With prices like this is it any wonder some folk are skint?

m1ntie

PasturesNew wrote: »

Now you're 'avin a larf.

I've never spent that much in my entire life on one pair of shoes.

Most I ever spent was £26 on some soft leather Italian court shoes from a small specialist shop in Torquay, when they had the big sale on.

I usually spend £5-10 for leather shoes.

I wish I could find leather shoes for that.

m1ntie

luvpump wrote: »

I have started to get a lot of my outdoor stuff from Lidl and particularly Aldi, its not bad quality,looks fine & is very reasonably priced, I got a good pair of ski gloves for 4.50 last week.... fashion IMO is less about what you wear,more about your body is like underneath..I have a good bod, Was once told i could wear a brown paper bag & i would look great

Err - hope they didnt mean over your head!

TJ27

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax wrote: »

I thought it was Ronnie Barker

Hmm. Originally it might have been Ronnie Barker I suppose but it was definitely Triggers road sweeping brush that I remember. There was quite a strong comedy connection between RB and David Jason, so perhaps the joke was "borrowed".

carolt

lynzpower wrote: »

Its the fact some people do actually pay it. ( or have)

I wouldnt dream of it but there are plenty of people in the UK ( not many who use this website Ill grant you! ) that think the more you spend on something the better it is.

(Although Ive never heard of anyone "wearing out" gloves, so the durability test hardly merits but there you are)

I will never forget a little gem from some tv prog a few years back - about a shopping centre up north (Trafford Centre maybe?) - lots of Cheshire posh types going there, and it featured one particular woman who chose an expensive dress, took it to the cash till to pay for it, and the assistant said "That'll be £90, please."

"£90?" queried the woman, "but I thought it was "£900! If it's only £90, I don't want it."

Mad but true. She only wanted it because of the price tag, rather than despite it.

So for her, the £9 gloves would have been far too cheap. :eek:

Addiscomber

lynzpower wrote: »

(Although Ive never heard of anyone "wearing out" gloves, so the durability test hardly merits but there you are)

I am 5ft 11in and consequently have longer fingers than most women. As gloves are "one size fits all " (:mad:) I have worn all of my gloves/mittens out at the ends of the fingers. In MSE style I just keep wearing them though!

TJ27

carolt wrote: »

"£90?" queried the woman, "but I thought it was "£900! If it's only £90, I don't want it."

A mate of mine goes around the country training people on H&S stuff. His rate used to be £250 per day and he was getting very little work. So he simply upped his rates to £600 per day an all of a sudden he got more work than he could cope with.

RoxieW

You can get gloves for kids in lots of places for £1 - wilkos, peacocks, primark etc. There will always be expensive versions of everything around - its up to you if you pay out for them or shop around for a cheaper deal.

dannymccann

You guys dont seriously repair shoes, hairbrushes etc, do you? :rotfl:

And the OP - I bought an adult pair of 'real leather' gloves from Primark, not in sale for £8, so I think you are shopping in the wrong places. Adult gloves can be gotten from the supermarket for £5, usually some sort of sale on 50% so £2.50

SingleSue

Or 97p like the ones I got for my son!

He wears adult gloves, his hands are bigger than mine... his shoe size is bigger than my dad's (and a clear 6 and a half sizes bigger than mine) and he already towers over me by about 6 inches or so.

neverdespairgirl

Addiscomber wrote: »

I am 5ft 11in and consequently have longer fingers than most women. As gloves are "one size fits all " (:mad:) I have worn all of my gloves/mittens out at the ends of the fingers. In MSE style I just keep wearing them though!

Buy some gloves which come in different sizes, then! Lots around.