ooisit Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Don't get me started on flatuation for pitty sake. That's deflation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 The worldwide wholesale price of midget gems has increased due to a surge in demand from India and China, hence the increase in price. The price will more than likely keep rising as they get rarer and more endangered. The most abhorrant thing about the trade is that the midget's gems are harvested and the rest is just thrown away. So sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjoker Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Asda and all supermarkets are con merchants, I usually buy Asda brand soda water in their 6 pack size, been paying £2 per pack for months and then 2 weeks ago it went up in price to £2.25. Went in on Monday to buy some and it had a big sign on it ROLL BACK PRICE £2, so wait a couple of weeks and they may go back to the old price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WasThatWise Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I used to get a large bag of chipsticks and the wife and myself would get a bowl each and share them. All of a sudden they doubled in price so I solved the financial dilema by buying a smaller bag and not giving the wife any of them. 7 pack of chipsticks for a pound at Iceland, treat the wife. Also 8 pack for a pound at Morrisons when they are on offer, 1.75 when they aren't then nobody buys them and they go on offer again. Don't buy/eat midget gems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Give it 3 or 4 weeks and the price will be dropped back to 32p with a sign saying 16p off. It's price fixing and it should be made illegal. Spot on. Watchdog have been covering this for the past couple of months: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2012/05/asda_rollbacks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwert Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Morrissons bread that was once 50p went up to 60 and is promoted as being half price. It has never been 1.20, and if it was I wouldnt go near it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 It is illegal but the law is never enforced as Trading Standards lack funds and conviction.They would describe this issue as small problem. Price fixing is illegal, but just changing your own prices isn't what's meant by price fixing. If they'd agreed with Sainsbury's, Tesco & Morrisons to all put their midget gem prices up, that'd be illegal price fixing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 ASDA, saving you money every day .... yeah right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Did they put the mushy peas up from 6p a tin too? If so, I'm joining you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rand Hobart Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Think yourself lucky. Tescos basic own make ketchup recently went from 28p to 48p, and the bottle is smaller. Every little helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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