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UK Back In Recession In Xmas Quarter-Are You Too Scared To Spend?
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Our family shopped for generations at M&S until they would not accept our MasterCard for our shopping, we were so disgusted that we have never gone back and I am not alone, they have lost a fortune with our family and friends.
Ok, I'll take the bait. Why wouldn't M&S accept your Mastercard?0 -
Ok, I'll take the bait. Why wouldn't M&S accept your Mastercard?
No bait at all, M&S said that they would only take certain cards and advised me to get their own M&S card.
It was at the same M&S shop in London at Oxford Street/Baker Street corner that the late Princess Diana bought a number of shirts and was refused payment with a MasterCard on the exactly the same grounds as I was, LD had to get her security to pay in cash.0 -
No bait at all, M&S said that they would only take certain cards and advised me to get their own M&S card.
It was at the same M&S shop in London at Oxford Street/Baker Street corner that the late Princess Diana bought a number of shirts and was refused payment with a MasterCard on the exactly the same grounds as I was, LD had to get her security to pay in cash.
Complete nonsense.0 -
Complete nonsense.
It wasn't.
Depends how long ago the poster is referring to.
They wouldn't take credit cards only their own charge card (payable in full) at one time."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
being a carer at xmas , i would usually fight tooth and nail to get new years eve or boxing day off, this year wasnt bothered and probably saved between 150 and200 quid , usually treat myself to something at xmas , this year didnt bother . so i have spent about 400 quid less this xmas.... then again im probably going to earn 3k less than i earned last year ... due to no sleep ins , less w/e enhancements .... council are cutting to the bone, "crowding out" is increasingly becoming less of a problem0
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So the triple-dip IS happening (well, according to Vicky Redwood Capital Economics, talking about people not spending at Christmas) :
“December’s drop in the official measure of retail sales volumes confirmed that it was a fairly lacklustre festive period for the high street and provided more evidence that the UK has slipped into a ‘triple-dip’.
Xmas qtr Retail sales lowest bar one since 1998.... who was it recently who said 'and the good news just keep on coming?) Clue = it was at PMQs...0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »The idiots are disappointed daily around here.:)
Christmas retail sales figures today and the new triple dip :
So..... about those idiots....0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »It wasn't.
Depends how long ago the poster is referring to.
They wouldn't take credit cards only their own charge card (payable in full) at one time.
Thank's for your post...I think that it was around the mid 1990's grizzly, cannot be sure but someone will remember this occasion and say thay it certainly was not nonsense.0 -
Thank's for your post...I think that it was around the mid 1990's grizzly, cannot be sure but someone will remember this occasion and say thay it certainly was not nonsense.
It used to bug me at the time.
I had a charge card which then moved onto a credit card, then eventually they started to take most credit cards."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0
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