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  • Out,_Vile_Jelly
    Out,_Vile_Jelly Posts: 4,842 Forumite
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    MrRee wrote: »
    Well, take a trip up the M3 to Festival Place, Basingstoke.

    I live in London, why on earth would I want to visit Basingstoke? I don't need to go to a soulless commuter dump to ascertain that shopping centres are busy a few days before Christmas.
    They are an EYESORES!!!!
  • DMFR
    DMFR Posts: 74 Forumite
    MrRee wrote: »
    ..... went into Town last night between 6 and 8pm ...... thought it would be empty.

    Not on your nelly!! Car Parks FULL, shops jammed to the rafters with people grabbing anything that may be left, the walkways were just a people soup .... I gave up in the end - it's madness.

    And the amount of money being spent was mindboggling ..... this is the South, of course. And I do realise the Northern towns are full of boarded up shops rather than full of shoppers.

    But, hereabouts, it's like the good times had never briefly disappeared ...... it's full steam ahead!!

    Don't worry, Northerners, the affluence will filter down to you soon enough.

    The shopping bill is on credit which will be paid over the next 12 months. Then it will be Christmas again and the cycle continues...hasn't it been this way for ages?
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,393 Forumite
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    No credit for the un-creditworthy these days ..... maybe that's why the North is suffering badly?
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    DMFR wrote: »
    The shopping bill is on credit which will be paid over the next 12 months. Then it will be Christmas again and the cycle continues...hasn't it been this way for ages?

    Nah, Cash Christmas here. Why get yourself in debt for a year for one day?
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,393 Forumite
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    Exactly!!

    I don't do Xmas on Credit at all ... never have.

    I have put aside £5,000 from this months paypacket to fund it fully.
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
  • DMFR
    DMFR Posts: 74 Forumite
    Really2 wrote: »
    Nah, Cash Christmas here. Why get yourself in debt for a year for one day?

    Weak parents who cannot make their children understand the financial times we are in?
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    What sort of idiot goes to new york on a shopping trip then comes back and goes to basingstoke to finish off their shopping?
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • Mallotum_X
    Mallotum_X Posts: 2,591 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    nearlynew wrote: »
    What sort of idiot goes to new york on a shopping trip then comes back and goes to basingstoke to finish off their shopping?

    It was all part of the Magical MrRee Tour...
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,393 Forumite
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    NYC doesn't have EVERYTHING ... and some things are a little too bulky/food ..... dear me, am I surrounded by Numpties?
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Mallotum_X wrote: »
    It was all part of the Magical MrRee Tour...

    Very good Mal.

    :T
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
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