Biggest rip-offs in Britain..

[nicko31]

A certain forest based holiday camp aimed at the middle classes. Not cheap to start and then once you're in there's no where else to spend your money except their supermarkets, restaurants and extras that you discover aren't included. Amazes me people put up with it

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Velcro. Biggest rip off EVER

Oi, zip it !

 

[Brownstuff]

Good few years back Sainsburys opened a new supermarket on the site of the old cattle market right next to Haywards Heath station. They did free parking but ONLY IF YOU LEFT YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON !!

Clever this, as all of their customers are in and out in under an hour - so your battery won't go flat. If you're there all day (commuters), by 4pm your battery's flat so your lights are out, you get a ticket.

Smart eh?

No, totally irresponsible

 

[atfc village]

Taxis trying to rip-you off - last week Clapham Junction to Brixton Academy £14 on way there but nearly £21 on way back!!! Cheeky fecker didn't get it!

It's only 3 miles ,i detest Cab Drivers.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Paying for parking the car at hospital.

When I worked at RSCH some years ago and parking was free...yes, it was YEARS ago the car park was always rammed with day trippers taking the piss and no one needing to use the car parks for actual hospital business could get in.

Free parking at places like Arrowe Park in Birkenhead or Rotherham Hospital is unlikely to get abused because no bugger wants to go to them for recreation in the local area. Free car parks in tourist towns like Brighton or shopping destinations like London would be abused big style.

Agreed about the paying for parking at hospitals. What really pisses me off more though is the hiring of rip off, cowboy criminal parking companies to 'manage' the hospital car parks. They are absolute scum who break the law and bully vulnerable people. And as I know they use Google reporting to find what people have posted about them online I'm talking about you Parking Eye, G24, Excel, Capital to Coast. Utter utter utter scum.

 

[Weststander]

A certain forest based holiday camp aimed at the middle classes. Not cheap to start and then once you're in there's no where else to spend your money except their supermarkets, restaurants and extras that you discover aren't included. Amazes me people put up with it

Totally agree about the final cost all in, coming to well into 4 figures, especially in school holidays, for 4 or 7 days.

But, they are a very safe environment for kids with no cars about on non-changeover days, comfy roomy villas and beds, and kids love it all. The owners know they have all that with no decent competitors, and so can rake the money in.

 

[The Birdman]

Parking charges at Wakehurst for National trust ticket holders , however I have paid RBG q £25 to be able to continue to park visit one of my favourite gardens .

 

[BN9 BHA]

Food at football grounds especially burgers and hot dogs as they look horrible, I know the pies are popular at the Amex but they are double the price of a chip shop pie, I have only ever bought 1 pie at the Amex and personally I prefer a Pukka Pie that costs £2 from my local chip shop.

 

[Dick Head]

I know it wasn't Britain, but I paid £40 for four sandwiches, three drinks and a packet of crisps at Barcelona airport.

You greedy *******!

 

[poidy]

Although a luxury I always find it boggling that HMV, the ones that still exist still charge up to 17 quid for a new relax DVD. Have they learned nothing?

I know. Do people even still buy DVD's now?

 

[brighton bluenose]

It's only 3 miles ,i detest Cab Drivers.

Not only did he try that on but 5 mins after we got in the cab we went past the same pub he picked us up outside of on Brixton Road - unbelievable!!

 

[viscentaye]

I know. Do people even still buy DVD's now?

Mostly rely on On Demand from Sky for movies now, especially for days like today with the kids.

£9.99 for most non blu ray releases is okay but watched once or twice only so don't spend nowhere near as much on DVDs as used to.

Anyone used Sky's Buy and Keep service yet - do you receive THE dvd as from the shops or a blank disc in a plastic sleeve?

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

When I've had visitors from the US or Canada over, they are in shock at how we are fleeced for products in this country. Paying the equivalent to over $5 for a coffee in some places was the biggest choker for them.

Whenever I go to the US, I always take a near empty full sized case. Its usually bursting upon my return!

Agreed. Generally most stuff is much cheaper in the States. There are a few exceptions, booze is definitely more expensive in NYC than London. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that the Yanks just won’t put up with being ripped off whereas us Brits seem to roll over and accept it. When I was back in the UK a few weeks ago (admittedly the first time in a year) I could not believe how expensive rail travel was and as for the Underground – they are really taking the piss - £4.70 from Victoria to Green Park!! I guess Oyster makes it cheaper or is it Boris’s plan to make people do more exercise. Its $2.75 for a single Ride Ticket (£1.65) on the Subway – one stop or from the Bronx to JFK airport, none of this zoning bollocks. At least The Standard was free

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Agreed. Generally most stuff is much cheaper in the States. There are a few exceptions, booze is definitely more expensive in NYC than London. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that the Yanks just won’t put up with being ripped off whereas us Brits seem to roll over and accept it. When I was back in the UK a few weeks ago (admittedly the first time in a year) I could not believe how expensive rail travel was and as for the Underground – they are really taking the piss - £4.70 from Victoria to Green Park!! I guess Oyster makes it cheaper or is it Boris’s plan to make people do more exercise. Its $2.75 for a single Ride Ticket (£1.65) on the Subway – one stop or from the Bronx to JFK airport, none of this zoning bollocks. At least The Standard was free

Same here. I struggle to think of anything which is not cheaper in Germany bar a few obvious food items like fish and beef.

 

[Foolg]

It's only 3 miles ,i detest Cab Drivers.

In Brighton/London i'd agree, especially having just moved back from Sheffield, whereby a taxi to the station (3 miles) used to cost me £5.30 - standard pre-booked price.

We used to get taxi's on a night out, and at about 3/4am in the morning, a taxi 2 miles home was about £4.50-£5.80 (and they are all 5/6 seaters) - Bargain.

 

[Foolg]

Oh, and the first that comes to my head (that hasn't been mentioned dozens of times already)....

Dominoes. £18 for a pizza. Have not, and never will, pay that.

 

[Nibble]

There are electronic cards nowadays or you can order from sites like Moonpig?
Contact lenses could be collected from a store
Plenty of alternative courier companies that offer parcels and package delivery (i think RM are quite expensive for these due to pricing in proportion anyway so could be cheaper to use the alternatives like TNT)
Wet signatures - more and more places are happy with electronic signatures and very few things still require wet signatures, besides, would you send it 2nd class via RM for 74p if it was an important document - You could e-mail the original, they could print, sign, scan and e-mail it back.

Moonpig? No thanks.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Yanks just won’t put up with being ripped off whereas us Brits seem to roll over and accept it.

Why do you reckon this is the case?

 

[crookie]

Mostly rely on On Demand from Sky for movies now, especially for days like today with the kids.

£9.99 for most non blu ray releases is okay but watched once or twice only so don't spend nowhere near as much on DVDs as used to.

Anyone used Sky's Buy and Keep service yet - do you receive THE dvd as from the shops or a blank disc in a plastic sleeve?

You get it in the proper packaging as if from the shop

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I know. Do people even still buy DVD's now?

I buy the odd film for £3 in Sainsburys but that's the most I will pay.