‘What’s a reference price you can’t let go of?’ – 22 increasingly expensive things that will blow your mind more than £1 Freddos
12.
‘The fact I can walk into Poundland with £1 and get basically nothing nowadays is criminal. Everything should be £1!’
–Goatmanification
13.
‘Black Jacks and Fruit Salads were a penny each. Used to buy bags full of them. One packet of 10 now is a quid in my local shop.’
–Dreadpirateflappy
14.
‘Packets of Polos, 10p.’
–Djinjja-Ninja
15.
‘1st class stamp: 25p
2nd class stamp: 19p.’
–Key_Crab_5780
16.
‘£2 for a giant chocolate buttons bag. I’m sure they’re about £4.80 now.’
–formulalosalamanca
17.
‘Gigs should be £3.50 a ticket, the price back when I started going in 1987.’
–binduck47
18.
‘When I was in my second year of uni (around 2008-2009) my local chippy did a battered sausage, chips, and curry sauce for £1.50. My local now has basically the same deal for £5.50 and there are others nearby that are even more expensive!’
–lj523
19.
‘Lipstick should be £5. £7.99 if I’m stretching myself. Never mind that loads of companies sell them for £10 or over, even normal high street brands like ELF and Maybelline, in my teenage mind they’re a fiver each and always should be.’
–Afraid-Priority-9700
20.
‘£6 for a pack of 20 cigarettes. £3 for a pint of beer. £1.25 for 2L of Coke.’
–juanito_f90
21.
‘The price of some of the new trainers you see in the likes of JD is mental. £50-75 was always my ballpark. Now some are £150+.’
–halfway_crook555
22.
‘Space Raiders crisps should and always be 20p.’
–Sad_Radish7378