Price rises above and beyond vat!

barbiedoll

If bread is VAT-exempt, cheese is VAT-exempt and takeaway sandwiches are also VAT-exempt, then how come my local cafe owner has increased the price of a cheese sarnie by 20p?

The cheeky !!!!!!!! :mad::mad:

The_mangler

Flavoured water in Iceland was 50p a bottle - now 65p. Rip off merchants

rustyboy21

I know it wont help matters and wont be accurate in all cases, but in my industry ( fires) most manufacturers have price changes in January, or July. I know of 6 manufacturers, who have increased prices this month, so that it co-incided withthe VAT increase, so retailers didn't have to change prices again later in the year.

The rest of the retail sector I don't know about, but wouldn't be surprised that there are some cheeky b**gers, making a fast buck out of the increase. But some may be legitimate increases. You used to be able to tell via the Grocer magazine years ago who was increasing prices each month. Don't know if it still does. Any shopkeepers out there?

barbiedoll

Viper_7 wrote: »

A 49p chocolate bar is more attractive than a 51p one.

I can remember when VAT rose from 15% to 17.5% and all the chocolate bars rose in price by around 10p!

Didn't stop any of us buying them though

fozmcfc

We consumers have fallen for the £99.99 not actually being £100 illusion etc for years so once the dust settles we will see .99 back on most items that were before the VAT rise.

Most items that go from .99 to .13 or something equally strange, will soon be change to a more acceptable price to the consumer eye, so instead of £1.13 it will be £1.19 and instead of £813.48 it will be £819.99.

Esqui

I was noticing this this morning when putting the tickets out. Lots of stuff going up by more than VAT rise. As my manager said, it must be the only sale where prices go up

charlie792

fozmcfc wrote: »

We consumers have fallen for the £99.99 not actually being £100 illusion etc for years so once the dust settles we will see .99 back on most items that were before the VAT rise.

Most items that go from .99 to .13 or something equally strange, will soon be change to a more acceptable price to the consumer eye, so instead of £1.13 it will be £1.19 and instead of £813.48 it will be £819.99.

I agree with that....

Actually I was just in Tesco and they were advertising a phone contract for £10.21 a month - in all seriousness what a silly amount though, couldn't they have rounded it up or down......

moneyuser

barbiedoll wrote: »

If bread is VAT-exempt, cheese is VAT-exempt and takeaway sandwiches are also VAT-exempt, then how come my local cafe owner has increased the price of a cheese sarnie by 20p?

The cheeky !!!!!!!! :mad::mad:

See post 9

Why don't you make your own cheese sandwich and it will be cheaper anyway, mse styleee.

go_cat

barbiedoll wrote: »

If bread is VAT-exempt, cheese is VAT-exempt and takeaway sandwiches are also VAT-exempt, then how come my local cafe owner has increased the price of a cheese sarnie by 20p?

The cheeky !!!!!!!! :mad::mad:

It may be VAT exempt but the price of wheat has shot up also so would lay money on his wholesale price rising and therefore this being passed onto you.

Also cotton has shot up in price so expect to see this reflected in the price of clothing

Viper_7

fozmcfc wrote: »

We consumers have fallen for the £99.99 not actually being £100 illusion etc for years so once the dust settles we will see .99 back on most items that were before the VAT rise.

Most items that go from .99 to .13 or something equally strange, will soon be change to a more acceptable price to the consumer eye, so instead of £1.13 it will be £1.19 and instead of £813.48 it will be £819.99.

but, the .99p etc still attract 15% more sales... than £1.00

so consumers are still falling for it.

Same for the big purchases, lots of research done on the matter.