On 25/03/10 09:57, Dave Saville wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

Bernard Peek wrote:
On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

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Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
read in
the dark?

Argos œ2.50


Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.



OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.


Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)


In one high street I've seen a Poundland, a 99, a 98 and a 97p shop.
There are at least three other chains that follow similar themes.


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"harry" wrote in message
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On Mar 25, 11:12 am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-
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Dave Saville wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
wrote:
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OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.

Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)

And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?
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USA of course! Also known as New China as they now own you.
Pound stores are the only ones that are increasing. Everything else
is closing. Even the charity shops are closing, they can't get enough
stock.


Charity shops might not have enough stock but they have plenty of
volunteers, the Govs "New Deal" for the unemployed forces them
to volunteer for charity shops or lose their job seekers benefits.

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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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Bernard Peek wrote:
On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

"Esco" wrote in message
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Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read
in
the dark?

Argos £2.50

Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.


OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
ROTFLMAO
TDD


http://www.poundland.co.uk/

http://www.99pstoresltd.com/

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"Dave Saville" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
wrote:
Bernard Peek wrote:
On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

"Esco" wrote in message
s-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
read in
the dark?

Argos o2.50

Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.

OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.

Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)


and getting it back on topic, 99p stores have a calling card which seems
reasonable value, seems to have been provided by TalkTalk?

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The Daring Dufas wrote:
Andrew May wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
Dave Saville wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.


Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)

And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?

I'm not aware that China (or at least the vast majority of it) was
ever a British colony.

Where else did you think all that cheap tat comes from?


Hong Kong and India perhaps?


I don't think there is much low cost manufacturing in Hong Kong any
more. Twenty years ago maybe but now most of that has been moved to the
mainland and Hong Kong seems to be mainly financial services and the like.

India is another matter. Over here I seldom see anything marked as
manufactured in India except perhaps clothes. But I can't for sure say
why. My perception is that the Indian growth is based more on things
like call centres, software services outsourcing and heavy engineering
like steel making and cars. None of which are sold in Pound Shops.

Certainly in my professional capacity I get much spam offering
manufactured goods from China and software subcontracting from India but
not vice-versa.

Andrew

On Mar 24, 11:42*am, "Man at B&Q" wrote:
On Mar 23, 11:48*pm, NT wrote:

On Mar 23, 3:31*pm, Bernard Peek wrote:

On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

"Esco" wrote in message
ds-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
the dark?

Argos £2.50

Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.

Don't... just don't.

Why ever not? They work, I have one. Clearly you can't say the same
about everything at poundland but if Argos can sell 'em for £2.50 then
£1 is probably about the right price.

MBQ

I bought a pack of 3, not one of them worked well enough to be any
use. All kept losing big chunks of time - and yes, the batteries were
good.


NT

Andrew May wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
Andrew May wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
Dave Saville wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.


Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)

And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?

I'm not aware that China (or at least the vast majority of it) was
ever a British colony.

Where else did you think all that cheap tat comes from?


Hong Kong and India perhaps?


I don't think there is much low cost manufacturing in Hong Kong any
more. Twenty years ago maybe but now most of that has been moved to the
mainland and Hong Kong seems to be mainly financial services and the like.

India is another matter. Over here I seldom see anything marked as
manufactured in India except perhaps clothes. But I can't for sure say
why. My perception is that the Indian growth is based more on things
like call centres, software services outsourcing and heavy engineering
like steel making and cars. None of which are sold in Pound Shops.

Certainly in my professional capacity I get much spam offering
manufactured goods from China and software subcontracting from India but
not vice-versa.

Andrew

I often see tools manufactured in India and Pakistan at the Harbor
Freight store. It reminds me of what I used to see many years ago
coming from Japan then years later from Hong Kong. Inexpensive and
roughly finished products seem to come from countries as they first
hit the global market then later, as the manufacturers gain experience,
the products improve in quality and value.

TDD