Recession!!!! What Recession

warmhands.coldheart

OH & I were in Belfast at the weekend and it was Packed (Well I think so anyway) OH & I stayed in the a Hotel for the Night and it too was booked out according to the lady on reception..... LOADS of Southern Shoppers up.... Obviously up for the cheaper items for Christmas but seriously.. i thought there was a recession on!!!

tightasaduck's

Town and cities throughout the land will be busy, as usual, at this time of the year. People still need to 'do Christmas', but I suspect most will be doing so on a greatly reduced budget.................hence the reason for so many 'Southern Shoppers' wanting theirs to stretch as far as possible.

warmhands.coldheart

tightasaduck's wrote: »

....but I suspect most will be doing so on a greatly reduced budget.................

Not from what I've seen !!!

donnac2558

This is where the credit card is brought out and !!!!!! the recession. Loads of shops have sales on which is encouraging people to come out. I was in House of Fraser with a friend, she was doing the buying not me. The ladies changing rooms where full of English women trying on stuff.

The Southers are up every weekend because of the euro is strong.

Debenhams had up to 25% off in store.
SpaceNK had 20% discount if you had the voucher printed. I did and gave it to a friend to use.

Milko

If people don't spend the recession won't go away ... anyways recession and a local is staying in a city centre hotel

warmhands.coldheart

Milko wrote: »

... anyways recession and a local is staying in a city centre hotel

Yeah but that was nothing to do with the shopping trip (Oooh Matron!!)

thriftyminx13

I wish the Southerners knew how to drive when they were up here, the amount of times i've nearly been hit at the roundabouts around sprucefield and hillsborough........

33pelter

thriftyminx13 wrote: »

I wish the Southerners knew how to drive when they were up here, the amount of times i've nearly been hit at the roundabouts around sprucefield and hillsborough........

Someone bumped into my car whilst I was parked in Dublin :mad:
Driving in ROI is dangerous... they are madmen!!!

To the OP tho, we're coming out of recession

Enemies.Closer

33pelter wrote: »

To the OP tho, we're coming out of recession

Who said we are coming out of the recession???

No where near it yet!! Wait till the VAT increases and Interest Rates start rising again later next year, see where we are at then??

tightasaduck's

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Not from what I've seen !!!

Ahhh, but did you know what their budget was?!

tightasaduck's

33pelter wrote: »

Someone bumped into my car whilst I was parked in Dublin :mad:
Driving in ROI is dangerous... they are madmen!!!

To the OP tho, we're coming out of recession

Tsk! Would never happen up here, or if it did, a note with other driver's details would be left under the driver's windscreen wiper. Bloody foreigners, eh?!

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