Is it me or is everything getting expensive

dan.cave
dan.cave Posts: 26
edited August 2008 in The bottom bracket
I just can't believe that stuff is getting so costly, food, utilities etc. Its just obscene
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Not really, it is an inevitable consequence of building a population of over 6 billion people around a finite source of energy.

    The next step is war, starvation and death...


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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Hey but at least houses are getting cheaper,, eer I mean less expensive.

    Funny how the guvmint keeps telling us that inflation is only 3-4%. Seems quite a bit more to me. :roll:
  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    It's an inevitable consequence of all those cheap TVs and a disposable lifestyle. With a couple of billion Chinese and Indians moving to a western life style I suggest you get used to it!
  • jjojjas
    jjojjas Posts: 346
    I suspect that things have just been atificially cheap for too long, and we got used to it. As noted above, better readjust to it :)
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    it looks a bit steep to me.....
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Plus the banks giving out waay too much credit hasn't helped, and this was all based on the housing bubble...
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  • drewfromrisca
    drewfromrisca Posts: 1,165
    I just got back from States where I was paying 1.75GBP for a large Starbucks (Yeah Starbucks I know!!!) but here for the same size I pay almost 4!?!? WTF!!! Also I was going out for meals and paying around 30-40 GBP for a large meal for 4 but here I'm now paying around 70-80, well I'm not anymore as I refuse to eat out from now on!

    Needless to say I stocked up on some cycling gear over there! Castelli, Assos, and a few American brands that have been great. Almost half the orice sometimes!

    Thing is, why should we get used to it??? I thought the customer was always right? Shouldn't we boycott the stores and stop buying stuff??? Let's start a revolution!!!
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  • robbarker
    robbarker Posts: 1,367
    drewfromrisca wrote:
    Shouldn't we boycott the stores and stop buying stuff???

    Can we start with 11 speed transmissions please?
  • jjojjas
    jjojjas Posts: 346
    robbarker wrote:
    drewfromrisca wrote:
    Shouldn't we boycott the stores and stop buying stuff???

    Can we start with 11 speed transmissions please?


    :lol::lol::lol:
    it looks a bit steep to me.....
  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    unfortunately, I think that consumerism causes this, not solve it....

    On the plus side, since the price hike at british gas, I am now paying the correct amount each month for the gas and elec that i use! I even just managed to get a £400 refund from them because the account was in credit so much!

    Once a direct debit starts, noone at bG can hear you scream!
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    drewfromrisca wrote:
    I just got back from States where I was paying 1.75GBP for a large Starbucks (Yeah Starbucks I know!!!) but here for the same size I pay almost 4!?!? WTF!!!

    I think they employ someone to stand out side and shout out when you are coming, then they put different prices up. Four Pounds of the Realm for a cup of coffee :shock: ? Do they wear masks and point a flintlock pistol at you and shout out "4 pounds or your life"?

    I pay £1.50 for a double espresso, I cant see that even the gheyest girlie crapyfrapychino with chocolate powder sprinkled on top should cost another £2.50

    Stop using Starbucks (and the like) and stop getting ripped off. For 4 pounds I would expect naked waitresses :twisted: .
  • drewfromrisca
    drewfromrisca Posts: 1,165
    Starbucks was the 1st thing I stopped using a while back. I try to use local independent coffee places now or just drink it at home!

    Naked waitresses in a coffee house :twisted: Now if thats not a good business idea then I don't know what is!!!
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    don't forget the price of property being so high means that they have higher overheads.
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    I buy 250g of Kimbo Macinato Fresco for £2.50 I get (Im guessing actually never counted) minimum 20 cups and use a 2 cup stove/hob coffee maker to make one cup at a time. Inc gas and water I cant see I pay more than 20p per cup of damn good coffee. I bet that the big coffee shops pay no more than 3p per cup of coffee they sell.

    Why do I give £1.50 of my hard earned to someone else every morning then? Im a sucker for pretty Eastern European waitresses, even if they arent naked :roll:

    Not too long ago now one asked how my day was. I had a real moan about my sh1t day & said that I might start looking for a new job and she gave me some carrot cake, get that out of starbucks.
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    The deli where i get my coffee, i'm on such good terms with the owners and staff that i get to make my own coffee, and if i'm sitting in then free refills for me...
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  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    last year 3 packs of bread buns for a quid at tesco
    now 2 packs for a quid - sneaky inflation

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