Ripped OffA friend who worked in a second hand record shop told us about a Japanese guy who regularly bought "rare" records in their shop. One time, he was looking for a signed copy of "Never Mind the Bollocks".
They didn't have one. Four people and one magic marker later, they did. Ker-ching!
How have you been ripped off? Who did you rip off? Are you a British Gas customer?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 16:28)
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Oslo - most expensive place in the worldI live in Oslo, voted by the Economist as being the world's most expensive city. Here are a few examples of things that I have recently purchased:
4cl of beer (about 2/3 of a pint) in a dirty pub full of students and alcoholics £5
Indifferent curry for two (2 starters, 2 mains, 2 bottles of beer) £70
1 courgette (zucchini for the merkins) £2
1 man sized bit of steak £8-10
1 bottle of 'inexpensive' red wine £10 (cheapest in the shop is about £8 but that's not drinkable).
1 single whisky £7 (I could buy a bottle for a minimum of about £30, but at that price I just wait until I go abroad and can buy duty free).
Every weekend there are huge queues of cars heading out for a 4 hour round trip to buy food (and porno) from Sweden. Sweden, that place famous for being cheap!
So please, if you ever feel ripped off, just take a flight here and the whole of the rest of the world will feel so reasonably priced.
(, Wed 21 Feb 2007, 14:56, Reply)
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