UK folks..... don't get the tubs of Celebrations, Quality Street etc, there's barely anything inside them.

#Consumerism #UK #Shopping #LateStageCapitalism #YoureOnlyBuyingAPlasticTub #Chocolate #RipOffBritain #Capitalism #Celebrations #QualityStreet

One of the best things to come from the fall in house prices will be the reduced profits of estate agents. These grifters have been living on easy street for decades with revenues growing on the back of soaring house prices and profitability rises from increased automation. What on earth do they do beyond look gormless? Good riddance to them one and all. Of course the filthy #Tories have done nothing to solve.
#economy #estateagents #ripoffbritain #gtto

#ukpol
#ripoffbritain

Anyone think there's an election coming? .......
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Government to change law to protect motorists from 'rip-off' retailers

Newsflash: The UK government is to change the law to force petrol and diesel retailers to provide up to date price information to motorists can find the best deal.

It seems pointless to criticise a #Tory government for failing to curb corporate price-gouging when that is its very reason for existence. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/01/rip-off-britain-cost-of-living-crisis-uk-retail-profits #RipOffBritain

Bills 'might not go below £1,700 a year this decade'
This slightly alarming prediction comes from Simon Cran-McGreehin, head of analysis at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). #RipOffBritain #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis
https://news.sky.com/story/energy-price-cap-falls-significantly-as-ofgem-reveals-new-level-for-average-bills-12888237

£1.20 for instant ramen? My country has gone insane.

#ukinflation #potnoodle #ripoffbritain

So many things they can't afford - but pissing eye-watering sums of our money up the wall isn't one of them.
"estimated fraud and error across government at between 33.2 billion pounds and 58.8 billion pounds for the 2020/21 year alone, excluding pandemic-related spending. There has been a substantial increase in the level of fraud reported in the annual reports and accounts we audit," said NAO head Gareth Davies."
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/fraud-uk-public-spending-soars-under-poor-oversight-watchdog-2023-03-29/
#UKPolitics #TaxTheRich #RipOffBritain #FuckTheTories

Diesel 17p more per litre than petrol despite oil price falls

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65098942

#Fuel #Diesel #Oil #Prices #RipOffBritain #CorporateGreed

This is we can't have nice things. By nice things I mean a salary that covers basic needs, a functioning transport system, etc etc etc
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-fraud-only-1-of-lost-or-stolen-grant-cash-recovered-t8hjn9dnb
#UKPolitics #CovidLoans #RipOffBritain

Went in the post office today to get 8 second class stamps for my mum. £5.44. I'm old enough to remember when you could get 40 FIRST class stamps for a quid.

Nowadays, why would anyone send a letter by privatised mail when they can send it by email and it's there almost instantly?

Time to end #RipOffBritain

Don't understand why phone/broadband contracts are allowed to increase by inflation +3.9% every year, with a fixed term contract. The risk of inflation over 12 or 24 months should already be included in any price. 😠

It's a 14.4% increase this year.

Other annual contracts - your house insurance, car insurance, council tax, vehicle tax, gym membership - don't do this.

Almost as if #OFCOM, just like #OFGEM, exists to protect the providers, not the consumers.

#RipOff #RipOffBritain

/rant

Don't understand why phone/broadband contracts are allowed to increase by inflation +3.9% every year, with a fixed term contract. The risk of inflation over 12 or 24 months should already be included in any price. 😠

It's a 14.4% increase this year.

Almost as if #OFCOM, just like #OFGEM, exists to protect the providers, not the consumers.

#RipOff #RipOffBritain

/rant

@gedeonm @aleck Humph in the UK they sell for about $28. #ripoffbritain

Trial of scrapping train return tickets extended

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64548794

#Railways #Rail #UKRail #RailFares #FarePricing #HiddenAgenda #RipOffBritain

Pricing will never be simple if it's based on where and when.

Do I smell a hidden agenda here, to ramp up the price of rail travel in the Uk still further by making the price of 2 single journeys more expensive than 1 return journey?

Rail travel in the UK is already one of the most expensive in the world, with trains overcrowded and dirty.

Register of Overseas Entities: What three luxury homes reveal about who owns UK property

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64536926

#Property #ForeignOwnership #Coverup #RipoffBritain

Top tip if you're changing broadband supplier (although to the savvier among you this may be completely obvious)
Ring the prospective supplier. I found a good deal on U-Switch but got it another £7 p/m cheaper over the phone. 👍 #RipOffBritain #CostOfLivingCrisis #FuckTheTories

RT @Real_Blackadder
Energy standing charges are indefensible and should be scrapped and made illegal.
With the profits all the energy companies make, they don't need the money.
#RipoffBritain

Awwww Shell profits are down from £10BILLION last quarter to only £7.5BILLION this quarter. But hey, they did only make £32.2BILLION profit in the last year. #CorporateProfits #EnergyCompanies #RipOffBritain

In other "WTF do you lot do with all the tax money" news:
#RipOffBritain #UKPolitics #TaxTheRich #CostOfVotingToryCrisis #EnoughIsEnough
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/01/royal-navy-orders-investigation-into-nuclear-submarine-repaired-with-glue

This is madness. My son paid £165 last year for a month and that was bad enough. This year same time it’s £450 and he’s cut down on so much. #UK #electricity #madness #ripoffbritain
UK pays more for electricity than it costs to make https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64471262