What a Con!!!!

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:06 am

Been shopping..........HOW CAN CERTAIN SO CALLED CHEAP SUPERMARKETS JUSTIFY THEIR INCREASES FGS:-5:-5Ok its price check time.

Small bottles of sparkling flavoured water......last week....20p a bottle or 6 bottles for £1.......NOT on special .....normal price.

THIS WEEK....32p A BOTTLE OR £1.49 FOR 6...I see an increase over 50% on these bottles...............why??

I bought 3litres of semi skimmed milk in a freezer shop...£1.50.....same Supermarket as water.....70p more expensive............why??

LARGE eggs..pack of 10 at butchers...89p.....same ones in Supermarket...also not free range....£2.49......why??

Famous brand of Baked Beans in the 99p shop....4 tins for the said 99p....Supermarket price £1.79.....why??And so the list goes on....and on....

Now I dont know about you guys but I feel here in England we are being taken for a ride regarding some of our food and taking it for granted we have to pay more at the moment....ok dont shop in these places you may say....but some things you need and some cant always make it to cheaper places through circumstances.Just makes me so angry seeing these prices knowing on some items we are just being taken for a ride.....I also go to warehouses myself and see some increases....but trust me when I say nothing like we as consumers are paying.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:23 am

It is happening here in the US as well. Prices going up and the packages they product is in are getting smaller. :-5 Bread, Eggs, Milk just keep going up. :-2

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:41 am

thought id buy myself a pasty the other day, not had one for a while. was absolutely staggered to see that a medium steak pasty was now £2-65. thats normally the price of a large one !!!

same as the bakers dry dog food................ £11-95 in somerfields. morrisons are £9-99 and in bookers ( a cash and carry for trades people ) £5-99 !!!

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:41 am

same as ever Carol... we put up with it:-5 the French wouldnt:sneaky:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:43 am

Helen;1006720 wrote: thought id buy myself a pasty the other day, not had one for a while. was absolutely staggered to see that a medium steak pasty was now £2-65. thats normally the price of a large one !!!

same as the bakers dry dog food................ £11-95 in somerfields. morrisons are £9-99 and in bookers ( a cash and carry for trades people ) £5-99 !!!

I was flabbergasted at the price of pasties in cornwall Helen,, when we were there we bought one each (four of us) cost over ten pounds!!!!!!!!!!:-5

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:51 am

CARLA;1006699 wrote: It is happening here in the US as well. Prices going up and the packages they product is in are getting smaller. :-5 Bread, Eggs, Milk just keep going up. :-2
Ye but how comes some places dont charge these crazy prices......thats what gets me and tells me we are just being taken for a ride.

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:01 am

kazalala;1006725 wrote: I was flabbergasted at the price of pasties in cornwall Helen,, when we were there we bought one each (four of us) cost over ten pounds!!!!!!!!!!:-5

chezz was sayin the same thing about where she had fish and chips............. it cost her £34. in our place it would have been just over £18.

im ashamed to say there are a lot of places down here that take advantage of holiday makers. they seem to forget that,once fleeced of their money, they dont come back next year !! so they are cutting their own throats.

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:06 am

Helen;1006720 wrote: thought id buy myself a pasty the other day, not had one for a while. was absolutely staggered to see that a medium steak pasty was now £2-65. thats normally the price of a large one !!!

same as the bakers dry dog food................ £11-95 in somerfields. morrisons are £9-99 and in bookers ( a cash and carry for trades people ) £5-99 !!!
Bloody joke......I didnt name places but yes I was talking about Morrisons and they used to be so cheap.....Chris was moaning about the price of cottage cheese in there today and how much thats gone up also.....but its everyfing fgs.

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:12 am

Carolly;1006757 wrote: Bloody joke......I didnt name places but yes I was talking about Morrisons and they used to be so cheap.....Chris was moaning about the price of cottage cheese in there today and how much thats gone up also.....but its everyfing fgs.

well, i didnt mean too but you never know. someone from there might be reading this and it will let them know, we know what they're up to !! but i very much doubt it will worry them......................

thats half the trouble, we're a captive audience.............. we pay or go hungry !!

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:15 am

Helen;1006765 wrote: well, i didnt mean too but you never know. someone from there might be reading this and it will let them know, we know what they're up to !! but i very much doubt it will worry them......................

thats half the trouble, we're a captive audience.............. we pay or go hungry !!Helen Kaz is right...we are so lay back and except everything that is thrown at us.....as she said though .....would the French accept all we do??

watcher · Post by **watcher** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:19 am

Carolly;1006742 wrote: Ye but how comes some places dont charge these crazy prices......thats what gets me and tells me we are just being taken for a ride.
Depends on where you go and when you go there. See in my shop we put prices of some products up one week and then they might go down the next week but other products will rise to counterbalance and overall they just keep going up as there are lots of products to choose from.

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:06 pm

kazalala;1006725 wrote: I was flabbergasted at the price of pasties in cornwall Helen,, when we were there we bought one each (four of us) cost over ten pounds!!!!!!!!!!:-5Sorry Kaz but NO way would I have paid that......could buy lots of Jellied Eels for that:D:rolleyes:;)

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:11 pm

Helen;1006752 wrote: chezz was sayin the same thing about where she had fish and chips............. it cost her £34. in our place it would have been just over £18.im ashamed to say there are a lot of places down here that take advantage of holiday makers. they seem to forget that,once fleeced of their money, they dont come back next year !! so they are cutting their own throats.
Day light bleedin robbery Helen:-5:-5

hoxtonchris · Post by **hoxtonchris** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:17 pm

some times folk make a stand and it works,i recall in the 60s beef went to a pound a pound,the wives in the country stopped buying beef,the price soon stopped,then if a country took liberties with another country in any way they would "black" that countries produce,it always had an effect.

Post by **spot** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:31 pm

I think the UK supermarkets are doing a wonderful job, myself. We can compare prices if that helps. Asda's regular price for Strength 4 Dark Roast Filter-Ground Vacuum-Packed Coffee in one pound packs is £3.60 a kilo (that's £1.63 or US$2.89 a pound), it tastes pretty good to me and lasts me a month. Anyone else want to play prices, or have I not got the hang of the thread?

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:39 pm

spot;1007340 wrote: I think the UK supermarkets are doing a wonderful job, myself. We can compare prices if that helps. Asda's regular price for Strength 4 Dark Roast Filter-Ground Vacuum-Packed Coffee in one pound packs is £3.60 a kilo (that's £1.63 a pound) and it tastes pretty good to me. Anyone else want to play prices, or have I not got the hang of the thread?
The "hang" is Spot me having a moan ....keeps me happy and your remark about the Supermarkets doing a wonderful job has made me moan so much to meself that Im so happy I may even get up and sing to the budgie:rolleyes::-5;):guitarist

Post by **spot** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:44 pm

Carolly;1007356 wrote: Im so happy I may even get up and sing to the budgie:rolleyes::-5;):guitaristI've never heard it called that before!

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:46 pm

spot;1007370 wrote: I've never heard it called that before!Spot what are you like!!!!

:rolleyes::D

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:48 pm

spot;1007370 wrote: I've never heard it called that before!

Have you partaken in a thimble of Cider this evening Mr Spot?:D

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:00 pm

I always try to go to the what I call the "dent/smash section" of the store. Dented boxes of cereal, etc. for way cheap prices. Grab every box of cereal. Hey, my kids don't care because it's gone in a week:wah:

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:48 pm

Asda sells Jeans for £3.....I remarked that if I bought them and sent them cross country by mail it would cost more than that for postage.....How do they do that ?

Some prices in the big super markets are to pull you in, the eggs and Beans and other 'staples' are cheap, so you dont notice the other over priced items.

Then they have 'Offers' of non basics to keep you interested, that can be low for a week, only to rise the following week. If you could go from super market to super market and choose all the cheapest in each you might save some dosh......Mind you it is always the same basics that are bargains, the things you buy every week,

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:11 pm

Bastards !

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:29 pm

Bruv;1007477 wrote: Asda sells Jeans for £3.....I remarked that if I bought them and sent them cross country by mail it would cost more than that for postage.....How do they do that ?

Some prices in the big super markets are to pull you in, the eggs and Beans and other 'staples' are cheap, so you dont notice the other over priced items.

Then they have 'Offers' of non basics to keep you interested, that can be low for a week, only to rise the following week. If you could go from super market to super market and choose all the cheapest in each you might save some dosh......Mind you it is always the same basics that are bargains, the things you buy every week,
Gotta say that yes I agree....clothes seem to have got cheaper in quite alot of places now.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:52 am

spot;1007340 wrote: I think the UK supermarkets are doing a wonderful job, myself. We can compare prices if that helps. Asda's regular price for Strength 4 Dark Roast Filter-Ground Vacuum-Packed Coffee in one pound packs is £3.60 a kilo (that's £1.63 or US$2.89 a pound), it tastes pretty good to me and lasts me a month. Anyone else want to play prices, or have I not got the hang of the thread?

I buy those cups from asda with the filter coffee already in them to take to the caravan,, strength 5, lovely:D