Analysts said the sharp rise in marketing costs was a particularly unwelcome surprise.

Here are a few unwelcome surprises reported by letter writers.

Hopefully, what they could expect did not include unwelcome surprises.

Still, even with the price of the players falling, their owners can be in for some unwelcome surprises.

And the taping of the second episode in August brought with it an unwelcome surprise.

So far they don't seem to care but we wouldn't want any unwelcome surprises.

Still, the Fed's message could come as an unwelcome surprise.

The sight of the other passengers was a wholly unwelcome surprise.

To see him at this moment was an unwelcome surprise for those sitting there.

"At the moment, all we can do is keep an extra eye on the professor and try to be ready for any unwelcome surprises."