Britain's biggest Christmas market 'rip-offs': From £618 hotdogs to £2,750 wood carvings, £50 for a 150-second train ride and £775 for family day out
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Britain's biggest Christmas market 'rip-offs': From £618 hotdogs to £2,750 wood carvings, £50 for a 150-second train ride and £775 for family day out

Daily Mail  

Have YOU been to a 'rip-off' Xmas market? This country is f*****' Pictured is London's Winter Wonderland where pints were flogged for as much as £12 each Hot dogs at London's Winter Wonderland cost as much as £16, as they were served by venders with fancy toppings Pictured are some of the rides at London's Winter Wonderland's in the centre of the capital And it's a similar story in Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh, were punters have branded the Christmas market as a festive 'rip-off'. Edinburgh's Christmas Market was this year blasted by punters in a series of scathing reviews Pictured is a police car by part of the Christmas market in Edinburgh The 10 worst 'rip-offs ' Winchester Christmas Market - £2,750 for a wood sculpture Nottingham festive market - £618 for mistakenly charged for two hotdogs Winchester Christmas Market - £575 for a donkey figure Crieff Hydro Christmas fair - £50 for a tickets to the show and a bitterly disappointing 150-second train ride Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market - £21 for a beer and hotdog London's Winter Wonderland - Father claims he spent £775 on a trip for his wife and three children Liverpool Christmas Market - £8.50 for a glass of mulled wine Glasgow WinterFest - £5 each for a one-minute 'rip-off' Grinch Christmas Adventure ride Newcastle Christmas fair - £12.50 for a burger and £19 for a 'Greek platter' Manchester Christmas Market - £10 for a Yorkshire pudding wrap One savage review read: 'Overpriced tat. The Frankfurt Christmas Market in Birmingham was blasted when it opened - with people saying they will boycott the attraction due to high prices Two-pint steins of German wheat beer Hofbrau cost £12.50 in Birmingham while a half-metre-long Bratwurst is priced at £9 Stan Felton poses next to a board at Birmingham's Christmas market showing the pricing rules Others were less fussed, including Stan Felton, who said: 'I think the one drink rule is ok. In Newcastle, a city famous for its cheap food and drink, customers have been left reeling by the rip off prices at the Christmas market Newcastle's Grainger Street and Grey Street is home to more than 35 festive stalls Families trawling the stalls in the city centre say they would rather purchase a supermarket meal deal than fork out nearly £10 for an expensive duck wrap.

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