Family Days out.
Entrance for some places is so high now that it’s definitely a once in a while thing rather than regular.

Yes, my local Vue has a good selection of films for only 5.99 if you book in advance.

As was ever thus. That's not changed.

Yes, I'm lucky to live near a good one but sadly this is getting rarer...

Great suggestion!

That sucks...but I think Spirited Away was a bit different in that I think it was the original Japanese cast coming over? Which would be more expensive than actors from here.

Video games!
The start price is now atleast £70 and thats just for the "base" game, it costs more for the inevitable DLC add on story content, of which there can be several per game, and you can have to wait months for each add on. To end up with "All" game content you can end up in the £120+ region, more for bigger/more popular games. Like Call of Duty, £70 base edition, £100 deluxe edition, then a £30 DLC season pass every 3ish months. Plus tons of in game stuff thats only unlockable by buying it seperately.

Record collecting/ purchasing, both old and new. Japanese classic motorcycles (esp. 70s & 80s).

Going for a swim in the sea, which I have done for my entire life because of where I live. It’s not exactly ruined because I still go but my god the drama around ‘sea swimming’.

Cinema is fairly cheap where I live (as far SE as is possible). Our local town is £5 or £6. The next cinema along is £3.50. Yes, all seats, for everybody. Both of these sell cheap refreshments, too.

If you wish to go for the recliners at the nearest Vue (and honestly, this has spoiled the nearer cinemas for me), you pay the princely sum of £7.99. And because it’s Vue, so a large company, I feel no guilt at bringing in snacks from the next door supermarket.

I reckon I pay less in real terms than in the past.

I also go to the theatre. (1) We rarely do block bookings - only if people really want to watch that show. (2) Look out for provincial showings - or the outlying parts of London (Richmond and Wimbledon seem good). (3) Get cheap tickets - but find a website that tells you whether you really can’t see a thing, or whether you’re simply a long way from the stage.

I don’t remember what I paid for Ballet Shoes, but it must have been half the price of the PP, and the view was fine.

I can't afford 14 concerts a year, I don't think you are an: average person.

I go to a couple of gigs a week, typically one free and one £10-20. Both prices covering all genres - last week surpassed myself and went to classical string quartet (free) orchestra (£18) jazz (£13) and R&B (free). None of the audiences appeared especially wealthy or even middle class.

I think UK holidays have become more expensive and no longer cater to families turning up with a couple of suitcases and bucket and spades. You need a car and a load of equipment now.

My town has excellent charity shops. Recent good purchases - Tod’s handbag, £3. Liberty fine wool scarf £2. And so much normal stuff - all our t-shirts, shirts, etc all come from them for under a fiver.

I did go round the charity shops in Wimbledon village, and sniggered at the £8 bobbled Primark sweaters, together with the huge price tags on designer brands (often cheaper in the sales). But have quite often bought in the Kensington shops (great labels at reasonable - not cheap, but fair - prices).

Went round Eltham yesterday and picked up good stuff very cheaply (best buy Lululemon leggings £2).

I think charity shops have always been a bit of a lucky dip - some overpriced, some brilliant, some just like jumble sales.

Books - so easy to get cheap or free books now. You can’t go anywhere without seeing a book exchange.

Have just read my three posts which are all about how cheap things are now compared to the past.

Honestly, I know football is expensive, but I think a lot of things haven’t gone up in real terms.

The notable exception, of course, is housing costs. And this distorts everything.

If you are happy to read on a tablet, Libby or BorrowBox are the apps most council libraries use for e books. It's free and convenient.

The only downside is that I love to browse and discover new titles... apps are just not the same. Plus push notifications mean they suggest similar genres to your last few reads.

Collecting Pokémon cards. They prices for a packet or a pre build deck is obscene for just some cardboard. Also they no longer guarantee a rare or better in each packet.