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Things you think are overpriced

228 replies

FunkyTime · 22/02/2020 00:59

I will start

Dominoes Pizza 100%

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mrscold · 22/02/2020 07:45

Jacket potato as a meal when out. I've been places it's £8 for one with some tuna mayo. Absolutely disgusting it's a fucking potato. How much did that potato cost?! I refuse to buy them when out.

Supersimkin2 · 22/02/2020 07:45

High street clothes not-in-the-sale.

Same fabrics, same factories as Primark, so why triple the price?

Darbs76 · 22/02/2020 08:15

For me house prices in the south east, on 45k per year salary and can’t afford to buy a house until I move back up north (6 more years when DD is 18 and finished schooling)

Squirrelpeanutbutter · 22/02/2020 09:19

Vets aren't overpriced

@ TheLovleyChebbyMcGee

Their charges have risen considerably since everyone has their pets insured.

Talking of which.

Insurance.

TalaxuArmiuna · 22/02/2020 09:50

@Supersimkin2 Same fabrics, same factories as Primark, so why triple the price?

volume discounts - the factories will charge primark less than they charge a quality-over-quantity brand because primark orders 1,000,000 items in a line rather than 10,000.

quality rejections. the same factory can ruin the machines faster, produce items more quickly and employ fewer staff for quality control as primark will take and sell the slightly imperfect items at full (albeit low) price.

the other retailer will have more exacting standards and will reject anything with the slightest flaw so the machines run slower and there are more employees checking the goods.

then the quality goods get packed for transport more carefully so there might be 50% fewer items in a cargo container because the primark items are packed so much more densely.

it all adds up

TalaxuArmiuna · 22/02/2020 09:50

ruin=run

user1497207191 · 22/02/2020 10:26

Public transport generally. It's maybe OK if you do regular trips and can benefit from a season ticket/pass, but for ad-hoc journeys, especially for 2 or more people, it can be several times more expensive than going by car.

Earlier this week we did two Uni open days. For the 3 of us, each journey cost approx £30 of fuel and a tenner for parking. By train it would have been over £200 each trip, even on "cheaper" advance tickets.

user1497207191 · 22/02/2020 10:28

Jacket potato as a meal when out. I've been places it's £8 for one with some tuna mayo. Absolutely disgusting it's a fucking potato. How much did that potato cost?! I refuse to buy them when out.

£1.33 of that £8 goes straight to HMRC as it's the 20% VAT added to all catering. It's one of the reasons that takeaways and eating out seems so expensive.

ittooshallpass · 22/02/2020 11:02

Lego

Binterested · 22/02/2020 11:06

Estate agents. Last time I moved I paid the estate agent about five times more than I paid the lawyer. The lawyer is a properly trained professional who takes on liabilities in the course of their advice to me. The estate agent is a bloke in a suit with a website Angry

Also I never knew why people said estate agents lie until I sold my flat.

WoollyMummoth · 22/02/2020 11:13

Stylish boots for chubby calves
Dairy free anything
Theatre/band tickets
Teenagers

marblesgoing · 22/02/2020 11:34

Decent loo roll
Children's shoes/boots
Uk house prices

GreyishDays · 22/02/2020 11:35

Fencing and guttering. Not helped by being not very exciting!

viccat · 22/02/2020 11:45

Much of this thread makes me equal amounts sad and annoyed - I bet most of you not valuing tradespeople/vets/bakers/artists would want to be paid a good wage for your time and experience at your jobs.

I find the things where one provider has a monopoly are the most overpriced - so train tickets (only one company runs that line so you either pay whatever or don't use it), water bills etc.

Malteserdiet · 22/02/2020 11:47

Cat litter Confused
School shoes
Pritt stick Grin
Avocados

19lottie82 · 22/02/2020 13:19

Takeaway tea.It's just a tea bag and boiling water. I begrudge paying £2 for that

You’re not just paying for water and a tea bag though? You’re paying for the running shop of the coffee shop....... rent, rates, utilities, insurance, wages......

bigbluebus · 22/02/2020 13:21

Anything marketed for disabled people.

Knewyou · 22/02/2020 13:26

Earbuds. My dc get about a week out of theirs, even the pricier ones.

Potatobug · 22/02/2020 13:27

Cinema tickets.

InMySpareTime · 22/02/2020 13:31

@19lottie82 I get that, but are those costs worth a 5000% markup on the ingredients?
When, say, coffees at the same counter are only marked up by 300% and involve much more work to serve, and cakes are only marked up 100% and involve wastage as they need to be fresh.
It's not the cost, it's the differential with other products that irks me.

georgialondon · 22/02/2020 13:33

I always think loo roll and bin bags are a rip off,

AtMyDesk · 22/02/2020 13:34

I agree with regard to insurance renewal

whitesoxx · 22/02/2020 13:41

Completely disagree with Lapland UK. It was fantastic and we went on one of the dearer dates. Well worth it.

Georgia bin bags and toilet roll are quality over quantity. The smart price type versions are definitely a false economy

janemaster · 22/02/2020 13:43

Funerals. Even a basic one costs so much money.

OneKeyAtATime · 22/02/2020 13:44

Airport food
Childcare
Trainfare

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