The Great British Rip off

[El_george]

I've always wanted to try curling, you know that ice game that they play at the winter Olympics, not easy to do in England & I loved it on my Nintendo Wii. Last week found a place about an hour away that does it (Lancahsire) - part of a complex with bowling, arcades all that sort of thing. Met up with my lads and took them for a surprise.

I got the surprise: it was £25 each. Luckily they said, its Ok Dad - we don't fancy it. We did crazy golf instead and that was a rip-off too: £12 x3. The place had a real Centre Parcs vibe and for the first time in ages I felt really fed up to be 'working class' and I'm dreading the bloody winter. Thank god for Man City...

I actually think some people have come out of this pandemic quite well-off (and I don't just mean Matt Hancock's mates). But not me :(

 

[m7mcfc]

They all do it now. My friend does Glastonbury and pays a fortune for his pitch. Know what your on about we used to take are own beer to these events
My eldest lad has a few Jamison whisky £15 at Parkside ridiculous.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Went to M&S yesterday only to find out that they'd upped their prices massively. The thing I buy the most up by 20%. And it was already a rip off before that.

I'm not in Britain, but M&S definitely feels like Britain.

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

Am based in London these days. Went to the pub for the first time in years with a mate who was down from Manchester and got charged around £11 for a rum and coke plus half a lager. It was the same in the next pub.

I was shocked but for all I know that charge is typical.

How does it compare with the North of England/other places?

 

[r.soleofsalford]

As it’s an 80s festival now that would be a sight to behold, 65p a pint!

I prefer the late 60`s 10 old pence for a pint of Holt`s mild and 11 o/p for a pint of bitter. 240 pence to the £

 

[Blue Maverick]

They all do it now. My friend does Glastonbury and pays a fortune for his pitch. Know what your on about we used to take are own beer to these events
My eldest lad has a few Jamison whisky £15 at Parkside ridiculous.

I do wonder at what point it’s too much, with this so called cost of living crisis, I do now think that there are millions going to be affected but it maybe only say 10-20% of the country, the rest can afford it seemingly! Maybe that’s what the Tories are hoping for that the other 80% vote for them!
£6 a pint in Manchester when will you stop buying £7,8,9? For me I’ve hit my limit now, I’ve always been a thrifty/tight bastard we never had much as kids but my mum and dad did their damndest to provide and give us a great upbringing and the lessons not to over stretch yourself and not be ripped off.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Am based in London these days. Went to the pub for the first time in years with a mate who was down from Manchester and got charged around £11 for a rum and coke plus half a lager. It was the same in the next pub.

I was shocked but for all I know that charge is typical.

How does it compare with the North of England/other places?

It’s getting up there now mate, obviously some places are still cheap Wetherspoons and a few other bars but go to the places with the women in and it will cost you.

 

[bluetonium]

Unfortunately this is how it works. Costs go up, prices go up, people can't or won't pay, business fail. When you're already charging nearly fifteen quid for a njuja honey and fig pizza, and you have to looked pushing it up to nearer twenty, in an environment of cost consciousness and where essentials are also going up, the essential and non essential become even clearer.

Have a feeling quite a lot of these smaller micro artisan businesses could suffer most during the upcoming recession. If it were me at that festival then for £12 a pint I'd have stayed sober - it gives you a decision to make and whilst were all comfortable indulging now and again and set aside something for that, we also all have limits.

But I think the interesting dynamic we have here which we have not had before, is that we have a culture or generation who are very reliant on instant service, be in local shops open all hours, Netflix on demand or food on demand and delivered to your door. Their priorities may be different to what we'd expect. Will they view those as more important than other factors such as energy saving, going out etc?

 

[Blue Maverick]

Unfortunately this is how it works. Costs go up, prices go up, people can't or won't pay, business fail. When you're already charging nearly fifteen quid for a njuja honey and fig pizza, and you have to looked pushing it up to nearer twenty, in an environment of cost consciousness and where essentials are also going up, the essential and non essential become even clearer.

Have a feeling quite a lot of these smaller micro artisan businesses could suffer most during the upcoming recession. If it were me at that festival then for £12 a pint I'd have stayed sober - it gives you a decision to make and whilst were all comfortable indulging now and again and set aside something for that, we also all have limits.

But I think the interesting dynamic we have here which we have not had before, is that we have a culture or generation who are very reliant on instant service, be in local shops open all hours, Netflix on demand or food on demand and delivered to your door. Their priorities may be different to what we'd expect. Will they view those as more important than other factors such as energy saving, going out etc?

When they’ve maxed out their credit cards they may well take stock but it will be too late by then, I’m of the generation were a credit card is for emergency or to be paid off every month. It seems many use it as if it’s free money.

 

[dickie davies]

Am based in London these days. Went to the pub for the first time in years with a mate who was down from Manchester and got charged around £11 for a rum and coke plus half a lager. It was the same in the next pub.

I was shocked but for all I know that charge is typical.

How does it compare with the North of England/other places?

And when you can buy a bottle of Havana 7 for £20 or the Especial for £16