Asda charging for carrier bags?

Teahfc

custardy wrote: »

the way to stop that ifs walk off and leave your trolley at the checkout

:rotfl::rotfl:

and spend another hour plus doing the same thing a few miles away !

Thats a mugs way of not paying a penny for a few bags surely ?

custardy

staffie1 wrote: »

I think you're all missing the point. They are trying to get customers to use less carrier bags because of this http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/18/plasticbags-waste
not because they're trying to make more money by selling carrier bags.

i have loads of bags for life
however sometimes i end up at the shops without them
so how do the supermarkets expect me to get my goods home?
if its not about money then I assume they will do as Sainsburys did and give free bags for life for a set period?

custardy

Teahfc wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

and spend another hour plus doing the same thing a few miles away !

Thats a mugs way of not paying a penny for a few bags surely ?

hour to shop?
not in my lifetime
I dont live in the sticks and have plenty of choice in far shorter distances than "miles"

bungle4by4

get your shopping delivered from asda, and you get twice as many of the things as you actually need. great for collecting dog dirt !

staffie1

custardy wrote: »

i have loads of bags for life
however sometimes i end up at the shops without them
so how do the supermarkets expect me to get my goods home?
if its not about money then I assume they will do as Sainsburys did and give free bags for life for a set period?

Perhaps the supermarkets expect you to take some responsibility for how you get your goods home..?

custardy

staffie1 wrote: »

Perhaps the supermarkets expect you to take some responsibility for how you get your goods home..?

maybe,but I bet there no signes to advise bags are chargable until you get to the checkout

custardy

bungle4by4 wrote: »

get your shopping delivered from asda, and you get twice as many of the things as you actually need. great for collecting dog dirt !

not really something I had thought about forming a collection of

thatguy1

I amuses me, Asda charging for carrier bags...

It's nothing new, as far as I know Lidl have ALWAYS charged for bags & no one moans about them charging! Same at Aldi!

rainee

I am trying to remember mine every time I shop yet in Spain they do charge for them why not

geordie_joe

Teahfc wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

and spend another hour plus doing the same thing a few miles away !

Thats a mugs way of not paying a penny for a few bags surely ?

No, it's a way of telling asda that you do not like it and won't stand for it.

You may think it's not worth the effort just for a penny, but what you really mean is you haven't got the bottle to stand up and say you won't stand for it. So you will meekly pay the penny, then pay 20p to use the toilets when they introduce that because they know you will meekly accept it. Then start paying a quid to use a trolley, instead of paying a quid deposit, when they bring that in because they know you will meekly accept it.

You won't have the bottle to tell them you won't stand for it, but you will have the bottle to come in here and complain to us about it.

This is why prices are so high, not because of some shortage in another country, but because people just meekly pay the increase and believe the excuse about shortages because it is easier than standing up to the vendors. They don't have to admit they are weak, because they have an excuse to hide behind.

If you don't believe me, take a look in any supermarket in the evening, and see what they do to the prices of stuff the people didn't buy.

Try being a man (or woman) and stop telling yourself it is not worth it for a penny, and tell your self it is worth it to let them know I will not be walked on and not be made to pay for the same item twice.

because if you don't, you'll be back here complaining that they are charging you and entrance fee to get into the supermarket and an exit fee to get back out again.