Rip offs - name and shame

[burstead]

London Aquarium £50 for 3 adults and a nipper!

I went to Bton aquarium last thursday and paid £40 for 2 adults and a 5 year old and Bton aquarium is to London aquarium what Withdean is to Emirates.

The 77 bus up to the Dyke was a win though.

 

[BLOCK F]

Rip-offs.....just too many to mention!

 

[tonymgc]

Football shirts, £40 every year for a shirt made of cheap synthetic fabric that'll make you sweat like a pig

 

[Bry Nylon]

Velcro.

TLO - ripping off a Tim Vine gag on a thread about rip offs.

(Waiting till we get a thread entitled "Things that are on the way out" so TLO can post "Exit signs.")

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Football shirts, £40 every year for a shirt made of cheap synthetic fabric that'll make you sweat like a pig

I can remember paying £35 for a shirt 20 odd years ago,so it is good value today!.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

I found an old news paper from 1984 when i was clearing the loft out the other day.When i was flicking through it there was a Currys advert with Video recorders for £600!.Small TV's were £500.They also had them bloody great Hi-Fi towers with a record player on the top made by someone i had never heard of for about £300!.

 

[Safeway]

- Football shirts. From £36.99 I believe. Yeah, like THAT is good value...

To be fair, football shirts have been that price for at least the last 15 years. Which doesn't mean they're good value now of course, just illustrates they were even MORE of a con back then.

Every think in this country is a rip off.

You're charged for your THOUGHTS? Blimey.

 

[Marc]

every Taxi company.....'nuff said!

 

[Harty]

When it was open Pussycats Lapdancing Club in Hove, £20 entry then between £10 and £20 for a 'dance', no better than crufts some of the woofers they had working in there!

 

[drew]

This.

Thought Wookey Hole was pretty good!

I concur with the wookie hole element of our post.

Withdean is what it is because of our situation nothing more nothing less.

 

[Braders]

Brighton Pier (but thats obvious really)

 

[matthew]

Football shirts!

 

[matthew]

Music

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Another vote for taxis.

I should mention international cricket and rugby (don't bother with football). Ludicrous prices involved there. £80 for an ODI at Lords. £90 for a nothing test against Australia at Twickenham.

You can begin to see why they charge that price for Twickers as it doesn't get used quite so often, but Lords? There were plenty of empty seats last season for their ODI.

 

[BensGrandad]

Clovelly in Devon according to the literature about the town you have to pay for each individual to enter the town. Apparently it is owned and maintained by some propertry company. Needless to say we didnt go there when staying in Ilfracombe.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Clovelly in Devon according to the literature about the town you have to pay for each individual to enter the town. Apparently it is owned and maintained by some propertry company. Needless to say we didnt go there when staying in Ilfracombe.

Dafter than a two bob watch.

Clovelly is simply brilliant,whilst Ilfacombe is,well,Ilfracombe.

 

[Skaville]

Paradise Park - Should be renamed League of Gentleman Shithole
The Ginger Dog - Shit food for the price of good food
Beer - £3.50 a pint?

 

[BensGrandad]

Dafter than a two bob watch.

Clovelly is simply brilliant,whilst Ilfacombe is,well,Ilfracombe.

Will probably spend the £6.99 each and visit when we next go to Nth Devon.

 

[Juan Albion]

Every think in this country is a rip off.

That won't affect many people on here.

 

[CHAPPERS]

The Ginger Dog - Shit food for the price of good food

Yeah, the Ginger Dog was a bit of a let down when I went on saturday. The Rabbit and Onion Pie with Champ was especially bland.

Food just isn't ballsy enough there.

Squid wasn't brilliantly cooked either actually.