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What do you remember being much cheaper before?

Posted by JustATechWorld@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 233 comments

The go to one for me is bus travel. I'm from the times of the 40p bus journey. Simpler times.

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Serious_Variety_2301@reddit

I remember everything in Poundland was £1 instead of £3 and £2.25
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TimeNew2108@reddit

At the minute everything. Then I remember growing up in the 70s and 80's with hand me down clothes. My dad always trying to fix the TV, a sofa full of holes and woodchip wallpaper. If we had spam fritters for tea then things were really bad. It's just a cycle, don't panic
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InternationalRide5@reddit

Spam is a luxury item now. £3.40 or £1.00/100g in Tesco. Farmhouse Pate is only 88p/100g; Finest Pork sausages are 81p/100g.
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Pieboy8@reddit

Problem is dad can't fix the TV these days. As the tech In our house has gotten exponentially more complicated and sealed home repairs become less accessible and things more disposable
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Quick_Insurance5910@reddit

Doritos… me and the lass in Asda came to the conclusion that it’s not Freddos which mark inflation anymore it’s the price of doritos… they’re like 2/3 quid a bag!!!
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SharonXuereb@reddit

Just walked past a kiosk and went "£4 for a hot dog?!?!!
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desmondresmond@reddit

Walkers crisps were 14p, £10 in a pub would buy you a decent hangover
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TrubkozubEdok@reddit

Before Walkers were on the scene it was Tudor crisps, 2p a packet and I swear they were bigger than what you get now.
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Figgzyvan@reddit

I got a round in as it was my birthday. About 9 of us. 1988. That’ll be £19.80 please. Bloody hell!! Handed a score over smiling… About £60 nowadays i think.
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Ambitious_Rent_3282@reddit

You can still get cheap lager at Weatherspoon's with a round for nine for under £30 if you go for the specials
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Silver-Appointment77@reddit

What was you drinking as I paid around 75p-£1 a pint back then.
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SubjectLuck6272@reddit

I got a round in for my birthday in 1998, about 9 of us, and cost £9. Pound a pint in any decent student venue. Where the hell did you go Mr Moneybags? Even the "expensive" after hours nightclub did £1.50 pints.
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hoksworthwipple@reddit

Around 2000 - £1.50 for a bottle of Carlsberg Export (when it was 5%) and a sambucca shot at the Bar Bar in Liverpool. 1992 £1.20 for a pint of Cains.
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ThrowingStuffAway190@reddit

I remember being outraged at being charged £2.20 for a pint of Stella in a club around 1998.
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Figgzyvan@reddit

Only the normal pub with a restaurant out the back.
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JustATechWorld@reddit (OP)

Pardon??? 14p???
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Silver-Appointment77@reddit

Yes. I remember crisps 14p on pubs.
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Silver-Appointment77@reddit

I can remember than days. Scampi fries were 20p. Always had a packet when I was out. £1 a pint too. Yes ive been known to wabble home back then a few times with change lol
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Century22nd@reddit

12 pack cans of soda were $3.99 not on sale in February 2020, then they jumped up to being $7.99 a few months later because of the pandemic...but we are long past that lockdown so why are the prices still the same? Another is cars are also more expensive, they keep telling us there is a car shortage....if there are no lockdowns where are these car shortages coming from? This is only 2 examples of ARTIFICIAL inflation!
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Silver-Appointment77@reddit

There is a shortage os some cars, but thats only because GMM who use to make Vauxhalls pulled out of Europe, and the PSA geoup which built Citreon and peugot owns and makes them. My husband gets mobility allowance where he has to get a new car every 3 years, and our new car took 8 months to be made, imported and delivered.
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dinglydanglydonga@reddit

Tudor Crisps were 8p a packet...
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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

Canny baga Tudor! Can you still get them?
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dinglydanglydonga@reddit

Nah Brother, not round here...
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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

Maybe they were bought out by a bigger company...
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dinglydanglydonga@reddit

Normally though when a company like Walkers/Lays buys out a smaller company like Smiths for example, they continue making smiths products, still using the Smiths name for brand awareness like they did when they bought Golden Wander, and I haven't seen a packet of Tudor Crisps for years...maybe you can still buy them in Newcastle or other parts of the country but alas not here in Liverpool...
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Silver-Appointment77@reddit

No. Tudor was discontinued ages ago. When Walkers bought them out in 2003.
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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

Nor in Yorkshire for years.
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Silver-Appointment77@reddit

No. Walkers bought them, along with smiths crisps.
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boofing_evangelist@reddit

I'm from the days of £20 1/8ths 😂
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Tinglos@reddit

I always thought eighth was synonymous with £20
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Silver-Appointment77@reddit

It was £10 when i was young.
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boofing_evangelist@reddit

There are people prepared to pay upwards of £65 these days. Almost all of it is down to flashy marketing and packaging. None of this cling film and bindles.
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Pieboy8@reddit

Oh fuck me too but I haven't had a smoke in years and years ...talked about it recently but one thing that put me off was having no idea what to ask for or what to pay im so out of the loop 🤣
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GraphicDesignMonkey@reddit

When I smoked it was £20 a quarter, a half gram of coke was £25, E's were £2 each
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CptConnor18@reddit

Fuel for me, when I passed my test I remember fuel prices being around £1 a litre. Miss that!
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defaulthonesty@reddit

There were literal motorway blockades when they put it up to £1/l!
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Silver-Appointment77@reddit

I remember when petrol went up to a £1. The whole country virtually shut down with all the blockades. It worked though. It went down to around 90p for a while.
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ChihuahuaMammaNPT@reddit

Lol when I passed I remember the riots and it being all over the news that fuel was rising to £1 a litre too and my manager handing out "tips" on an A4 sheet of paper how to save fuel etc
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Wonderful_Discount59@reddit

I remember the protests when fuel first went over £1/l. Then it went down for a while, then it went up again, and as far as I am aware no-one ever protested again.
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Karenzo81@reddit

Yep, it was about 85p a litre when I passed mine 🥲
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ThrowingStuffAway190@reddit

Driving in general. Lessons three days are apparently £30+ per hour.
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morris_man@reddit

When I passed my test fuel was 7/6d a gallon.
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jbkb1972@reddit

I don’t even know what any of that means
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cpt_hatstand@reddit

38p (ish I think) for 4 litres, or thereabouts
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jbkb1972@reddit

Under 10p a litre? Wow
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cpt_hatstand@reddit

Tbf decimalisation happened in 1971...
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morris_man@reddit

Yep, I'm really old
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jbkb1972@reddit

A year before I was born, I’ve just been able to understand that old money.
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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

Like someone else said, equivalent to 38p. 7/6d was also expressed as 7 and 6 or seven shillings and sixpence.
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whizzdome@reddit

In the 70s I worked in a petrol station for a couple of years. Petrol was 30p a gallon. There was a Jag that came in every Saturday, handed me a £5 note and said "Fill it up, keep the change". One day the price went up such that when he gave me the £5 note and told me to keep the change I had to tell him he still owed me money. He gave me the rest and drove off in a huff* and I never saw him again. *He actually drove off in his Jag.
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pompeylass1@reddit

It was under 50p per litre when I passed. Good job too because I had a twenty mile commute to work, no bus service, and only earned £4k. God I’m old!
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Ratfinkz13@reddit

Life!
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MagnesiumPlanet@reddit

Milk
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WittyLikeATitty@reddit

Vets consultation appointments and general bills Used to be 20quid a checkup now its 55.. When I was a kid my gerbil needed an operation must've been around 1999, the operation cost 25quid ha
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ehhummidk@reddit

I immediately think of cheese. Just recently the place I used to get it from had half a kilo of cheddar for about £3.80. It's been steadily climbing up to £5 and will probably increase again soon, if hasn't already. I also go to the pub with friends way less as I just can't afford to buy drinks. I used to think they were expensive years ago but wish it went back to those past prices now.
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07vGreenWRX@reddit

Have you seen the price increase of the wedges of brie at Lidl? Used to be about 90p maybe 18 months ago, they're now almost £2! Utter madness.
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ehhummidk@reddit

Yep, Lidl used to be where I'd do my main shop, now I have to go to loads of places to find the cheapest options. I only get a few things from there. So many price increases in every shop.
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Complete-Mess4054@reddit

Have you seen the price of parmesan?
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DementedDon@reddit

Agreed. In 2 years a 700 grm block has more than doubled in price.
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ehhummidk@reddit

£5 for 400g in Tesco, I couldn't believe it!
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MrSickle92@reddit

Freddo's, fucking freddo's.
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colin_staples@reddit

*points at everything...*
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Glenner10@reddit

The only answer
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DataJunkie1337420@reddit

Yep
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Hyzenthlay87@reddit

The correct answer
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Capable_Vast_6119@reddit

Lamb Shanks. A cheap cut of meat until celeb chefs got hold of them.
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Imreallyadonut@reddit

Life.
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JayMawds@reddit

Freddo's
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OldTomToad@reddit

Shoes. I can remember not so very long ago spending £60 on a pair of shoes and thinking it was hugely extravagant and a real reward to myself when first got a well(ish) paying job The kids school shoes were that this year
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saigon2010@reddit

My first pair of docs were made in England and 29.99... Now the equivalent costs 10 times that (or 5 times for the ones made in asia)
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breadinabbag@reddit

freddos :(
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80JoyDivision@reddit

I grew up in the 90’s. EVERYTHING was cheaper. £1 could get me a packet of crisps, chocolate bar & a wee bottle of irn bru. Today you’re talking at least £5 for that
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TheSexyGrape@reddit

Mill used to be a lot cheaper right?
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GreyScot88@reddit

Do we still refer to things like 'Space Raiders', 'Transform a snack', 'Tangy Toms' etc.... as 10p crisps?
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Complete-Mess4054@reddit

Freddos as well, they were about 10p back in the day, now you'll pay about 60p
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GreyScot88@reddit

https://www.vouchercloud.com/resources/the-freddo-index
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parag0n101@reddit

Going out, especially drinks - £7 a pint has become quite normal.
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ardcorewillneverdie@reddit

Where are you drinking?? I live in London and have definitely paid £7 for a pint but it's fairly rare unless you only drink in tourist traps
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Ratlee94@reddit

Manchester here more often than not, pint will cost you £6.50-£6.90 in the city centre pubs. Some local breweries still make their staple lager /pale /ale at below £6, but it's only a matter of time...
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parag0n101@reddit

This would be Edinburgh
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ardcorewillneverdie@reddit

Bloody hell, I haven't been to Edinburgh in about 9 years and that's terrifying
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Mrszombiecookies@reddit

I blasted £90 on Saturday and wasn't even drunk.
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Sandfish1@reddit

Literally everything. I used to do my weekly food shop for about £50-70 just a few years ago and now it's more like £90-£100. Still waiting on the wage increase to match... *shrugs*
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Scully__@reddit

How many people are you feeding? £90 a week feels like a lot
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Sandfish1@reddit

It's a little over £90 if I factor in my toddler but I didn't have a toddler before so deducted a little. I'm feeding myself and my partner. Is it a lot? I guess I don't shop on as much of a budget as some but I am conscious. I like to eat a lot of fresh fruit and veg which seems to have shot up in price insanely, I'm also conscious of the meat I buy so maybe that boosts it a bit. What you spend & for how many?
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Flashy-Pea8474@reddit

Barber cuts
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No-Donut1338@reddit

I remember when I worked at a petrol station and the petrol was 75p a GALLON !
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Dirty2013@reddit

I can remember bus journeys of 2p but petrol was under 50p a gallon cigarettes were 26p for 10 with a box of matches and we use to get 2p back when we returned an empty pop bottle
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Eye_kurrumba5897@reddit

Life
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KiwiNo2638@reddit

First pack of polos I ever bought was 7p. Chewits were 10p Finger of fudge was 10p Compass were 10p. Won't get any off then for less that 60 or 70p now
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DementedDon@reddit

As soon as I read finger of fudge, that feckin jingle went straight through my mind. A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat.
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Gold-Negotiation-730@reddit

i remember when i could get a 10p mix from the newsagents. i also remember you could get 10 cigarettes for 88p a box of matches 10p and a 2 penny chew. when my mum used to give a £1 pocket money. my dad gave me less because he knew that I was going to buy smokes as he had caught me a few times. oh well.
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DementedDon@reddit

McCowans caramel chews, 2p!
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Mediocre_Treat@reddit

Haircuts! When I was about 20 (which is 20 years ago, even though I often think it must be about 5) I could go into town and get my hair cut for £7. Now I can't get it any cheaper than £16!
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DementedDon@reddit

That's partly the reason I got a set of clippers.
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Conscious-Arm-7889@reddit

Everything. I remember petrol jumping up to over £1/gallon!
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Ruby-Shark@reddit

Broccoli It basically doubled in price in 12 months. 50p to "Just £1"
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AgeofVictoriaPodcast@reddit

Butter is the one that absolutely shocks me. It is a basic staple, but it now costs a fortune compared to just a couple of years ago. Electricity obviously. Crisps are insane now. A pack of 150 grams used to be £1 - £1.50, a 65g pack of McCoys was around 75p, and a pack of 30gs might be around 45p. Now the 150g has gone up to around £2.25 but has been sneakily cut to 130g (a combination of shrinkflation & greedflation), and the McCoys is now £1.25 for 60g. I don't buy drinks in pubs anymore, they are just too expensive. I know pubs on on razor thin margins but that doesn't mean I can afford it. Fish n chips is now a luxury meal. When I was a kid I used to get a large cod and chips by the harbour for £3 - that was for fish fresh off the boat. Right now I'm paying £14.99 for a standard cod and chips at the local, or rather I'm not paying that because I can't afford it. In my head paper back books should still be £4.99. Coffee used to be £1.20. Good luck getting it under £2.80 these days. Dentists and prescriptions used to be cheap. I dimly remember free milk at school. Basically once upon a time it was possible to have a relatively decent standard of living with plenty of social provision when the country was less rich, and now we are richer but can't afford the things we used to because......ummm reasons?
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TimeNew2108@reddit

Cod and chips may have been three quid but that was probably an hour's wages back then.
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ChihuahuaMammaNPT@reddit

Fair but £14.99 isn't an hours minimum wage today though
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Competitive-Fig-666@reddit

I ‘treated’ myself to an iced coffee yesterday as if managed to stick to only having it in the house or at work. £4 it cost! For an espresso, ice and milk? Not even like it’s shaken up or anything. Just your bog standard - £4?!
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minion_worshipper@reddit

Coffee places often charge higher for iced drinks because making them can mess up the flow of normal hot coffees which are much quicker to make!
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Competitive-Fig-666@reddit

Yeah that makes sense actually, good point!
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Primary_Somewhere_98@reddit

Dog food. Before COVID £9.50 for 24 cans. Now it's over £20.
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olivinebean@reddit

I noticed cat food massively shot up too and these bastards know that cats go on hunger strikes, throw tantrums and deliberately try to piss off people when fed something they deem below their usual standard. I've been woken up every hour in the night for buying own brand dry food before.
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ChihuahuaMammaNPT@reddit

Omg right!!! If I buy my cat something he doesn't like he makes my life hell
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Primary_Somewhere_98@reddit

Yes, only the best will do
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Quiet_Conflict3340@reddit

£2.20 for a pint of Stella back in 1998 was considered fucking extortionate.
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Quiet_Conflict3340@reddit

Cottage cheese was 33p in aldi 2 years ago. Its £1.37 now.
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CromulentSlacker@reddit

Cigarettes. I used to spend my lunch money at school on 10 B&H Gold. That was obviously before they banned packets of 10. Also we were all underage but no one gave a shit. We were even in our school uniforms.
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mrshakeshaft@reddit

Yep, 20 Marlboro for about £1.75 when I started. How much are they now?
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monkeychewtobacco@reddit

Just bought a pack of Camels at the railway station shop. I only buty a couple of packets a year so kind of forget how much they are. The girl hesitated before handing them over, said they were £20.99. How we laughed!
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Silverlsurferlady@reddit

Pack of tens were just about affordable to teens around 1990. I very occasionally had a 10 pack. By 2005 they were getting scarce. I had recently moved to Blackpool., near a small area called Bispham. There was a large secondary school nearby. I seem to attract the schoolies, maybe I had a trusting face lol. They often very politely If I could get them pack of Ten. It was all too pathetic to see each one turn out what silver they had. I'm afraid I used to get them some.. But honestly bought them a twenty, knowing ten would not go anywhere. I gave them there silver back. Saying its on me. And no didn't make any overtures to them, but just saw me as a sympathetic guy. I do like 5 cigars occasionally, but no way paying £14 which is what they are now. Insane TAX😒😒
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ThrowingStuffAway190@reddit

When I worked in an off licence around 1998, 20 of the expensive ones like Marlboro Red were £3.27. About £15 now someone told me recently, though I no longer smoke.
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Basil-Economy@reddit

Pack of Richmond superkings (bleurrrrrch) were about £1.89 for 10 when I was at school. Glad I stopped, they’re about £12 for 20 now.
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Pier-Head@reddit

I was shocked when a pint careered through the 50p barrier
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herrbz@reddit

The most recent (~2018) shocking thing for me was ordering two half pints and handing over a fiver, but it wasn't enough.
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whizzdome@reddit

I remember going down to London for the motor bike show around that time and we were disgusted that a point was over a pound
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Cortezz13@reddit

My grandparents used to give me £2 every Friday, I could go to the corner shops and get a pic n mix where each sweet was 1p and a magazine! I don’t think you could even get a magazine for £2 these days
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kcvfr4000@reddit

Life. Especially own brands in supermarkets more expensive than named brands. Ripping us off
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sisyqhus88@reddit

10 p mix up of sweets is now £1 .
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Monkey_du5t@reddit

Polos 8p
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so_not_resilient@reddit

You must be older than me- I remember them being 10p
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Wonderful_Discount59@reddit

I think my first awareness of inflation was when Polos went up from 10p to 12p.
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Monkey_du5t@reddit

Too old! Them and fruit polos 8p, refreshers 10p
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GraphicDesignMonkey@reddit

A Dairy Milk was 12p, a can of coke was 17p!
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Monkey_du5t@reddit

Thats when 50p went along way, 10p for chewits bargain! 😂
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CatKungFu@reddit

£1.70 a gallon of petrol…
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ScottOld@reddit

Freddos
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Numerous-Paint4123@reddit

Insurance
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Alone-Sky1539@reddit

houses. my first house cost £9,999. now they cost £450,000.
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thesimplerobot@reddit

All of it. When I passed my driving test unleaded was 40p a litre, my mates would give me a quid if I'd do the driving. I used to take a quid to school to pay for lunch and it would get me pizza and chips. Even younger than that 30p at the shops would get me so sugared up I could have run on water
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always-indifferent@reddit

I gave up smoking when they started to cost £3 a pack for a twenty deck. I was shocked in Tesco when the lad in front of my bought 40 fags for the cost of a Chinese takeaway from 1988
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gordner911@reddit

Life all round
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MoreCheck8712@reddit

Going to the newsagents with £2 and coming home with a hefty bag of sweets. That was only 10 years ago. Can get a single bar of chocolate now
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Silverlsurferlady@reddit

Petrol while training to be a mechanic I did 25 mile journey each way from where I lived to Lancing motor vehicle trading centre. I stopped at the same Newhaven petrol station every week. It stayed at 99p a gallon all year. Only went up a liitle at budget. I still cannot believe petrol stations can change prices daily, instead of just keeping the same price for a year. I like to know why petrol in 1976 only went up once a year. Some country or company is making insane profits from this unfair new way of charging petrol different each day!!
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Mrszombiecookies@reddit

Fucking soup! Wtf Heinz??
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HaggisHunter93@reddit

Everything
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Separate-Series2698@reddit

Absolutely everything
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stardew_enthusiast@reddit

Freddos. Need I say more?
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GraphicDesignMonkey@reddit

...you mean Taz bars.
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stardew_enthusiast@reddit

No I meant freddos :)
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LittleRedGuardian@reddit

Fizzy drinks. A bottle of coke being £1.10 now nearly £2. The coop by my has them at £1.80 but the 1.25l is 10p more. Makes no sense.
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Questingcloset@reddit

Sugar tax?
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LionLucy@reddit

Butter. When I first bought it myself, when I was at uni in maybe 2011, it was 89p. It's around £2 now.
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patrickthomas93@reddit

you can't have been buying proper butter then, or it was subsidised. Just had a look at RPI over last 10 years and it was £1.50 then and £2.00 now
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LionLucy@reddit

Aldi own-brand salted butter in St Andrews in 2011 cost 89p, it's etched in my brain for some reason.
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Complete-Mess4054@reddit

Cheese as well is up there, some at about £4 for a triangle of parmesan
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GraphicDesignMonkey@reddit

My local shop does the large blocks of butter for £5.80
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dreamsonashelf@reddit

I've seen some shops in London sell it over £3, and I'm not talking about posh areas or particularly high end brands.
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Lunchy_Bunsworth@reddit

And the blocks are smaller. Lurpak went down from 250g to 200g strange how the price stayed the same.
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dreamsonashelf@reddit

That means it didn't really stay the same per kg though?
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chemicalmisfit666@reddit

I must be way younger cause £2 bus journeys are way cheaper than £6 before. My answer: Ubers, wine, cheese, water, electricity, heating, rent.
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Bulimic_Fraggle@reddit

Living.
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The_not-so_chosen_1@reddit

Lollies. Used to be 1p, now they're 25 and even 50.
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Signal-Ad2674@reddit

Fredos
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DisastrousHall1251@reddit

Pringles and multipack chocolate bars/M&Ms used to be £1 each or on offer 2 for £1.50 gone are those days and it’s usually around £1.85
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Duubzz@reddit

The real gauge of inflation is Freddo’s. 5p back in the day.
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Duubzz@reddit

I remember the outrage when petrol went to £1
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ImFrampleTromwibbler@reddit

Bugger me the obvious answer is *everything.* But a few things that stand out: **Stamps** \- thankfully rarely use them now, but can remember getting a first class for about 27p 20 years ago. They'll be £1.25 from next month. **Chocolate Bars.** Used to love the odd Mars or Snickers. 25-30p, 40p, 60p - ok fair enough. Now they want 80p or more and, thanks to shrinkflation, they're just not worth it. **Olive Oil.** Cooking oil in general, but olive oil, practically doubled to almost 8 quid. **Instant Coffee:** For the longest time it seemed to be £3-4. Now £7.50 a jar in my local Sainsbury's. The co-op has it for £9! **Fish and Chips:** I'm from the south of England where it's always cost more than up north but bloody hell it's expensive now. There's a good chippy near my mum - great quality, very generous portions. Haven't been there in a long time but went to treat myself recently. Large cod and chips - remember it being about 8 quid before, so imagine my face when the lady said: *"That'll be* ***£14.10*** *please."* Ok, it was delicious as always, but NEARLY FIFTEEN BLOODY QUID for takeaway fish and chips!! I felt violated.
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dazrog@reddit

My trick with Fish and Chip shops is to just buy the pensioner special. They all seem to do it now. It's basically a small cod and chips but it's reasonably-ish priced.
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ImFrampleTromwibbler@reddit

Now that sounds like useful information, I'll keep that in mind - cheers.
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Seahawk124@reddit

When I worked behind a bar as a teen in the late 90s, most of the beer and larger drinks pint size were under £2. From what I can remember: Carlsberg £1.80, Tetleys £1.60, Guinness £1.80, Kilkenny £1.70, and Carsberg Export £1.90.
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Inner_Vibe@reddit

Rent boys
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whippetrealgood123@reddit

Bio oil, sure it used to be about £3/4, now it shot up in price.
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Zenobite@reddit

Did inflation write this post?
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Zenobite@reddit

This is a joke, right?
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JohnnyG37@reddit

I used to buy a mars bar for sixpence (old money) when I was at school. Mars bars also used to be massive, nothing like the tiny little things you can buy now 😢
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purrcthrowa@reddit

I'm old enough to remember when they were wrapped in a folded square, not in a tube that's crimped at the ends. And yes, they were much bigger.
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purrcthrowa@reddit

One of the most dramatic is a pint of sparkling water in the pub. I often used to get it for free in some music venues or pubs with music. Then it would be something like 20p. This was only a few years ago. Now it's typically something like £3 or more. Talking of sparkling water, you used to be able to get it from Sainsburys for 19p for 2 litres. That price was pretty much matched by Tesco, Asda and Icelnad. Now the cheapest I can get is 45p for 2 litres from Ocado. And it's M&S brand!
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HufflepuffHarry@reddit

Been going to motorsport events regularly for 15 years ish now. Can see the ticket price increased by a quid every year one weekend ticket used to be 35 quid now its 50
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LondonCycling@reddit

Greggs sausage rolls and Special Brew.
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Cold_Table8497@reddit

I know right? Sometimes I skip breakfast altogether.
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ThrowingStuffAway190@reddit

How has this not been upvoted more?
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Trunkface90@reddit

The cinema Odeon Lux near us. £19.50 a person. If me and my wife want to watch something on a Friday, we worked out it would be around £65 quid with nachos and a beer each..... Not a chance in hell
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ThrowingStuffAway190@reddit

I have Cineworld Unlimited, at leas for as long as Cineworld survive, which is looking dodgy. If I didn't, I would probably never go to the cinema at all.
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edcirh@reddit

The Limitless ticket is £14.99/£17.99 for the posh cinemas
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Trunkface90@reddit

I just looked this up, that's crazy! Cheaper than buying a single
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edcirh@reddit

My Odeon does all tickets for £5 if you book them online
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evgrinder@reddit

Escorts
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evgrinder@reddit

FS with CBJ for £250/hr for a 6/10? Fuck outta here
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ThrowingStuffAway190@reddit

I don't closely track these things, but I swear a jar of gherkins has about doubled in price over the last year.
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LaraH39@reddit

Milk. 6 years ago 4lt for £1.25 now it's £1.50 for 2. Food in general. Electricity and gas Petrol I mean... Every fucking thing really.
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dazrog@reddit

I remember the great baked bean race to the bottom of the 90s. I think it was 4p for a tin of beans!
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RegTruscott@reddit

Used to be able to park in side streets on the fringes of most towns for free and spend an afternoon shopping. Then the local councils decided to monetise shoppers, they painted double yellows everywhere and installed pay machines. Now it costs 5-10 quid minimum. I dont think the collapse of high street shops is entirely amazon's fault.
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Hookton@reddit

Microwaves. I swear about a decade ago you used to able to get a bog-standard no-frills microwave for £10-15. Now the most basic models are £50+. Is it just me?
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idunnomattbro@reddit

Can get a basic one is tesco for like 15.
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mrsjbpd@reddit

I got ours from Wilko a couple years ago £50. Then it randomly started turning itself on if the door was closed, so we started leaving the door open. Then it started up with it open, so we turned it off at the wall. I got fed up with it and really loved it, so went on Wilko to buy another one and it had gone up to £79. I refuse to pay that amount for a microwave. So we still have this one and we set a timer because it likes to jump up the time left by 20 seconds every 5 seconds.
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Hookton@reddit

Really? I don't have a Tesco locally and can't find anything like that online. Why would they have them so much cheaper than other supermarkets?
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idunnomattbro@reddit

honestly mate im not sure. I was in there the other week and there was one for 15 quid. I thought it was real cheap so i remembered it. It was tesco in Batley near Leeds
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Hookton@reddit

Hmmm. I may have to pop in next time I'm near one and see if they still have them. I balk at paying £50 for something I don't use that often, but it's handy to have one.
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nikd2003@reddit

Corned beef pasties 45p sticks in my head. Happier times.
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seeindepth@reddit

everything
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MPal2493@reddit

Everything. The ~~Cost of Living Crisis~~ (Profiteering and Inflation Crisis) has made pretty much everything exceedingly expensive.
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dick1204@reddit

Petrol was 67p a litre when I passed my test
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HistoryIll3237@reddit

Large bottles of coke, used to be 39p for a 2l bottle, now its over 1.50
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josh5676543@reddit

A can of coke has dubbed in the last 15 years
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KiwiNo2638@reddit

I remember can machines were 40p for a can for most of the 90s
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KiwiNo2638@reddit

Or used to be 27p on the bus from my school to home. That bus service no longer exists, but if it did, and it wasn't for the £2 fare limit, it would be about £3 by now
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OnionOtherwise8894@reddit

Footballers
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Stoutfire@reddit

Permit to travel 20p. Only had to pay the rest if you got caught. Best gamble to take.
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Stoutfire@reddit

Permit to travel 20p. Only had to pay the rest of you got caught. Best gamble to take.
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Cybertaff@reddit

The price ofFreddos are the default inflation index for a brit
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Ok_Shopping_3341@reddit

15 years ago my local paper was 25p. Now it’s £1.45. I was horrified.
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Wild_Region_7853@reddit

A can of coke. I still expect them to be 30p which is how much they were from the vending machine when I was at school, but now you're lucky to get one from the corner shop for under £1
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GraviteaUK@reddit

Pick N Mix! £1 used to get a decent bag!
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Public-Run-3337@reddit

Freddo’s
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Grimskaald@reddit

life
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Accomplished-Fox2418@reddit

Ciggys… £2.51 for ten when I was 16 lol
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twiglet21@reddit

I recall buying a pint of beer for 18p.
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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

First and second class stamps. 3.5p and 4.5p (but I'm talking 1970s)
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Retailworkerbot@reddit

Freddos… pretty sure the bloke has a family and mortgage now… times must be tough with the rising costs and all.
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Chileris@reddit

When I started working in the mailing industry 10 years ago we could buy postage direct from RM (2nd class) from 24p per letter. As of the end of this month, best general price is 65p. 270% increase in 10 years. Ouch.
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bondy30@reddit

I remember a chip barm costing 55p, sure its on about £2.00 minimum now
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Sly1969@reddit

Your mum.
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donnamartin83@reddit

Everything but more importantly to my household, cheddar cheese 🥲🥲🥲🥲, it's now on the luxury list
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Cokezerowh0re@reddit

Living
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mymumsaysno@reddit

Houses. Bought one for 40k, sold it a year later, now that same house costs about 120k. I say costs because its not worth 120k.
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JeffyJeff62@reddit

Beer and petrol obviously
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Valde_Viscosa@reddit

A pint.
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Repulsive-Flamingo77@reddit

The will to live
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Matthews_89@reddit

Laughs in car insurance
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CJ_BARS@reddit

Literally everything..
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smg658@reddit

Heinz soup. £1.70 per can in Asda just now. It was about 90p at the beginning of lockdown.
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Wellsy777@reddit

Freddy’s!!!!
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rmckedin@reddit

Being poor. It’s never been as expensive to be poor as it is today.
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fizzysmoke@reddit

Cars, could get an old banger that'd do you for a couple of years for a few hundred quid. Today's equivalent will cost you a few grand.
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TheLoneSculler@reddit

Yes
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odd1ne@reddit

Phone contract. Used to get a new Nokia 2 year contract for £15 a month for a year. Nowadays £60 - £70 for 3 years ! I know they are way better the the increase is crazy
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dapperghouldude@reddit

Living
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uluvmyredditcomments@reddit

Airport parking.. now its genuinely about the same to arrange a return taxi. And nicer.
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sjw_7@reddit

Packs of 8 Greggs Sausage Rolls in Iceland. Used to be £3.50 per box and are now £5.50
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Jacindagirl@reddit

Everything
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