The cost of an ordinary every day thing that shocked you

[Cherie]

Just posted a letter first class £1.70 :shocked: I swear it was 60p only a few years ago

and a packet of Yorkshire tea ...not sure how many teabags maybe 200, £8.50.....waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[Crimson Dynamo]

Just posted a letter first class £1.70 :shocked: I swear it was 60p only a few years ago

and a packet of Yorkshire tea ...not sure how many teabags maybe 200, £8.50.....waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

that letter would have cost you 27p in 2000

[Benjamin]

One of my mates in NZ sent me a photo yesterday saying a cucumber over there now is $8NZD (Around £3.55)!

UK wise, I went to get a can of coke from a cafe the other day and they wanted £2.20 for it. Decided water would be better and cheaper, and that was £2.80 (for a small bottle). Was a big nope from me.

[Kate!]

One of my mates in NZ sent me a photo yesterday saying a cucumber over there now is $8NZD (Around £3.55)!

UK wise, I went to get a can of coke from a cafe the other day and they wanted £2.20 for it. Decided water would be better and cheaper, and that was £2.80 (for a small bottle). Was a big nope from me.

Scandalous robbery!

[MTVN]

Just posted a letter first class £1.70 :shocked: I swear it was 60p only a few years ago

and a packet of Yorkshire tea ...not sure how many teabags maybe 200, £8.50.....waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Stamps are ridiculous, they've gone up over inflation almost more than any other commodity I think. Second class are still quite affordable though

I also bought some international stamps the other day and they were £3.70! Just as much to send a letter to France as the US which seems a bit silly

[Mystic Mock]

One of my mates in NZ sent me a photo yesterday saying a cucumber over there now is $8NZD (Around £3.55)!

UK wise, I went to get a can of coke from a cafe the other day and they wanted £2.20 for it. Decided water would be better and cheaper, and that was £2.80 (for a small bottle). Was a big nope from me.

Coke will always get hammered due to the Sugar Tax.

[MTVN]

One of my mates in NZ sent me a photo yesterday saying a cucumber over there now is $8NZD (Around £3.55)!

UK wise, I went to get a can of coke from a cafe the other day and they wanted £2.20 for it. Decided water would be better and cheaper, and that was £2.80 (for a small bottle). Was a big nope from me.

Yeah water and soft drink prices are quite ridiculous. Used to be if someone wasn't drinking in a pub they could have a coke or lime and soda for hardly anything but a lot of places charge almost as much as a pint now

The commodification of water is also quite outrageous. It must cost pennies to produce originally and the vendors must pay hardly anything for it but then they charge a fortune

[Benjamin]

Coke will always get hammered due to the Sugar Tax.

Yeah, but it was a can. I expect that for a small bottle.

[Benjamin]

Yeah water and soft drink prices are quite ridiculous. Used to be if someone wasn't drinking in a pub they could have a coke or lime and soda for hardly anything but a lot of places charge almost as much as a pint now

The commodification of water is also quite outrageous. It must cost pennies to produce originally and the vendors must pay hardly anything for it but then they charge a fortune

Especially when you go to places like Tenerife where bottled water is literally so cheap. It’s nuts when water costs so much here.

[Mystic Mock]

Yeah, but it was a can. I expect that for a small bottle.

For one can that's admittedly really high.

[Cherie]

Especially when you go to places like Tenerife where bottled water is literally so cheap. It’s nuts when water costs so much here.

We are hammered here in every way, they are squeezing us until the pips squeak