Rip-Off Britain: Vent Your Anger HERE!!!

[Brighton TID]

#1 TRAIN FARES

Train fares for getting yourself around this tiny little tin pot country in order to get pissed at the footy once in a while and not have to drive home are a right royal fu--ing, conning, arse-shafting RIP-OFF!!!

 

[vegster]

I hate "booking fees" when buying gig tickets, it's an absolute piss off, fancy being charged for buying a ticket ? I bought tickets for REM couple of years ago and was amazed that it cost £4.50 per ticket to have them posted to me but it still cost £3.50 to collect from the venue on the day. So I was charged this £3.50 because some chimp had to put said tickets into an economy white envelope and write my name on it

 

[Springal]

#1 TRAIN FARES

Train fares for getting yourself around this tiny little tin pot country in order to get pissed at the footy once in a while and not have to drive home are a right royal fu--ing, conning, arse-shafting RIP-OFF!!!

I fly alot now, depends where you go but train to Manchester for work is often £120 or so (from Goring) if booked a week or so in advance, can fly for £80 and much more pleasant experience

 

[Lankyseagull]

ROAD TAX - What exactly are you paying for? It doesn't go back into the road infrastructure in this country - FIX SOME F*****G POTHOLES & DO IT PROPERLY!!!

And while I'm at it, the f*****G Dartford crossing tolls. The bridge was paid off years ago. The toll was supposed to be scrapped when that happened!

 

[Beach Hut]

Booking fees are a fecking joke, total rip off

 

[Gwylan]

I fly alot now, depends where you go but train to Manchester for work is often £120 or so (from Goring) if booked a week or so in advance, can fly for £80 and much more pleasant experience

It may be cheaper and quicker but since when has flying ever been a more pleasant experience? The speed and convenience makes people overlook the sheer hell of flying - for anyone above average height that is.

Rail fares are a disgrace though. There's no excuse for the prices that we have to pay.

 

[Beach Hut]

Rail fares are a disgrace though. There's no excuse for the prices that we have to pay.

The only reasonable excuse is privatisation

 

[The Ringleader Returns!]

Fredo Frogs. Now 17p

 

[skipper734]

It would be easier to list stuff that isn't a rip off.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

£3.20 for a pint of Fosters!? FOSTERS!?

 

[Gerbil]

Nicky forster - overrated prick

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

BT phone bills. A fiver's worth of calls and about fifty quid's worth of charges

 

[Spider]

Gig ticket booking fees are a f***ing joke. It's fine if private companies want to attempt to run their business at those extortionate prices but it's really annoying that the consumer is rarely given a choice other than to pay. Why can't all theatres run their own box office. I realise it's probably more expensive but it would be lot f***ing fairer for us buying tickets, and if you charge £1.50 or so per order it must be sustainable. Time people in the industry started making a bit more of a fuss about it.

 

[ali jenkins]

Watching the Albion at home

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Rail prices ARE ridiculous. £18+ for an open return to Brighton from Victoria (with a rail card). Of course, I would have saved some money had I booked in advance, but it was a late plan.

That is not value for money. I would be happy to sit on a coach for two hours in future.

I am pretty certain that we must be the most expensive country in the world for a lot of products and services.

'Official Touts' also wind me up.

 

[DerbyGull]

#1 TRAIN FARES

Train fares for getting yourself around this tiny little tin pot country in order to get pissed at the footy once in a while and not have to drive home are a right royal fu--ing, conning, arse-shafting RIP-OFF!!!

Agreed!

The railway needs to be nationalised and FREE or next to nothing.

One way of getting cars off the road and sorting out the environment.

 

[Gwylan]

Test match tickets.

It now costs the best part of £100 (or more) to watch a test match. I remember going in the late 80s/early 90s and I'm sure it was about £15 to £20 - even allowing for inflation, that's a hell of an increase. What's more, you could bring your own booze in so you didn't have to pay the outrageous prices charged by Lord's and the Oval for a pint.

 

[Whitterz]

Cadburys Creme eggs are now 50P, and they are much SMALLER then when I was a nipper.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Test match tickets.

It now costs the best part of £100 (or more) to watch a test match. I remember going in the late 80s/early 90s and I'm sure it was about £15 to £20 - even allowing for inflation, that's a hell of an increase. What's more, you could bring your own booze in so you didn't have to pay the outrageous prices charged by Lord's and the Oval for a pint.

I typed that (along with Twickenham tickets) but thought better of it. Totally agree though. They can easily turn into a £130+ day per person. Allowing for everything - possibly on the conservative side. I think my ticket to watch England vs Australia (ODI) at Lords was £75. England vs Australia Rugby was £80.

 

[hopper_182]

The two main things that annoy me are petrol and car insurance. Absolute Fecking rip-off.