The "How Much?" / "Having a Giraffe!" Café thread...

[MontyVeda]

One of mine from last month

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£18 for a burger!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

£18 for a burger!

Believe it or not, I was being frugal -

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Believe it or not, I was being frugal -

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Loving the 'Invisible Chips' option.

 

[MontyVeda]

Believe it or not, I was being frugal -

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and they wonder why people flock to Wetherspoons

ps... do not order the 'ultimate' burger in Whethers'. It's a huge disappointment.

 

[Gwylan]

and they wonder why people flock to Wetherspoons

ps... do not order the 'ultimate' burger in Whethers'. It's a huge disappointment.

The "ultimate" is an allegory or algorithm for life

 

[Chris S]

Beer is still £3.50 a pint at the Billesley in Birmingham. You can pay twice that in the city centre.

 

[Chris S]

Anybody want a dual-suspension 'MTB' with Raleigh Shopper wheels?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374711643775

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Loving the 'Invisible Chips' option.

With prices like that, no wonder they are having trouble!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

£49.50 for a laptop power cord at Currys.

I laughed, swore, walked out.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I saw a programme last night about the most expensive/exclusive hotels and prices per night or per week were just ridiculous.

There was one in Switzerland that was €18,000 a night. They kept on going on about the views, but they were pretty crap by Swiss standards.
There was also an option where you could go and have dinner in a nearby forest. 4 courses for the absolute bargain price of €24,000 🤪

I don't care how luxurious the decor is or how fancy the food is or whatever, there quickly comes a point where it really does start not to be worth it. I mean, how can a night in a hotel sensibly be worth €1000, never mind €18,000?


People might say that it is about the prestige, etc, but really, it just seems to me that they are taking the piss with people who have far too much money!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I saw a programme last night about the most expensive/exclusive hotels and prices per night or per week were just ridiculous.

There was one in Switzerland that was €18,000 a night. They kept on going on about the views, but they were pretty crap by Swiss standards.
There was also an option where you could go and have dinner in a nearby forest. 4 courses for the absolute bargain price of €24,000 🤪

I don't care how luxurious the decor is or how fancy the food is or whatever, there quickly comes a point where it really does start not to be worth it. I mean, how can a night in a hotel sensibly be worth €1000, never mind €18,000?


People might say that it is about the prestige, etc, but really, it just seems to me that they are taking the piss with people who have far too much money!

We have couple as friends and the two of them visit the Caribbean for the whole month of December every year without fail. Hotel costs in excess of £120 000 and air fares around £30 000. Doesn't include airport parking fees, travel to airport (luxury chauffer jobbie), overnight accommodation at airport and all the other bits and pieces that go with holidays.

Not even all-inclusive. Scotch on the Rocks and a glass of Bolly @ £130 a round.

Good luck to them too, if we were that loaded we might do the same - who knows.

We think of it as wealth redistribution in action.

 

[Grant Fondo]

My favourite brandy which used to be £27-£29 not that long ago

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

We have couple as friends and the two of them visit the Caribbean for the whole month of December every year without fail. Hotel costs in excess of £120 000 and air fares around £30 000. Doesn't include airport parking fees, travel to airport (luxury chauffer jobbie), overnight accommodation at airport and all the other bits and pieces that go with holidays.

Not even all-inclusive. Scotch on the Rocks and a glass of Bolly @ £130 a round.

Good luck to them too, if we were that loaded we might do the same - who knows.

We think of it as wealth redistribution in action.

Don't get me wrong, if they are happy, then fine, but I just look at these things and think

'Is that really worth it?'

Jeezo, I baulked at a walk in fee of £84 at a hotel last month. 😆
Now, I guess these things would be interesting to see purely out of curiosity, but if I won the EuroMillions, I doubt I'd be doing anything like that any time soon (I wouldn't even go public with my win anyway). Not with any real seriousness anyway.

How the other half live, eh? ☺️

 

[Grant Fondo]

There was one in Switzerland that was €18,000 a night

That's obscene. 3 quid a night beach hut on koh samui more like it, oh, before the airport and McDonalds arrived

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

We think of it as wealth redistribution in action.

Well, yes,it did occur to me how much the staff will be being paid, but if you are daft enough to pay thousands per night then I'd bloody well hope that it benefits people! 😆