How much? The price of what stuff surprises you?

I have just been looking at Jo Malone scented candles for a gift. £65!!!,! I know you’re paying for the name, but, come on.

I’ll stick with Aldi at £3.99 for myself, and buy a bottle for the gift.

Has anyone actually had a printer damaged in this way?

Yes, me, rubysong. It ground to a horrible screeching halt and I found the compatible black toner had leaked everywhere. Tesco refunded the price of the cartridge, but I thought I’d have to get a new printer. They’re dirt cheap, but I absolutely hate waste and throwing things to landfill, so took it apart and gave it a thorough deep clean, following a YouTube video. Very messy, but it worked!

The cost of car parts is astronomical plus labour charges if you continue to use the main dealer! A recent bump (my fault - reversed into my wall!) resulted in needing a rear light cluster - new £600, but bodyshop easily got me one for £250 - car looks as good as new.

Noticed the price of petrol and diesel is rising too but we all know that’s just a ripoff at the best of times.

Food in general. Every week when we visit the supermarket, the cost creeps up and up! I commented to one of the staff recently and she agreed adding that management think the public are stupid and won't notice a couple of pence here and there! Bloody nerve!

No Puzzler61, our nearest Morrisons is 16 miles away, and I don`t drive. What is annoying is that the same size pack with omega oil costs £4.90, but we hate the taste of omega oil.

callgirl don’t know if you have one nearby, but Morrison’s have 30 Birds Eye cod fishfingers for £6.
A bit better, but not much.

callgirl1

Fish fingers. A pack of 30 Birdseye fish fingers costs £6.50!

Is that right?!

That's extortionate

Not had them for years. Doubt I'll be getting any at that price

I think I'd have guessed they'd be about £1.80

Removals! - I am reeling from the quotes I have been given!

SIL is trying to source a "man-with-a-van"!!!!

Yes like the original Nespresso pods. They seem expensive but then a top quality cup of coffee is only about 35p!

callgirl1

Fish fingers. A pack of 30 Birdseye fish fingers costs £6.50!

So about 20p each.......?‍♀️

Fish fingers. A pack of 30 Birdseye fish fingers costs £6.50!

Yes printer cartridges! A double pack (black & a colour one) was nearly £50 for a HP printer. £50! I could buy a new printer with ink in it for less! Absolutely bonkers! I bought compatible instead but my printer won’t accept the colour one - I’m really narked about it.

The price of salon colouring! Luckily I've always done my own.

Manufacturers' printer ink cartridges are hideously expensive. I've tried compatibles but often my Epson printer rejects them.

I've now decided that when the last compatible cartridge runs out, I shall ditch the printer and buy instead one of the newer type, an ink tank printer. Instead of cartridges, they have a tank for each colour and you buy a container of ink. My cost-conscious IT company son praises them and that's good enough for me.

Tuna! I added a pack of four tins of John West tuna chunks in spring water to my online order this week. £5! I’m sure they were £3.75 last time I got them.

Then I read the numerous reviews which complained of poor quality and to buy Sainsbury’s own, which were better and are only £4.

Always a good idea when buying a printer to find out the cost of supplies, cheap printers usually require expensive ink. Better to pay more for the printer in the long run. We use compatibles and have never had a problem apart from one which didn't work.

I don't do the shopping but some months ago went into the supermarket and I was surprised at the price of biscuits - 2 packs for less that a £1. I also thought veg prices were lower than they used to be. I think it works both ways sometimes.

Went out for coffee on Wednesday and was surprised at how many people had bought take away coffees from Costa and Nero and were sitting around drinking them. They could have come to the outdoor cafe and bought 2 for 1! Makes me wonder if people think about prices.

Books. I'm an avid reader anyway so always have a book on the go. I often buy books in charity shops but am wary of doing so now with this virus. I appreciate the work that goes into writing a book, but I do think the prices are high.

I think about 88% of prescriptions are free of charge though.

Urmstongran

The price of prescriptions! I’m exempt now of course but I think they’re £8-odd now. I remember in (? 1972) the introduction of a charge. It was 20p.

Prescriptions can be a rip off. As you say, nowadays they are over £8, but when your doctor prescribes your treatment you are not given a choice, you have to pay the prescription charge. By choice I mean paying over the counter for the same treatment.

Some ailments are treated with drugs that are not available to buy retail, but many are. Take a popular prescribed medication like Hydrocortisone skin creams. You can buy that for £4:50, but if it's prescribed, you pay the prescription charge.

You might argue that it's swings and roundabouts, it definitely isn't, a good deal of money is made out of prescription drugs, I just hope that it finds it's way into the NHS coffers, but cynic that I am, I'm more inclined to think that it's the pharmaceutical companies that make the most out of it.

Cafe inside barker and Stonehouse charged £3.10 For a not very good americano coffee. It’s less than that in many Of our town centre upmarket independent cafés

Cigarettes...how can anyone afford to smoke? So glad we gave up 30+ years ago.

I've always avoided 'comparable' printer ink. When I worked in a school the IT technician told me not to get them as they can damage the printer, but I agree the genuine ones are very expensive. Has anyone actually had a printer damaged in this way?

Oh sorry, I missed out a bread roll on the Ploughman’s. ?

DH wanted to stock up his beer fridge with some local ales so we went to a retail outlet that had a cafe.
We ordered Ploughman’s Lunch at £9.00 and were asked “ Cheese or Ham?”. ( I would have liked both but ham isn’t on a traditional Ploughman’s, and I couldn’t buy a slice of ham as an extra I was told”.
The plate of food that came to the table had on it:
a 3x2 in. piece of cheese; 3 baby tomatoes, 1 pickled onion, 1 small, foiled butter slab, a paper “egg cup top” size chutney,
3 sprigs of rocket lettuce.
The plate was half empty !!
I politely refused it and simply said “it’s not worth £9”.

In it’s place we were offered a plate with a large piece of warm quiche, a mixed mainly beetroot salad and a small green salad alongside. At least it filled the plate, and it was tasty.

The price of prescriptions! I’m exempt now of course but I think they’re £8-odd now. I remember in (? 1972) the introduction of a charge. It was 20p.