5p bag charge - your views

frugalmacdugal

Hi,

prowla wrote: »

Brung it on, Bro'! :rotfl:

Bringed is an alternative word....

bringed??????, sounds English?

Why are the English so uneducated?

birjuharia

My personal view on the 5p per a bag, I understand the the funds go to a specified charity however we should not be charged 5p for a bag as at the end of the day we are advertising the company with the logo on the bag too.

Yolina

birjuharia wrote: »

My personal view on the 5p per a bag, I understand the the funds go to a specified charity however we should not be charged 5p for a bag as at the end of the day we are advertising the company with the logo on the bag too.

Yep, bags that must be paid for should be plain. I do admit to having a strong dislike of in-your-face branding on stuff so there's none of that on my bags (them that I remember to brung t'shops)

no1catman

birjuharia wrote: »

My personal view on the 5p per a bag, I understand the the funds go to a specified charity however we should not be charged 5p for a bag as at the end of the day we are advertising the company with the logo on the bag too.

That's easy, if you don't want to advertise, buy a plain bag you can use when ever you like, and no more paying the measly 5p. Or, rather than a 5p bag, splash on a 10p bag that can take three times as much. Or, if you are feeling very adventurous you can go higher - with bigger stronger bags - 3 or 4 inches wide at the bottom.
I have several of Morrison's & Tesco's that I use when go out on a big 'shop'.

Nick_C

no1catman wrote: »

That's easy, if you don't want to advertise, buy a plain bag you can use when ever you like, and no more paying the measly 5p.

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I have several of Morrison's & Tesco's that I use when go out on a big 'shop'.

But don't your Morrison's / Tesco bags carry branding?

Nick_C

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Actually I have relatives and friends that work for various retailers and most of us and their colleagues are getting sick n tired of customers saying they have forgotten bags.

Even I have seen customers mutter similar.

I can well believe it. Retail in this country seems to attract people who lack social skills and are best avoided. That's why I tend to shop for clothes abroad.

When it comes to food, thank god for self check out where you can avoid sullen disinterested staff.

The exception of course is Waitrose, where you get intelligent conversion and friendly service, because the staff have a vested interest in the success of the company and understand the implications of poor customer service.

Yolina

no1catman wrote: »

That's easy, if you don't want to advertise, buy a plain bag you can use when ever you like, and no more paying the measly 5p. Or, rather than a 5p bag, splash on a 10p bag that can take three times as much. Or, if you are feeling very adventurous you can go higher - with bigger stronger bags - 3 or 4 inches wide at the bottom.
I have several of Morrison's & Tesco's that I use when go out on a big 'shop'.

A couple of years ago, I got a few of these in different colours (available from other sellers at the same price, I just picked one at random) so that's 99p including p&p all the way from China but hey never mind how far it's got to come from, it's to help "save the planet" ... At least I can vouch for them being good quality

System

I put my rubbish in a communal bin area.

On opening the lids, I see at least a couple of the other tenants in my block of flats use the Sainsburys 5p bags to put their rubbish in.

How dumb are these people? Its CHEAPER to buy kitchen bin liners. Then they would only need to keep 3-5 of the 5p bags to use for their shopping instead of buying 3-5 bags per shop visit.

Yolina

ScarletMarble wrote: »

How dumb are these people?

It's their money though, they've paid for their bags and can do as they wish with them
Plus if they've done like my friends and I did, they possibly actively built up a substantial reserve once the charge was announced but whilst the bags were still free (aka Full Squirrel Mode )

Edit: I'm glad you're not my neighbour, it must be so lovely so have someone so judgemental living next door...

robin58

ScarletMarble wrote: »

You should know that Costa's full name is Costabomb :D

I thought it was Costapaynotax..;):D:D