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TrulyMadly

lisam8544 wrote: »

Just collected my c&c, tuna was £5 online and £3 instore but just checked my apg and the tuna hasn't shown up

I hate it when that happens:o

Dizzy_Ditzy

cjj wrote: »

Just back from buying a fish tank lol. Fish currently floating in it's bowl inside the tank to acclimatise to the new water temp. Hope he is ok. Can't wait to let him into his forever home. He has plants and everything xx

Couple of months ago we found a baby fish in our tank

We rushed out to get a tiny tank for him which sits inside the big tank. He's doing really well so last week we thought we'd let him out into the big tank with the others. He was doing fab until one of the other bully boy fish decided to go for him :mad::mad:

He's back in his little tank now and is as happy as Larry. We've named him Houdini because of his liking for escaping the net when we were trying to get him into his own tank :rotfl:

Savvybuyer

Morning!:)

Another shopper caught by the supermarket game:(. It comes to something that, even when buying the items Mr A wants people to buy, their shopping still isn't 10% cheaper, although of course like I suspect well over 99.9% of transactions, they didn't check their receipt.

Even then, due to their method of shopping, it's just a few pence and Waities slightly beats T, largely I think due to the fewer number of comparable items vs Waities giving slightly less chance for them to buy something comparable that's way more expensive in W.

Vs W-
1 x Comfort Concentrate Fabric Conditioner Blue Skies ...£2.00£1.50
(42 wash, 1.5L)

Avoid:
2 x R Whites Lemonade Ice Lollies (3x75ml)£3.00£3.00

It works:(. Because something is on mbuy, they buy the mbuy quantity even though it's more expensive than a single unit price has been elsewhere. Sell something at 30p and they buy just one, but put it at much higher individual price and any 10 for £5 and they're buying 10 and paying 50p each. In other words a mark-up of 20p per item and buying ten times as much. That's shopping psychology and the supermarket games for you! Multiple that by lots of different items throughout stores and lots of shops by customers and it all adds up!

I bet these lollies have a red pricing label.

Avoid these as they go down to £1 (not available at present) on offers. Was £1, now 'any 2 for £3':(, or, as Mr M currently has it, special purchase at £1.75:(:(.

Other items that I reckon Mr A wants people to buy:
1 x Birds Eye Southern Fried Chicken (2 per pack - 180...£1.00£1.00
1 x Cathedral City Mature Yet Mellow Cheddar (200g)£2.50£2.50

Tiny cheese (200g) at £2.50:eek:. Bear in mind that 350g cheeses (probably were higher weighted than that in the past) go to offers of £2.00.

And of course the current legendary crisps, on the front of Mr A's price news leaflet:

1 x Walkers Crisps - Classic Variety (20x25g)£3.00:eek:N/A
Red background to price on there, doesn't claim it is a special offer or a reduction, just the price. But a rip-off IMO and the advertising and the price works. These went off offer in M at £2.00 some weeks ago, proof in my mind that £3 is a rip-off compared to that, although now at £3 in "Big brands at small prices" M. Very large price for me.

Vs T
1 x Walkers Crisps - Classic Variety (20x25g)£3.00£2.50

But still a rip-off, even at £2.50 or even at 10% lower than £2.50, and shows you how the advertised product with big £3 price indication is expensive.

These were packs of 24 in the past, and before that, 25. My best price on them, back when they were 25, was about £1.25 with glitch. £2.50 or £2.00, even on "half price", are way way expensive prices and should be avoided.:money:

1 x Warburtons Crumpets (9)£1.00N/A
1 x Tango Apple (2L)£1.00N/A

Expensive £1 soft drinks, and why ever buy Warburtons at £1? These branded crumpets packs always work out way more expensive than S/P ones even at straight price - 37p for 6, meaning 9 (which you can't buy) works out at 55.5p - I detect no difference at all for my purposes between branded crumpets and 'value' ones and the value ones work fine enough for me - besides, you are buying fewer crumpets - when you buy a pack of 9, you normally consume 9 but when you buy 6 you consume 6 - it's another supermarket game and people, when they buy bigger packs, supposedly to 'save' money, end up eating bigger portions. We already consume too much, and in the Western world certainly, many of us could do with cutting down the size of portions we eat (unless we have an eating disorder in which case I wouldn't suggest that - I'd suggest you go to a doctor if you are keeping yourself obsessively thin), cutting down the amount we eat, for most of us, would probably be healthier and our diets generally might then be more like other places in the world that are seen as healthier and might help us live longer than our current gluttonous and greedy ones.

As for the expensive branded crumpets, whether Warburtons or Kingsmill, they are often more expensive and only when there is a glitch do they become worthwhile. And even the own brand standard range products are always more expensive than the S/P versions - M have had for several weeks an offer on their 6 pack own brand - think it's any 2 for 80p but, even then, it is still 3p per pack more expensive than the 'Savers' version and having people buying twice as much and thus paying even more. Again, it may be 6p, but 6p times every shop that ever buys 2. And - oh, yes I think the 2 for 80p pricing does have a red background to it, whilst the 37p Savers crumpets sit there with 'normal' white background next to them. Some people just don't seem to do the maths and realise that 80p/2 = greater than 37p.

And :(most people do seem to be brand slaves and I see a lot more of these expensive Warburtons crumpets than I do S/P or even own brand. Warburton crumpets at eye-level maybe:(.:doh::D:rotfl: Actually no 'maybe' about it - they are at eye-level, in the middle row of the shelvings I see. These receipts tell you more about the placings of items within stores and behavioural psychology than they do about which items to buy to save money.

Btw, on some related subject, I did see the jelly pots that have a trigger. Again, the pricing works! I mean on most people - and they are unlikely to be buying the trigger. Saw yesterday in one of my stores a woman saying to another of her family - any 5 for £2! At that, I nearly felt faint:rotfl: - these were 25p each a week or two ago. But, just as I said above, the 5 for £2 has people buying five:eek: at 40p:eek:_pale_ each (except they don't feel pale of course:rotfl:, they're happy to waste their money, having no clue as to what is a good price on them). I noticed we are getting a trigger, although still buying five - I've thought about this and thought maybe yes, but then also I think it works out at about 22p each. Yet these were 25p a few weeks ago and 25p elsewhere, so that would have been 22.5p on the APG for buying just a single one, maybe rounds down to 22p if it gives you an extra penny by rounding up depending on the fraction of your shop that is the comparable bill elsewhere. So, when they could have been got at about 23p for one (or even 25p) just a couple of weeks ago, to be getting roughly the same price anyway now, even when using the trigger, and having you buying five times as many seems to me hardly to be money-saving. But, as I said, the 5 for... offer works.

Remember the Dole itself does not give any APG, as it is the invisible trigger. Just because there is a glitch does not make it worth buying. An incorrect SEL of straight 25p but going through at 5 for £2 would have been far better, and then would have required no APG comparison to be done or buying extra fillers.

I thought my 25p a few weeks back as a filler on a Morries comparison (bought a single one) was a bit too dear, sadly it went straight through at 25p (matching what it then said on the SEL in A) rather than the higher mbuy price. I bought just the one (one is okay, two or more is just extravagant) - and alright I didn't have the heart to put it back:o and cause a load more kerfuffle after the SA had scanned it on my shopping. I see they are having you buy five:rotfl:.

gemnjam

TrulyMadly wrote: »

What do you all think of this?

DD had a call from her housemate this morning. She has been at their uni house alone over the weekend.
At 2.30 she was wakened by footsteps running up and down the hall and shouts of "police, police"
She was petrified but got up to find 4 uniformed police in the house. They had picked the locks:eek:

They said it was a crime initiative and they are doing it regularly around the area where a lot of students live.
DD's friend said she was shown proof of identity and was read the riot act for not bolting the door.

Suspicious is my middle name and I'm having to stop myself from calling the police to check this out but don't want to step on anyone's toes.....yet.

Has anyone ever heard of this type of thing happening?

Hi TM,

Sorry to barge in I'm more of a lurker than a poster but I wanted to repond to this messag. I would definitely get in contact with the police and/or uni about this. I work for different enforcement agency and we constantly get told that our powers of entry exceed those afforded to police officers and ours only cover entry at a reasonable time of day and don't cover any property which is wholly residential so this seems totally wrong to me (as I said I don't work for the police so I'm not 100% sure of their powers but it just doesn't sit right with what I do know). Not sure of the situation though if the home/flat owner gives them prior permission to do this but I would definitely say its worth checking it out.

Just my 2p worth. Anyway I'd better head back to the lurkers netherworld now.

Naebbirac

cjj wrote: »

Just back from buying a fish tank lol. Fish currently floating in it's bowl inside the tank to acclimatise to the new water temp. Hope he is ok. Can't wait to let him into his forever home. He has plants and everything xx

Hi cjj
Have a read of this site.
http://www.goldfish-as-pets.com/tank_set-up.html

You need to condition the water and leave for 24hrs with the pump running before you add your golfish to the tank. Be awful to lose him if the tap water poisons him. Hth

Afternoon all. Hope all is well with the elite.
Hazy sun today, but still warm
N x

june

rhosynbach wrote: »

has anyone had root canal done, had a bad toothache all week saw the dentist friday and going back tuesday have to decide on root canal or extraction, :eek::eek: I am a big wuss and hate the dentist have heard horror stories about root canal so not sure what to do . its a back tooth and had a bad filling so was wondering if anyone had any experience thanks xx

I had a root canal done in April also on a bad tooth at the back. I was worried about it too but it was ok. Took longer to do than a "normal" filling but everthing was ok. No more toothache. I would say go for it and DON'T worry it will be ok.

PS I am also a wuss.

bubbs

Cjj glad you had a good day yesterday:T:T:T and well done coming home with a fish:D bet you didnt expect that:rotfl::rotfl:

bubbs

hmmmmm sometimg weird with apg as i bought a tub of celebrations and quality street for crimbo and there not showing either should have been £5 v £4:(

Anon

TrulyMadly wrote: »

What do you all think of this?

DD had a call from her housemate this morning. She has been at their uni house alone over the weekend.
At 2.30 she was wakened by footsteps running up and down the hall and shouts of "police, police"
She was petrified but got up to find 4 uniformed police in the house. They had picked the locks:eek:

They said it was a crime initiative and they are doing it regularly around the area where a lot of students live.
DD's friend said she was shown proof of identity and was read the riot act for not bolting the door.

Suspicious is my middle name and I'm having to stop myself from calling the police to check this out but don't want to step on anyone's toes.....yet.

Has anyone ever heard of this type of thing happening?

I don't know about picking locks but in our city they have run crime awareness initiatives targeting students as they can be a very easy target as they are generally not crime aware. Common errors are leaving downstairs/accessible windows open or the door unlocked - both a definite no-no in student areas. Police have been known to leave balloons in houses (pushed through the window) to highlight the risk. This is prime burgling season as each student house is awash with electrical goods (and in multiple occupation houses, rich pickings per house for a burglar with many not security tagged).

Check with the local police as lock picking potentially seems a step too far (though the sentiment is correct - prompt increased crime awareness).

Anon

davemorton

Westvleteren wrote: »

Gym finished :j:j well, without the mirrors -a bit more expensive than I thought so I shall have to save some pennies Now I have purposefully filled it with stuff out the other end of the outbuilding as that is going to transformed into a wet room.

Got to take a pic showing depth of field - that should be a doddle

Probably telling you how to suck eggs, but you can usually get mirror glass cut from a glaziers, can be a cheap way to get them. What I used once in the past was these. Almost floor to ceiling, and look good too.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50038213/