Hey Pandas, What’s Insanely Overpriced But People Keep Paying For It Anyway?

Some things are so absurdly overpriced it borders on performance art — and yet, we still pay. Wedding venues charge £14,000 just to rent a barn you could book for a goat show at a tenth the price. iPhone charging cables somehow cost £19 for a flimsy wire that frays if you look at it. Cinema snacks? £7.50 for popcorn made from 14p of kernels and the air of moral defeat. Bottled water sells tap in a dress, whispering sweet nothings like “glacier-kissed.” Skincare brands peddle plant goo with a price tag inflated by influencer whisper campaigns. Dealership car repairs charge £600 to plug in a laptop and turn a warning light off with a single click. VIP concert tickets cost £400 for the privilege of being closer to a dot with cheekbones. Coffee shops serve drinks with macadamia foam and organic cinnamon mist, daring you to question the £6.80 bill. And let’s not forget AI tools that charge monthly fees just to write email subject lines, as if “Urgent – Please Read” is a work of modernist poetry.