Friday, 9 June 2023

What planet are you on?

I was looking at the price of the future vision Pro, Apple's new virtual reality headset and the proposed price was $3500 dollars (£2788); I thought, what planet are they on? I can get 9  Meta Oculus head sets for that price. My first car cost less than that. I wouldn't even spend £2788 on a family holiday. I get it, the thing will do amazing stuff. You could walk in the park and see a TV floating infront of your eyes and visit other worlds but that price is crazy. 
I have a similar thought for the price of British trains. I can drive to Eastbourne coastline from where I live in about 2 hours, that is £12 of fuel, £24 for a round trip and my car has 5 seats. A single train trip costs more than £30 to Eastbourne for one person. It is cheaper to drive there and back from Eastbourne with 5 passengers than it is for one person go there and not come back by train. 

Does the government realise what they have done? Do they realise how rubbish the railway has become? When they privatised the railways, they were making a big mistake. What planet are they on? Everybody should just stop using the trains because they're getting ripped off. 

It is cheaper, faster and easier to drive to the coast than to take the train. The trains should be a subscription service where everyone pays £50 per month for unlimited trips for adults or £25 for children.

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