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Mar 1, 2011 | 01:37 PM

#31

Gigsy

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S**t... there was me thinking life was fair.

Mar 1, 2011 | 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2

plenty of evidence, from pre-pay meters for utilities, discounts for direct debits/bank account holders, reliance on local convenient stores

just google something along the lines of “do the poor pay more” plenty of academic studies that have investigated the issue

Ahh; DD and prepay, now I follow. Basically this is more about the 'relly poor' and destitute vs. the average working class.

Mar 1, 2011 | 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2

I have already answered this -- I thought it was so obvious (what I meant) that I did not need to spell it out

I did not proffer a view on the rightness or wrong of it -- why can't you get that

Perhaps that is because we are not all as blinkered as you.
You also don't appear to know the difference between fact and opinion.
Might be worth your while looking it up in a dictionary.
ps I took the liberty of making a few changes to your text in order to tidy it up - I hope you don't mind - I think it conveys your meaning more clearly thus.

Mar 1, 2011 | 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2

I have already answered this -- I though it was so obvious what I meant that I did not need to spell it out

i did not profer a view on the rightness or wrong of it -- why can't you get that

I was just pointing out how words can be "misconstrued" ....