Carrier bag ripoff

Smithy7

My son wanted to go into Lee Green newsagents to buy his own sweets we said ok and waited outside, he also wanted to get a carrier bag and we told him it would be 5p extra as he hadn't spent over £3. he came out with the sweets and a CO-OP carrier bag which cost 5p its not the cost its just co-op bags are free what a cheek.

geerex

Punctuation appears to be expensive as well.

Mallotum_X

Its 5p.

Get over it.

Faith177

Everywhere will be 5p soon so I'd just get use to it and remember to take your own

Also tbf he could have just said no thanks so hardly a rip off

photome

Faith177 wrote: »

Everywhere will be 5p soon so I'd just get use to it and remember to take your own

Also tbf he could have just said no thanks so hardly a rip off

He couldn't say not to the 5p bag as he wouldn't have got his sweets.

OP doesn't really matter if they are reusing bags does it?

gettingtheresometime

What were the sweets loose?

If that's the case then even here in Wales the bag would have been free

Laurensalive

From October there will be a 5p tax on all carrier bags. Time to get used to taking one's own.

photome

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

What were the sweets loose?

If that's the case then even here in Wales the bag would have been free

He had too many to carry in his little hands....maybe

NBLondon

If this is Lee Green in South East London; then the newsagents is competing with a large Sainsbury across the road and Iceland in the same precinct (and will be knocked down and replaced with an Asda before long...) so they are probably tight on margins. However, charging for a re-used bag is sneaky - those small black or blue/white striped bags are probably less than a penny each to buy in bulk.


MSE tip: tell your son to hang on to that bag for next time - he's paid for it!

hollydays

What bugs me is when charity shops want you to pay for a carrier bag. You know they get loads of donations in carrier bags , why don't they recycle them? but they throw them away .

Johno100

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

What were the sweets loose?

If that's the case then even here in Wales the bag would have been free

And in Scotland

The Regulations specify a number of exemptions where there is no requirement to charge for carrier bags.

Bags of any size used solely to contain exempted items listed in the Regulations:

•Unpackaged food for human or animal consumption; such as loose fruit and vegetables, bakery items, pick and mix sweets and dry animal food.

http://carrierbagchargescotland.org.uk/guidance/which-bags-are-exempt