2.72p each...

[Arese]

...for peanut M&M's from the vending machine here in work.

60p for a 45g bag, that contains 22 M&M's.

fking rip-off or what?

What other retail scandals do PH'ers get exposed to on a daily basis?

[Cas_P]

Kinder surprise. They're about 80p now!

[Arese]

Cas_P said:

Kinder surprise. They're about 80p now!

That is a surprise!

[Odie]

In a certain supermarket currently

Special offer
2 packs of sliced meat each with 4 slices in each - £3
1 pack of sliced ham with 10 slices in - £3

Not on special offer
Elseware in the shop 20 slices of better quality sliced ham - £4

I see stuff like this all the time.

Edited by Odie on Thursday 1st July 16:17

[Davi]

bottled water...

[Arese]

And that's it, they're all gone. Tasty, but gone.

[Original Poster]

You will always pay a premium for vending machine food however 60p does not seem any more expensive then shops...

[Custard Test]

Not on a daily basis, but last month I want for a pub lunch with some friends and was charged £9 for 10 pieces of spinach and ricotta ravioli. Upon questioning whether I had a starter they confirmed that no, the tipn pieces in the middle of my huge plate were indeed my main course.

This wasn't some restaurant in town but a pub in Colnbrook (Nr Slough)

Edited by Custard Test on Thursday 1st July 16:24

[Tsippy]

Chip shops in Winchester - they charge £1.50 for a bag containing approximately half a pissing potato, and they taste st too That's one thing that the West Midlands had going for it, a decent chippie

[Hedders]

I see a fantastic one in maplins all the time.

A pack of 8 maplins AA batteries for £7.99
and right next to it:
A pack of 40 maplins AA batteries for £8.99 !

The cashier said not many people buy the pack of 40 as they don't need 40 batteries

[captainzep]

When I was a lad you could buy a hesian sackful of peanut M&Ms for half-a-thruppence-h'appeny-shilling-crown. The rag-and-bone man used to put a few in the nosebag of his horse.

We had to watch out for the Stukas though!

[bonsai]

Tsippy said:

Chip shops in Winchester - they charge £1.50 for a bag containing approximately half a pissing potato, and they taste st too That's one thing that the West Midlands had going for it, a decent chippie

Chip shop chips are universally st, soggy crappy limp chips. Bah, infuriates me.

[Davi]

Tsippy said:

Chip shops in Winchester - they charge £1.50 for a bag containing approximately half a pissing potato, and they taste st too That's one thing that the West Midlands had going for it, a decent chippie

you must have pissed them off, always used to get a big old bag myself! You want to go down the chippy in Portswood (name has escaped me, big als or something) where we only ever buy a small fish and chips to feed myself, the wife and the bin with a heavy lot of remains. No idea how anyone could eat a whole portion from there

[Original Poster]

Scott330ci said:

69p for a chocolate bar in the shop ...

When I were a nipper it was 30/35p!

That wasn't even that long ago.

Same, and I'm 23...

[Arese]

Scott330ci said:

69p for a chocolate bar in the shop ...

When I were a nipper it was 30/35p!

That wasn't even that long ago.

And they have gotten smaller. That's it, I'm bringing fruit tomorrow.

[Scott330ci]

69p for a chocolate bar in the shop ...

When I were a nipper it was 30/35p!

That wasn't even that long ago.

[Jonny671]

2.72p each of goodness though, hey?

[stormrider2]

70p for a chocolate bar from my work. That also includes peanut M&Ms

[GingerWizard]

35p for a Mega-Wham Bar.

£6.57 for marlboro lights......

£8.00 for a pre-poured guiness in oxford street.....

[Arese]

Jonny671 said:

2.72p each of goodness though, hey?

God, yes.

911motorsport said:

£5.00 for a KitKat from the mini bar at the park Lane Hilton

That's just profiteering! I'd make sure I pissed on the bedsheets before I checked out if I'd paid that.