Things that are inexplicably expensive.

[malificent7]

Cauliflower...i paid nearly a pound for a tiny little thing in Aldi...daylight robbery.
Egg chairs...look lovely and fun but why are they hundreds of pounds ??
Halo top icecream...nearly a fiver for a tub...no thank you.
Please can i have some more nominations?

I've heard it all now "books are printed paper, that's all"

Wedding veils,
£200 for a flat piece of fabric!

Also highlights in hairdressers and all builders.

Ironing boards

Petrol

Diamonds

Fresh fish

Printer ink is a good one too

Agree about brand label clothes. One thing that really brings that home is when they end up in clothing donations boxes and you get kids in refugee camps wearing superdry or whatever t shirts - the name clearly has no value.

*I live in the US and food is insanely expensive here.

Milk - $3.89 half gallon
Bread - $5.99
Chicken - $8.99 per lb
Raspberries - $4.99*

Where on earth are you living that milk is $3.89 per half gallon? It's more like half that in the places i've lived (midwest). Less than a dollar per litre

I'm not surprised, things cost what people are willing to pay to a certain extent. But remember with eating out you are paying for wages, rent, business rates, pensions, security not just beef and potatoes and coke!

Oh yes ironing boards definitely

Any food or drink at 02...and probably other concert venues (£3 for a bottle of water?)

coffee and tea from a cafe/takeaway (it literally costs pence to make)

and yes to printer ink (i bought a wilko fake version but the bloody printer sussed it!!)

silver jewellery usually has way more mark up than gold

Watermelons. I got charged just over £6 for a tiny one in this week's shopping.

Only fake Egg chairs are hundreds of pounds, the Real thing is thousands.

Massages! I've never had one, but you're talking like £60 for an hour! Admittedly they do have to rub randomers with oil, and you'd want good money for that, but people gasp when I say I charge £15ph for childcare - wiping green snot and emptying potties isn't a whole heap of fun either!

@vickibee

A ladies haircut when compared to a gent even if it is the same length.

The lenses in my glasses £150 each and no choice here with a complex prescription.

I felt that way (-8 and heading into variafocal) until I discovered the magic of Asda glasses. It's all one price and the fitting was as good as my vair posh opticians opticians.asda.com/Prescription-Glasses/Jai-Kudo/5054070068359

I got a huge watermelon for £3 on Ocado.

After a rocky start, I’ve been impressed by the HP Instant Ink system. For £7.99 a month you can make 300 prints - can all be full-page, full-colour ones if you want. HP are terrible to deal with if you have an issue but I’ve been signed up for six weeks and they’re currently sending me my 3rd set of cartridges- and I’ve got it for free until December too. You can get cheaper plans as well. I can’t get over how much cheaper it is than buying cartridges.

I was coming on to say taps @thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter.
Bizarrely expensive.

Garden furniture. We’ve just bought some that cost more than all the furniture in my actual living room! It seems to be super cheap or super expensive, there’s no middle ground.

Decent bras

And the knickers to match .... £16/£17/£20 for a scrap of lace??

Childrens shoes

Perfume. I don't understand how it can be over £50 for a small bottle of nice smelling water!

Omg yes!

Five pairs of knickers: ten quid

One pair of knickers the same colour as that bra, stuck on a hanger: twelve ninety nine

Ironing board covers are bewilderingly cheap though. I got a lovely one in Asda for 2.50

Babybel..

Dyson anything.
But particularly their fan/ heaters and hairdryers.
No wonder James is a billionaire.

Sour grapes from me- i'd love one of the fan/ heaters but can't afford it.

Electric toothbrush replacement heads.