Things I didn't know were that fucking expensive

[HairsprayBabe]

I am happy to admit we are virtually the modern equivalent of peasants but it blows me over when I find out the cost of things that I had previously never considered.

Front doors is todays example, nearly a grand for the most bog standard door, I fear we shall just have to live with the leaky one for now!

Make me feel better, what did you not know was that expensive or maybe I am just dense!

I would hope an external door would last upwards of 20 years, even a cheap one? So a per year cost isn’t all that much. Ours has been in 20 years now, the seal needs replacing on the back door but the doors themselves are still good.

If it is leaking I would look at getting someone to repair it rather than replace the whole thing.

Car break pads, seems an elastic price quoted and then they query their very own reasoning i.e do we need them at all!

Women’s razor blades. WTAF.

If you advertise locally people will always take wood for log burners, they are usually happy to collect it as well.

Furniture. Having always had hand-me-downs, and bits off Freecycle, it's astonishing.

Garden furniture - same

Vegetables and fruit. Garlic.

Vet bills.
Just been quoted £8,000 for my cat's treatment/ x ray/ possible op for a sore paw.
Thats insane and despite having premier insurance I can't hope to pay it, with a ,£2,000 per insurance claim cap.🤢

God yes, doors, so expensive. especially post covid.

Stamps - I mean wtf?

15 years ago I bought a 6x8 garden shed and had it delivered and set up for £600 all in.

I priced up a new one - and it was going on £1500 now.

Outdoor paving and patio work. Just always seems hugely expensive.

Basically everything?

Agree glasses are always a shock.

I can't believe the cost of pretty basic secondhand cars.

I was shocked at the cost of doors too. It's just a bit of wood!

Fitting them is a skilled job and time-consuming so I expect to pay a lot for that, but not the doors themselves.

Also getting rid of rubbish with the council. There's no consistency with price. Back in the day we wanted to get rid of the wood from an old built-in wardrobe. Council wanted over £70 to take away the wood but would have charged half that for up to 5 fence panels, which are a lot more bulky.

Bloody hell!

The older one gets the more one finds oneself saying things like:

" I remember when first class stamps were 7p"

Olive oil - seems to cost more than a nice bottle of wine now.

Steak - I KNOW it's the good stuff, but I swear it's going up about £2 a week.

I bought 2nd class today and nearly fainted at the checkout at the price.

I used 2 of them to post birthday cards and the other six will have to last till Christmas so I can use them on the few cards I post to long distance addresses.

Haircuts. Forget anything fancy like highlights, it’s extortionate.

And yes, spectacles. You just get mugged by the high street opticians if you are unfortunate to need them.

I am still reeling from the cost of replacing a broken freezer drawer for our fridge freezer - £80!!! For a plastic tray I spent ages looking online because I couldn't believe the cost of it, but nope - 80 effing quid.

Dying!
Organising a “paid for” funeral at the moment and there is still nearly 4k of costs to find.
Opening a grave - 1k, Wake - 1k, Flowers £650, Existing gravestone removal £650, Updating gravestone £4 a letter!

Kitchen bins. Heading for £200 some of them. Admittedly not a regular buy, but still.

The best olive oil is from Aldi.

A good quality front door will outlast you if it is well looked after. The £900 that the OP mentioned is actually cheap and is unlikely to be a good investment. We were quoted nearly £3000 for a replacement door…

Decided to restore the existing, still solid door. It took a fair bit of elbow grease but, once we added new door furniture, it was (nearly) as good as new. I think it’s the original door - thus well over a hundred years old!

In my mind they are still 21p, and second class are 19p!!

Try B&Q, our door was from them, hinges included, lock cutting tool and lock £35, the letter box we did upgrade to a better one as the original one didn’t have much draft proofing, the upgraded one was £17 on Amazon.

You could also try going direct to a builders yard if you have one near you, some of them will sell doors directly to the public, others don’t.

I need a new front door and to be honest I thought it would be way more expensive than that!

I bought a single stamp £1.80!!!

I’m a lifelong fan & owner of GSDs, but PIL wanted a Golden Retreiver… so I went looking at prices for them.
wow - wayyy more expensive than I thought!
Beautiful dogs tho♥️

Yep! Price of stamps are breathtaking!