Things that are just bafflingly expensive

Personally it is baffling why Real Ale costs less in pubs than generic industrial lagers (Fosters, Stella etc.) and keg Guiness (the bottle conditioned guiness the exception here) when it costs much more to make and keep in good condition. Of course the reason for this is the marketing costs of these products, and I'm not complaining. I can envisage a time in the future when Ale becomes the premium product in price terms though.

No, we're talking about things where the price just makes no sense. Either because the whole industry keeps something artificially expensive and no one can be bothered to start a price war, or because they're considered a delicacy, or because there's wildly inconsistent pricing policy, or something like rail fares which is just absurd.

some airlines (esp the budgety ones) seem to just quote your fares as a combination of singles these days. but yes it's easier with planes unless you're mixing and matching airlines (but i don't think that's the same with mixing train companies).

otm. and it's shocking how much you can be ripped off if you don't 'shop around' for the best priced ticket. For instance my monthly visits to Bristol could cost me £82 if I just asked the teller "return ticket to Bristol please", but booking online and looking for certain types of tickets I end up saving about thirty quid.

Who does that? I thought everyone took it to A Little Bloke Down The Road.

(although, saying that, I have been pleasantly surprised by how competitively priced the dealership has been in doing some work on my BMW)

how does that not make sense (to them)?

You don't. Popcorn + pick'n'mix are freely available to scoff at will to fill up your container with in the main concourse of the cinema. (at least where I live, anyway)

xpost to Stevem

i.e

Panda cola

are you buying the tickets from the teller in advance though?

Panda cola

Yes there is a funny 'if it's that cheap it must taste shit' thing with this.

Fentimann's glass bottled cola is 're-assuringly expensive' otoh.

Price is generally a good indicator of quality.

Panda cola tastes shit. xpost grr.

Concept of 'brand equity' to thread.

i forget what the proper term is for economics of luxury goods but for things like truffles, diamonds &c their "artificially" high price is an integral part of their market appeal in the first place

Macamadamia nuts are expensive because they need shelling by hand (I think?) because they'd be poisonous otherwise.

Yes, I take it to the little guy down the road, but I have used the main dealer for one or two jobs over the years. You'd be amazed how many people just pay through the nose for jobs that any mechanic could do.

Gent's barber

Other end:

Male Grooming

Saw this on 211 bus through Fulham yesterday.

(I had an ex-boyfriend who used to pay about £30 to get his hair cut. He was a poncey twat).

i always imagined part of the joy of female haircut is to be able to tell others how much you've spent on your haircut.

what if it is trawler-sized, and what come tail-flickeringly from its dispensation outlet are correspondingly scaled-up so as to be sardine-sized

sorry that's the worst post ever but it's all that sarahel deserves for this grotesque impropriety >:|

imago is this what you mean?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-vs8fwgwk0

paulinho

sorry that's the worst post ever but it's all that sarahel deserves for this grotesque impropriety >:|

― pecker shrivellage (imago), Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:06 PM (5 minutes ago)

that doesn't even come close to being your worst post ever

at "Oh! Didn't even tell you" I laughed very hard

i have no fucking idea what that means