Great 'What do you hate spending money on the most?' Hunt

clubcardcruiser

0845 & 0870 numbers - I pay for free calls anytime, why should I pay for these... Thanks to saynoto0870 often I don't have to

enbrennan

Printer ink cartridges. What a rip off!

wordsfan

Fair do my mistake re tv licence.

My pet hates are:

Lady products vat is outrageous!

Petrol prices esp as I’m in west coast Scotland we get charged a fortune compared to Glasgow just up road.

Car tax – why are motorists taxed for the benefit of non motorists. Apparently its not been ringfenced for roads sinced 1967!! So what exactly ARE we paying it for? Esp as we’re taxed by usage via double fuel tax.

Lightbulbs can be extortionate, the worst cons on this score is ikea as all their light fittings u can only get bulbs from them.

0800 numbers which are NOT free from mobiles, I don’t have a landline as just me and dd and I don’t see why I should pay for 2 phones. I use saynoto0870 but there’s not always an alternative.

Passport for me and dd, not just for travel but I need i.d. for all sorts of things these days even applying for a job.

Misleading flight prices, in fact any transport prices.

Local councillors wages – they never DO anything.

Cinema Food n Drink prices, esp as I’m paying for a much larger portion than my dd and I can even get thru together!!

Hols - As a single mum with one child I’d have to pay more than for 2 adults with underoccupancy charges and free child places don’t apply. Also unwarranted jump in prices over school hols, this should be made illegal, it doesn’t happen on mainland Europe and the travel agents here aren’t charged more by the hotels or airlines at this time.

fyrynys

I resent how much I have to pay for 570 kb/s broadband (because of where I live) - my son pays the same for 5MB/s in his area.

I hate paying 6p per litre more for fuel at a local filling station than it costs 25 miles away for the same brand.

The price of soft drinks or a bottle of water in pubs.

thevilraggydoll

To use toilets in London stations
VAT on tampons
Bottles of water when gigs/airports bin (not even recycle) my perfectly good one upon entry.
Food at gigs/airports - tasteless and overpriced, try to make sure I eat enough in advance.
Bank charges - refuse to let banks have any more of my hard earned money, pay off credit cards in full and borrow from savings 'til next pay day if I must.
Buses in areas outside of London - knowing it is just over a pound in London and the driver has asked me for a fiver to travel a few miles.

CutTheJargon

1. Anything at Motorway Service areas, especially fuel
2. Overpriced coffee at fancy coffee places - you know who you are
3. Paying a minimum 2 hour parking charge when I only stay 15 mins
4. Hospital parking charges
5. Extortionate rail fares when I can't book in advance
6. Any of Ryanair's additional fees
7. Council Tax - it is not a fair tax
8. TV licence
9. Booking fees on theatre/concert tickets
10. Holiday insurance

red_devil

bra's washing powder sanitary products loo roll.

paying to book
expensive airport rip off charges.
Hanging on the phone waiting in a system.

toontron

Television licence - I wish it would go "pay per view" because we would be minted!
"Flight Tax" and any other nonsense Ryan Air try to get out of me.
Tax on share dividends.
car tax
compulsory school lunches for the little toonies
booking fees on tickets etc.
the Severn Bridge

There are probably many more, but these are the ones that spring instantly to mind.

Alison_Funnell

Car maintainance and repairs
All DIY
Furniture
Books
Fruit when you can gather it for free
Full price for anything if I can help it

flipperOSN

Car maintenance by far, paying an outrageous hourly charge for a mechanic to scratch his bum and tut and then not get it ready for the time you need it by. Then suddenly a part will be needed that can't be located until next week, so you have to spend more time and money getting it back to the garage again.