What's the most ripped off you have ever felt?

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Now I don't mean something that was expensive but you really enjoyed, but where you felt ripped off.

I'll start.

26 euros for two Sprite's in Paris.

And this was circa 2014.

My car exhaust was rattling on Christmas Eve and we had a long journey planned that night. Drove into the local garage and asked them to have a look for me. They replaced a missing bracket and charged me £100 for ten minutes work. I felt sick. Relieved, but sick.

Ha ha, I thought the same .

Sounds more like a Travesty!

Christ, where did you park?? At the end of the pier ??😅

We got broken into at that station whilst at the theatre in 2022 - smashed in all the glass on back window - police told us they didnt have CCTV and it was rife at that station -

Centre Parcs

Not just the holiday cost but, bar the swimming, you could do better versions of all the activities for a fraction of the cost if you just drove a few miles down the road.

About 20 years ago, in a cafe in a nouveau trendy part of London, £7 for an Americano and a croissant. Even now, I don't expect to pay that much.

You can get a pack of jammy Wagon Wheels for about a quid, so not all bad

Oh we did yes 😂

Oh, and just about every tradie in the area where I live. The plumber who tried to charge me £100 for ten minutes' work when he'd quoted £80 which is bad enough. The electrician who charged me £60 for fixing a light switch that is still not working properly. And, many years ago, the locksmith who charged £400 to open a jammed door.

Absolute jerks, the lot of them.

Entry fees for food, tatoo or beer festivals. £15 entrance fee to walk round and be charged for the items you actually want to buy. Why not add 50p to the beers or food, this could pay the venue, who I am sure are also charging the stall holders a fee for being there.

Yawn.

Glastonbury festival.

Had a tradesman do the sucking teeth thing about a hole in an interior wall- quotes £3k for 2 men, 2 day job plus VAT… must have thought I was fucking dim.
The guy who did it took half a day -£250 including VAT…

£23 for 2 small (and flat!) cokes and an orange juice at a bar near Wembley Stadium when we went to see Coldplay last year. Serves me right.

£90 at the vet, for Optimmune eye drops (2ml) to ease symptoms of an ongoing condition. They only last 2 weeks max, so that was £180 per month for 4ml of eye drops

£27 for four drinks in a Glasgow city centre pub last August.

As a Londoner: Bargain!

That seems very normal, unless they were tap water!

£5 for a box of paracetamol at Crufts that would normally cost about 29p.

Bet you that sounded funny in your head...

£25 for a man to walk into my kitchen, look at my washing machine drum and tell me I’d be better off buying a new one, then leaving. I’m still raging that I didn’t argue with him.

£24 for a bunch of hand tied roses with some greenery at a local florist. Walked into Tesco and saw an equally lovely bouquet of roses for £8.

I’m all for supporting small businesses but I did feel ripped off.

Reindeer ride in Lapland. Hundreds of pounds for approx 3.mins being pulled in a sleigh around a courtyard. Same for husky ride. Total rip off and I felt like such a foolish tourist. I'm still embarrassed.

£18 for a vet telling me our guinea pig had chapped lips

£60 for a bloody light stick for a Kpop concert