chem1st Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Widget X is vital. You must buy one per week. You can buy widget X from a family run firm, a grassroots business that employs local people and donates to local charity. Cost = £1. You can buy widget X from a newly formed private prision, 'HMP Doncatraz'. Cost = 10p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Could I go for a local business that doesn't donate to charity & pay 90p? Maybe buy a year's supply for an extra discount? Wouldn't consider buying anything from a prison, it's not what they're for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I won't buy it until it's an i-widget, or unless they sell it in Hollister. I'll need an i-torch to find it in there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 huh! I'm not swaping my whatsit for a widet for anyone! harrumph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Am I in a time warp or a parallel universe or something? I have no clue what this thread is about!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I have no clue what this thread is about!!!! I'm presuming it's an hypothetical product. Would you buy something that is made locally yet costs more, or would you buy it from non-market labour such as prisoners, yet costs less? You don't have the option of not buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I'm presuming it's an hypothetical product. Would you buy something that is made locally yet costs more, or would you buy it from non-market labour such as prisoners, yet costs less? You don't have the option of not buying it. Hmmmm....I always knew what a widget was, but the OP phrased it, well lets say....in a bit of an obtuse way. Seems a pointless question anyway to me! I wonder how useful the conclusions might be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namtaB Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Am I in a time warp or a parallel universe or something? I have no clue what this thread is about!!!! I'm with you Pete. The thread will probably degenerate into politics or housing issues no doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I'm with you Pete. The thread will probably degenerate into politics or housing issues no doubt Betcha a fiver it turns into a social housing thread!..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampersand Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 but if you needed 100's of widget x's to build affordable social housing, which would be wiser - buying it from the local supplier and only being able to build a few houses, or buying it from the prison and being able to build loads of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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