Price rises: now getting silly.
17 November 2011, 02:39 PM
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Price rises: now getting silly.
Copper cable, at Screwfix.
Old price, £15 per 100m, new price, £28 per 100m. 86% increase
De-ionised water, Motosave.
Old price, £2.29, New price £3.29. 44% increase
Now the copper, well maybe. Dunno how much metals have gone up, but maybe.
But WATER?
FFS, a 46% increase in a year?
We are being ripped off.
Old price, £15 per 100m, new price, £28 per 100m. 86% increase
De-ionised water, Motosave.
Old price, £2.29, New price £3.29. 44% increase
Now the copper, well maybe. Dunno how much metals have gone up, but maybe.
But WATER?
FFS, a 46% increase in a year?
We are being ripped off.
17 November 2011, 03:26 PM
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They really aren't daft rises imo. The cost of transportation and packaging has went through the roof.
One of the metals for instance that is used in the production of speaker drivers has went sky high. If my shop started charging the amount to cover the new costing and shipping, no one would even considering purchasing them. Instead there has been a small price increase and the shops profit margins have taken a battering.
One of the metals for instance that is used in the production of speaker drivers has went sky high. If my shop started charging the amount to cover the new costing and shipping, no one would even considering purchasing them. Instead there has been a small price increase and the shops profit margins have taken a battering.
17 November 2011, 03:27 PM
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Copper up 86% is absolutely a ****-take, taking advantage of the highly publicised meteoric rise in gold prices probably. Year on year copper prices are down. A lot.
17 November 2011, 03:28 PM
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But suckers who think the increase can be explained away by higher transportation costs will always provide justification for unjustified rises like this.
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17 November 2011, 03:31 PM
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What do you expect, the economy is in meltdown, raw materials are through the roof, fuel prices are through the roof, the government doesn't give a **** and we just take it.
It's a no brainer. They may as well just keep putting prices up until no one can afford anything and we all just die!
HTH
It's a no brainer. They may as well just keep putting prices up until no one can afford anything and we all just die!
HTH
17 November 2011, 04:48 PM
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Prices of banks have fallen through the floor though 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15769886
BBC business editor Robert Peston said taxpayers had injected £1.4bn into Northern Rock plc.
He added that, in addition to the immediate £747m the government would get back following the completion of the sale, there was the potential for the Treasury to receive a further £280m over the next few years.
"So on paper, taxpayers end up with a loss of somewhere between £400m and £650m," said our business editor.
Osborne you're a ****ing **** who is probably getting butt ****ed by lots of your banker mates,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15769886
BBC business editor Robert Peston said taxpayers had injected £1.4bn into Northern Rock plc.
He added that, in addition to the immediate £747m the government would get back following the completion of the sale, there was the potential for the Treasury to receive a further £280m over the next few years.
"So on paper, taxpayers end up with a loss of somewhere between £400m and £650m," said our business editor.
Osborne you're a ****ing **** who is probably getting butt ****ed by lots of your banker mates,
17 November 2011, 10:58 PM
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