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LABMAN

marliepanda wrote: »

I think we have found the brains behind this venture! Who would have thunk that eh, clearly not the OP :rotfl:

Very few people I suspect, most would maybe thought that?:D

Zandoni

If I'm buying clothes or shoes I'm paying for a bag, there's no way I'll bung new clothes in an old bag.

marliepanda

LABMAN wrote: »

Very few people I suspect, most would maybe thought that?:D

I think 'thunk it' is an old Simpsons quote. Showing my age.

Okay apparently it dates back to the 30's! Not quite that old

boliston

Zandoni wrote: »

If I'm buying clothes or shoes I'm paying for a bag, there's no way I'll bung new clothes in an old bag.

Are all your old bags dirty?

ariba10

Is it only in England they have this problem with a plastic bag?

I don't remember this Ho Ha when they introduced it in the other three countries in the British Isles!

mufi

FOREVER21 wrote: »

Now I realise it is only 5p, but it led me to think will I have to pay for a bag if I buy clothes from stores?

Surely this is not what was intended with the new rules. How could you be expected to put a coat for example in the reusable grocery type bag.

I've been following the debate for a while, and didn't realise that the more heavy-duty type of bags used for clothes by M&S etc was included in the legislation; had it in my head, either from skim-reading the actual legislation or on here, that it was for single-use bags, ie the very flimsy supermarket ones, and not the more sturdy department store type, which I have never thought of as 'single use'.


Listening to the debates at the clothes' tills last Monday, at least we're not the only ones to misunderstand that aspect...

zaax

Very small (when not in use) cloth bags, used can be brought on the net for 99p

esuhl

FOREVER21 wrote: »

Now I realise it is only 5p, but it led me to think will I have to pay for a bag if I buy clothes from stores?

Surely this is not what was intended with the new rules. How could you be expected to put a coat for example in the reusable grocery type bag.

You're not expected to do anything other than pay 5p for a bag if you want one. You could put the coat in any container -- a rucksack, shopping bag, plastic bag, suitcase, holdall, or not in a container at all.

The new rules require shops to charge 5p for a bag, with a few exceptions. It seems so simple, I can't work out what the problem is.

Surely it's easier to carry a coat or shoebox than it is to carry a week's-worth of groceries without a bag. And carrying groceries without a bag isn't what was intended with the new rules. So I can't see why carrying a coat/shoes would be more incomprehensible than carrying all your groceries.

Next time, why not negotiate the price of the shoes/coat and say you want a 5p discount? Then use the 5p you saved to buy a bag!

Zandoni

boliston wrote: »

Are all your old bags dirty?

None of my bags are even slightly dirty. I'm just not walking around shopping centres like Bluewater with food shopping bags. It wouldn't be good for my image

boliston

Zandoni wrote: »

None of my bags are even slightly dirty. I'm just not walking around shopping centres like Bluewater with food shopping bags. It wouldn't be good for my image

would an image conscious persion really shop at bluewater?