I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't
have the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the
hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was
told all the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment
was no longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

Cheers - Kev

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:21:07 +0000, Kevin
wrote:

I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't
have the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the
hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was
told all the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment
was no longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

Cheers - Kev

What they have possibly done is altered the pre-vat price then added
on the 15% so the total is the same . They wouldn't be able to do
that when the change was being made at the till as folk were wise to
the change in VAT but now that time has passed they take it for
granted that the price they see has had the vat reduced .It's only in
circs like yourself that it becomes obvious .

On Dec 17, 3:21*pm, Kevin wrote:
I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't
have the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the
hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was
told all the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment
was no longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

Cheers - Kev

Just shows how stupid the VAT reduction is and how limited Darling's
understanding of the economy is.

MBQ

"Kevin" wrote in message
et...
I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't have
the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was refunded
today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was told all
the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment was no
longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

There would have been nothing for you have argued about. There is only a 14
day period of grace following a VAT rate change, during which the ticket
price can be varied by a general notice. After that, the price marking
regulations require the ticket to show the price you will pay. As you have
discovered, what this will mean in practice is that many retail stores will
simply keep the ticket price the same, pay 15% VAT on it and make a bit more
profit on the sale. It simply isn't worth the effort of changing all the
prices throughout the store, particularly where low value items are
involved.

Colin Bignell

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:50:17 -0800 (PST), "Man at B&Q"
wrote:


Just shows how stupid the VAT reduction is and how limited Darling's
understanding of the economy is.


The £1 shop hasn't reduced its prices for VAT rated items and neither
has Travelodge, just two that I know of.

"Kevin" wrote in message
et...
I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't have
the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was refunded
today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was told all
the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment was no
longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

The last time the VAT went up (remember that), I had the misfortune to have
to send something back to B&Q for a replacement. The numpty on the till
decided that as the VAT going up had made the item more expensive I had to
pay the difference. This is completely wrong (as per the VAT guide), but
unfortunately it was my dad that went back with the item and he didn't
argue.

tim

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:11:56 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:


"Kevin" wrote in message
net...
I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't have
the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was refunded
today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was told all
the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment was no
longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

There would have been nothing for you have argued about. There is only a 14
day period of grace following a VAT rate change, during which the ticket
price can be varied by a general notice. After that, the price marking
regulations require the ticket to show the price you will pay. As you have
discovered, what this will mean in practice is that many retail stores will
simply keep the ticket price the same, pay 15% VAT on it and make a bit more
profit on the sale. It simply isn't worth the effort of changing all the
prices throughout the store, particularly where low value items are
involved.

Colin Bignell


Yes, we've been here before with decimalisation, that was a nice
little earner for most traders.

Kevin wrote:
I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know
where they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the
store to buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till
receipt didn't have the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that
was shown on the hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I
was told all the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT
adjustment was no longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I
wonder how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old
17.5% VAT price?

I suspect that kingfisher are skint! - I had a screwfix catalog from Spring
2007, which I made an £100 order from, once I made the order in the depot
the final price was £120, thus in 2 years the prices have increased by
approximatly 20%
Jon

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:50:17 -0800 (PST), "Man at B&Q"
wrote:

On Dec 17, 3:21*pm, Kevin wrote:
I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't
have the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the
hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was
told all the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment
was no longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

Cheers - Kev

Just shows how stupid the VAT reduction is and how limited Darling's
understanding of the economy is.

MBQ

And a guaranteed way of putting prices up when it goes back up.
--
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http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk

"Old Git" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:11:56 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:


"Kevin" wrote in message
snet...
I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't
have
the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded
today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was told all
the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment was no
longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

There would have been nothing for you have argued about. There is only a
14
day period of grace following a VAT rate change, during which the ticket
price can be varied by a general notice. After that, the price marking
regulations require the ticket to show the price you will pay. As you have
discovered, what this will mean in practice is that many retail stores
will
simply keep the ticket price the same, pay 15% VAT on it and make a bit
more
profit on the sale. It simply isn't worth the effort of changing all the
prices throughout the store, particularly where low value items are
involved.

Colin Bignell


Yes, we've been here before with decimalisation, that was a nice
little earner for most traders.

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February. By
comparison, keeping the extra 2.13% of the VAT change is quite a meagre
gain. However, I suspect it is mostly that a lot of businesses with retail
premises don't think the benefit in sales justifies the work in changing
lots of price tickets. It created a couple of weeks' work for me and, in
theory, all I needed to do was to change one variable in the ecommerce
programme. In practice, I needed to check a lot of prices for odd values as
a result of the change.

Colin Bignell

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips? As a vegetarian I never
buy them, but do (very rarely) pop into a F&C shop for chips - you pay
well over a pound (sometimes nearer 30 bob) for six penn'orth of them
:-(

--
Frank Erskine

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in
February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips? As a vegetarian I never
buy them, but do (very rarely) pop into a F&C shop for chips - you pay
well over a pound (sometimes nearer 30 bob) for six penn'orth of them
:-(

The great British takeaway is getting expensive lately. Two pieces of cod &
one chips is nearly a £10 around here.


--
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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips?

£4.20 last week for a medium cod and chips..

Colin Bignell

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:39:06 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

The great British takeaway is getting expensive lately. Two pieces of
cod & one chips is nearly a £10 around here.

Flipin 'eck, double egg, chips and beans (almost to much to eat), mug of
tea, eat in, £3.20 in Sunderland last Saturday. Haddock 'n chips in
Glasgow the other month about the same, curry sauce and chips about £1..70.

Obviously paid to much down south if you can afford £10 for 2 cod and 1
chips. Or was that from a trendy designer chain chip shop restaurant
rather than your back street chippy?

--
Cheers
Dave.

"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips? As a vegetarian I never
buy them, but do (very rarely) pop into a F&C shop for chips - you pay
well over a pound (sometimes nearer 30 bob) for six penn'orth of them
:-(

Are they proper chips cooked in beef dripping like my local fish shop?

"nightjar.me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message
...

"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips?

£4.20 last week for a medium cod and chips..

I stopped eating cod ages ago.. its either haddock or basa fillets for me
these days.

"dennis@home" wrote in message
...


"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips? As a vegetarian I never
buy them, but do (very rarely) pop into a F&C shop for chips - you pay
well over a pound (sometimes nearer 30 bob) for six penn'orth of them
:-(

Are they proper chips cooked in beef dripping like my local fish shop?

Haven't had them like that since the 80's (in Buxton I think) - you must be
up north where they eat lard pies.

F&C £4.50 round these parts (cod).

Enough to turn you to religion "It's the piece of cod that passeth all
understanding etc., etc"


--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:48:25 -0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:



"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips? As a vegetarian I never
buy them, but do (very rarely) pop into a F&C shop for chips - you pay
well over a pound (sometimes nearer 30 bob) for six penn'orth of them
:-(

Are they proper chips cooked in beef dripping like my local fish shop?

Yuk.

--
Frank Erskine

On 18/12/2008 01:13 nightjar cpb@ wrote:

£4.20 last week for a medium cod and chips..

Haddock & chips £3.20 here with free scraps, salt & vinegar. Would
rather do without than eat cod...

--
F

On 18/12/2008 09:48 dennis@home wrote:

Are they proper chips cooked in beef dripping

Calvert's, I hope!

--
F

On 17/12/2008 15:50 wrote:

What they have possibly done is altered the pre-vat price then added
on the 15% so the total is the same .

Which is what Dixons have done. The Humax Foxsat HDR, for example, is
the same price it was prior to the VAT reduction.

--
F

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:50:15 -0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:



"nightjar.me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message
m...

"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips?

£4.20 last week for a medium cod and chips..

I stopped eating cod ages ago.. its either haddock or basa fillets for me
these days.

Whasa Basa ?

On Dec 17, 3:50*pm, "Man at B&Q" wrote:
On Dec 17, 3:21*pm, Kevin wrote:



I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't
have the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the
hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was
told all the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment
was no longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

Cheers - Kev

Just shows how stupid the VAT reduction is and how limited Darling's
understanding of the economy is.

MBQ

Actually, not so. If the Chancellor wants to provide a boost to the
"high street", he can either do it by "making" customers spend more in
terms of volume (i.e. make things cheaper) or by giving companies more
profit. By reducing VAT he does both - in some shops you *might* buy
more as it appears better value for money, but in others the
shopkeeper makes more money (and therefore potentially can pay his
staff better salaries, or avoid laying people off).

If he'd cut personal income taxes, we'd have saved most of the money,
and if he'd cut corporation taxes the shopkeepers would benefit only
in about 9 months time. VAT cut was the best way to skin the cat,
even if shopkeepers don't adjust the prices.

Matt

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:48:59 GMT, wrote:



I reckon that before then price rises weren't expected and weren't easily
sneaked in. Since then it has become the norm, once they managed to get us to
lose the traditional references.

I think it started a little earlier than that. I'd never heard of
inflation until Harold Wilson started going on about it in the 1960s.
Until then the government had kept a tight control on prices, postage
for example 1d and then 2d for umpteen years, then when times got
difficult they realised that big increases were required to cover
costs. You are right about the post-VAT loss-of-reference though.

On Dec 18, 12:58*pm, wrote:
On Dec 17, 3:50*pm, "Man at B&Q" wrote:



On Dec 17, 3:21*pm, Kevin wrote:

I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't
have the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the
hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98. I was
told all the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment
was no longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

Cheers - Kev

Just shows how stupid the VAT reduction is and how limited Darling's
understanding of the economy is.

MBQ

Actually, not so. *If the Chancellor wants to provide a boost to the
"high street", he can either do it by "making" customers spend more in
terms of volume (i.e. make things cheaper) or by giving companies more
profit. *By reducing VAT he does both - in some shops you *might* buy
more as it appears better value for money, but in others the
shopkeeper makes more money (and therefore potentially can pay his
staff better salaries, or avoid laying people off).

If he'd cut personal income taxes, we'd have saved most of the money,
and if he'd cut corporation taxes the shopkeepers would benefit only
in about 9 months time. *VAT cut was the best way to skin the cat,
even if shopkeepers don't adjust the prices.

Matt

If people are in fear of their jobs, in negative equity, retiring with
a much smaller pension fund that they had 12 months ago, etc., etc.,
etc., a couple of percent off VAT is going to make bugger all
difference in persuading them to spend the same, let alone more.

MBQ

On Dec 18, 3:02*pm, "Man at B&Q" wrote:
On Dec 18, 12:58*pm, wrote:



On Dec 17, 3:50*pm, "Man at B&Q" wrote:

On Dec 17, 3:21*pm, Kevin wrote:

I've just had to return to B&Q a light switch which was missing an
internal screw. They wouldn't give me a replacement ("I don't know where
they are") so they processed a refund and I went back into the store to
buy another. I did find once I had paid that the till receipt didn't
have the VAT discount on it - I paid the amount that was shown on the
hanger.

Now, the switch which I bought on Monday this week was priced on the
hanger at £1.98, and I paid £1.94 which was the amount that I was
refunded today. However, the price I paid today was........ £1.98.. I was
told all the prices in the store were now correct and the VAT adjustment
was no longer being made at the till.

I wasn't going to spend time in the store arguing over 4p, but I wonder
how many other more expensive items have been kept a the old 17.5% VAT
price?

Cheers - Kev

Just shows how stupid the VAT reduction is and how limited Darling's
understanding of the economy is.

MBQ

Actually, not so. *If the Chancellor wants to provide a boost to the
"high street", he can either do it by "making" customers spend more in
terms of volume (i.e. make things cheaper) or by giving companies more
profit. *By reducing VAT he does both - in some shops you *might* buy
more as it appears better value for money, but in others the
shopkeeper makes more money (and therefore potentially can pay his
staff better salaries, or avoid laying people off).

If he'd cut personal income taxes, we'd have saved most of the money,
and if he'd cut corporation taxes the shopkeepers would benefit only
in about 9 months time. *VAT cut was the best way to skin the cat,
even if shopkeepers don't adjust the prices.

Matt

If people are in fear of their jobs, in negative equity, retiring with
a much smaller pension fund that they had 12 months ago, etc., etc.,
etc., a couple of percent off VAT is going to make bugger all
difference in persuading them to spend the same, let alone more.

MBQ

Agreed, but what alternative do you suggest. The 2.5% cut may make
people like me (who don't read the Express and the Mail and therefore
isn't in paranoid fear of redundancy!) spend a little more, and will
certainly help my employer (we can't recover VAT, so all of our goods
apart from labour just became cheaper).

I'm a card carrying Labour supporter (proudly so) but I'm happy for
the "market" to do its Malthusian worst - organisations which are
financially weak will fail, stronger ones will survive and be stronger
on the other side of the recession. Its not the governments job to
support every single crackpot business in the country that thinks it
has a god given right to survive no matter what.

Matt

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:39:06 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

The great British takeaway is getting expensive lately. Two pieces
of cod & one chips is nearly a £10 around here.

Flipin 'eck, double egg, chips and beans (almost to much to eat), mug
of tea, eat in, £3.20 in Sunderland last Saturday. Haddock 'n chips in
Glasgow the other month about the same, curry sauce and chips about
£1.70.

Obviously paid to much down south if you can afford £10 for 2 cod and
1 chips. Or was that from a trendy designer chain chip shop restaurant
rather than your back street chippy?

Back street chippy. Cod knows what a trendy designer chippy would have
cost. I've always found the best chippys are on council estates.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:46:40 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Back street chippy. Cod knows what a trendy designer chippy would have
cost. I've always found the best chippys are on council estates.

Best chippy is (spit, hate going there) in central Canterbury. I've
managed to avoid shopping there at all for ages...

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wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:50:15 -0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:



"nightjar.me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message
om...

"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips?

£4.20 last week for a medium cod and chips..

I stopped eating cod ages ago.. its either haddock or basa fillets for me
these days.

Whasa Basa ?

Vietnamese fresh water fish.

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
...
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:39:06 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

The great British takeaway is getting expensive lately. Two pieces
of cod & one chips is nearly a £10 around here.

Flipin 'eck, double egg, chips and beans (almost to much to eat), mug
of tea, eat in, £3.20 in Sunderland last Saturday. Haddock 'n chips in
Glasgow the other month about the same, curry sauce and chips about
£1.70.

Obviously paid to much down south if you can afford £10 for 2 cod and
1 chips. Or was that from a trendy designer chain chip shop restaurant
rather than your back street chippy?

Back street chippy. Cod knows what a trendy designer chippy would have
cost. I've always found the best chippys are on council estates.


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Who watches your van whilst you are in the queue?

Adam

"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
...

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
...
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:39:06 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

The great British takeaway is getting expensive lately. Two pieces
of cod & one chips is nearly a £10 around here.

Flipin 'eck, double egg, chips and beans (almost to much to eat), mug
of tea, eat in, £3.20 in Sunderland last Saturday. Haddock 'n chips in
Glasgow the other month about the same, curry sauce and chips about
£1.70.

Obviously paid to much down south if you can afford £10 for 2 cod and
1 chips. Or was that from a trendy designer chain chip shop restaurant
rather than your back street chippy?

Back street chippy. Cod knows what a trendy designer chippy would have
cost. I've always found the best chippys are on council estates.


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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.net...
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:39:06 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

The great British takeaway is getting expensive lately. Two pieces of
cod & one chips is nearly a £10 around here.

Flipin 'eck, double egg, chips and beans (almost to much to eat), mug of
tea, eat in, £3.20 in Sunderland last Saturday. Haddock 'n chips in
Glasgow the other month about the same, curry sauce and chips about £1.70.

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You found a cheap place. When I went to Glasgow 18 months ago, I was
surprised to find F&C at almost London prices.

tim

"nightjar .me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message
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"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:09:34 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

I recall fish and chips at 1/6d in January 1971 and at 15p in February.

How much do you pay nowadays for fish & chips?

£4.20 last week for a medium cod and chips..

I just paid 4.90

tim

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:42:41 -0000, tim..... wrote:

Haddock 'n chips in Glasgow the other month about the same, (£3.20)
curry sauce and chips about £1.70.

You found a cheap place.

Underneath the railway tracks near Central station, think it might have
had blue in the name. The chips & curry sauce came from one by the river
and foot bridge.

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"F" news@nowhere wrote in message
et...
On 18/12/2008 01:13 nightjar cpb@ wrote:

£4.20 last week for a medium cod and chips..

Haddock & chips £3.20 here with free scraps, salt & vinegar. Would rather
do without than eat cod...

Do all the Cod Wars mean nothing to you?

Colin Bignell

In message , nightjar
writes

"F" news@nowhere wrote in message
net...
On 18/12/2008 01:13 nightjar cpb@ wrote:

£4.20 last week for a medium cod and chips..

Haddock & chips £3.20 here with free scraps, salt & vinegar. Would rather
do without than eat cod...

Do all the Cod Wars mean nothing to you?

Private Bignall, get back on guard duty

.... what do you mean - you can't walk on water ?


--
geoff

On Dec 19, 12:34*pm, clumsy ******* wrote:
wrote:
I'm a card carrying Labour supporter (proudly so) but I'm happy for
the "market" to do its Malthusian worst - organisations which are
financially weak will fail, stronger ones will survive and be stronger
on the other side of the recession. *Its not the governments job to
support every single crackpot business in the country that thinks it
has a god given right to survive no matter what.

but even banks?
--
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The difference with the banks is that the govt was funding short term
requirements (some of which were to satisfy the govt's own rules with
regard to capitalisation). And I share the opinion of some others
that the investment in RBS etc will be repaid with substantial
interest, so in fact the govt will gain cash from the private sector
overall, and certainly not lose out.

Matt

In article et, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:42:41 -0000, tim..... wrote:

Haddock 'n chips in Glasgow the other month about the same, (£3.20)
curry sauce and chips about £1.70.

You found a cheap place.

Underneath the railway tracks near Central station, think it might have
had blue in the name. The chips & curry sauce came from one by the river
and foot bridge.

Ah, the infamous Blue Lagoon chain, skinniest fish achievable by human
hand, lard laden batter and chips, generally avoided by sober locals.

My local chippie was Italian family run and award winning until last
year when it changed hands to a 'trusted' relative, result disaster in
the deep fried food department but revelation on the waistline, cost
4.50ish for fish supper.
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:43:30 +0000, Frank Erskine
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:48:25 -0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:

Are they proper chips cooked in beef dripping like my local fish shop?

Yuk.

Because the fat can be maintained at a higher temperature than the
usual 'healthy' alternatives, cooking in beef dripping produces a much
crispier, tastier, better cooked product with significantly less
entrained fat and is therefore much more healthy than the vegetable
fat laden pappy undercooked crap available everywhere south of
Sheffield.


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In article , Mike
wrote:

Because the fat can be maintained at a higher temperature than the
usual 'healthy' alternatives, cooking in beef dripping produces a much
crispier, tastier, better cooked product with significantly less
entrained fat and is therefore much more healthy than the vegetable
fat laden pappy undercooked crap available everywhere south of
Sheffield.


Not a healthy option for the cow though is it? That's why I wouldn't
entertain it. But then I wouldn't want to eat the cow's corpse either. :-)


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