We alway's shop around for whatever we want to buy, food, footwear, clothing, household good's, holiday's etc. By doing so we see good's that are priced way out of our budget, sometimes the same articles exactly, are a lot dearer than the prices we pay, even garden centre's charge sky high prices and yet they alway's seem to have plenty of customer's!

My point is, don't people notice the price before they buy or don't they care? or is it because they have so much money they can afford to pay the first price they see.?Surely, they cannot want to pay high prices, shop's take advantage of this attitude and stick the price up accordingly.

Same with sales, we see this that and the other with a price tag of £££s off the original price, off what price? It never states it, the price they are charging is high above the price we pay. I think we are being conned all the time. dont get me wrong, I don't mind paying, or anyone making a fair profit but I will not be ripped off!!! Hal. Evans. :evil: :evil: :evil:

Convenience comes into this too. If I can go down the street to get what I am looking for then I will - but I don;t drive so miss out on a lot of cheaper prices by not being able to travel.
The other problem is time - I don't look forward to going bargin shopping with pushchair and three kids in tow - during the week I don't get time as I have to pick the wee one up from nursery.

As for the sales tickets - most of the labels state the previous price aswell as the new one - can get quite confusing if you find an item that has been reduced four times.

I try as much as possible for high priced items to shop around and I also have to take my human calculator with me when food shopping - the huuby loves to figure out just which item is the best value for money.

Anyone heard the tricks for the bogoffers?? Ya know buy one get one free - but all the items people regularly buy are increased in price by a few pence to compensate???

Moon Maiden

What supermarkets do is very clever, everyone knows the price of bread, milk, cornflakes, baked beans, etc.. but when the public dont know how much an itme should cost thats when its expensive. Take herbs and spices for example. I buy mixed herbs for 20p from New Roots on Glossop Road, I get about the same as a little Shwartz jar, except it comes in a plastic bag. I dont know what Shwartz charge, but I bet its over £1.

Tortilla's £1.50 for 8 at Safeway, and they're basically just flour and water!! £1.50 for 100 more like!

You are right Richard, that is what I do people need to shop around, we shop at Morrison's at halfway and there are a lot of buy one get one free good's.

However everything is not cheap, some good's are priced way above other shop's and we find that some thing's are unobtainable there so we visit other supermarket's as well.

One need's to go to different places to get the maximum benefit, I am becoming quite an expert on prices since I met my ladyfriend as she is very keen. Hal. Evan's. :D :D :D

Speaking personally though, I really hate shopping. Generally if I see the item I want I just buy it and get it over with, rather than going to 10 different shops to find out which is the cheapest.

Halevan, it's none of my business but don't you travel a long way to do your grocery shopping from Totley to Halfway? I agree about Morrisons they have some really good deals I shop there.

Mo
NE Derbyshire

The reason we go shopping to halfway morrison's, is because we used to live near there and it was our local supermarket. So when we moved to totley, we still shopped there as we have a car, we are retired, so plenty of time.

But this is only half the story, as we are bargain hunter's anyhow and we enjoy the challenge. We do not believe in paying through the nose for anything we can get at a lower price. How about you??? :D :o :lol:

Yes Halevan I love to think that I've got a bargain. I find that Primark in Sheff is brill for kids clothes at a good price. I know a lot of people who wouldn't be seen dead in Primark but thats fine by me cos if more people shopped there the prices would probably go up :lol:

The only prob with shopping in sheff is the ridiculous parking charges. Yes I'd love to go by public transport but it is so poor and unreliable.

Mo

Cheer's Mo!!!Hal. :lol:

Did you know that something being advertized as a Special is different from being in the sale, a "SPECIAL" item is not on sale, it's brought in just for the shop sale, usualy cheap stuff as a come on, but not aloud to be advertized as sale items.

It's weird to find that the shopping experience, if you have the big bucks, is a significant part of what to buy. Here in San Francisco, you can go in SAKS FIFTH AVENUE and buy something for three X more than a very similar item at a cut price store. I know that it's all about selling you summat, but just being in SAKS as opposed to Dollarshop, makes you feel better. Some places make you feel like s*** (Job Lot, Dollarstore, US Dollar). Rip off, well, I think that's really the domain of car dealers who invented the word because they really are the biggest shysters in the world. CALLASSA

Just a word of caution for when you see something marked as half price or 'an incredible 50% off our kitchens. MFI do it a lot as do Currys and other electrical retailers.
It is 50% of the price as marked up but what you don't realise is that they had recently increased the price.
For example you see a kitchen at 50% marked price. The marked price is £5000. The price of the kitchen before was actually nearer £3500 but they increase the price up to £5000 (it has to be for a minimum of 28 days if i'm not mistaken) then market it as 50% off.
I experienced this with a CD player which I actually bought for £99.
I went back 2 months later and noticed it had 50% off..bugger I thought. But on closer inspection the previous marked up price that they were claiming you only pay half off was actually £125.
Still a discount I know but very sly marketing.

What about a lot of charity shops which are entering into the rip-off market?

the PDSA charity shop at moorfoot was into this scam, about 10 yrs ago. They had on sale some balls of wool, which were available brand new, £1.00 for 10 balls (that's 10p each) at Atkinsons (IIRC) and the PDSA were charging £1 per ball!

the other day, a charity shop had a clock on sale, which was originally part of a set, which included a set of photograph frames for £4.00, but, brand-new, they were just a Nicker from the Pound shop!

It's ridiculous.

i wnrt into the cancer research shop a few weeks ago to see a pair of shoes, with the shoe-shop sticker still on the sole, alongside the chaity shop's ticket.
the original price? £5.99 the charity shop price? they were asking £8.99.

is it me, or ar they being deliberately dishonest? or is it that they genuinely believe that punters will pay this exorbitant price, because "after-all, it's going to charity, isn't it?"

don't get me wrong, I don't expect to pay Jumble-sale prices, when I go into a charity shop., but for crying out loud, price things realistically!

Don't mark a frayed, and shabby sweater up for £7.00- mark it up at say, £2.00! Those cuffs are ruined, and worn thin, it's no bargain!

Greed will drive customers away, it won't encourage them to buy!

If the punter thinks (or, rather, realises) that s/he is being ripped off and overcharged, it will only alienate them, and the charity will lose out, not gain, in the long-run.

think sensibly, please!

PT

Yeah what gets me about charity shops is the way they over price goods because of a label. They would mark a Peacocks cardigan at say £2.00 and an M&S one at a fiver just because it's a 'good' label. When it comes down to it, they're still second hand wherever they came from originally.

What about a lot of charity shops which are entering into the rip-off market?

the PDSA charity shop at moorfoot was into this scam, about 10 yrs ago. They had on sale some balls of wool, which were available brand new, £1.00 for 10 balls (that's 10p each) at Atkinsons (IIRC) and the PDSA were charging £1 per ball!

the other day, a charity shop had a clock on sale, which was originally part of a set, which included a set of photograph frames for £4.00, but, brand-new, they were just a Nicker from the Pound shop!

It's ridiculous.

i wnrt into the cancer research shop a few weeks ago to see a pair of shoes, with the shoe-shop sticker still on the sole, alongside the chaity shop's ticket.
the original price? £5.99 the charity shop price? they were asking £8.99.

is it me, or ar they being deliberately dishonest? or is it that they genuinely believe that punters will pay this exorbitant price, because "after-all, it's going to charity, isn't it?"

don't get me wrong, I don't expect to pay Jumble-sale prices, when I go into a charity shop., but for crying out loud, price things realistically!

Don't mark a frayed, and shabby sweater up for £7.00- mark it up at say, £2.00! Those cuffs are ruined, and worn thin, it's no bargain!

Greed will drive customers away, it won't encourage them to buy!

If the punter thinks (or, rather, realises) that s/he is being ripped off and overcharged, it will only alienate them, and the charity will lose out, not gain, in the long-run.

think sensibly, please!

PT
you have not been in the bluebell wood charity shop then! bluebell and oxfam or next door to each other, the big difference is the price, e.g books are 69p in bluebell and £6.99 in oxfam. p.s i got a t.v last week for £2.99 & it had been tested, bluebell keep up the bargains!!!!!

Where's this Bluebell Wood shop then? I like a bargain, me ;)

I agree with some of the others - to me the price of something includes convenience. I wouldn't travel for half an hour to get something a couple of quid cheaper - my time is more valuable to me than that, so I'd happily pay the extra money.

The problem with Bluebell Wood shop is that it's on 2 levels, with no wheelchair access between the two. (and the door is difficult to negotiate)

Convenience and time is the reason why not everyone does this. We don't all have the time to spend hours looking around for the best deals. Shopping for various stuff on the net is the best way with some products as it's so easy and quick to compare prices.

For some people time is money...one place I worked at the director had someone spend an hour looking for the cheapest place to buy something. The saving was about £5 but this guys time would have cost a client £100 for that hour...false economy if you ask me.

Yes, the Bluebell Wood shop is very good. Its also a childrens hospice(I give all my charity stuff to them) The best shop in Sheffield is Home Bargains(bottom of the Moor & Hillsborough Precint) They sell top brand shampoos,toothpastes and face creams at a quarter of the cost of say Cole Bros. Its also clean & bright and a pleasure to shop in.

a pet hate of mine is ASDA's smartprice range, most items in the smartprice range are exactly the same price as or a couple of pennies more expensive than the same goods at netto's/aldi/lidl yet the quality at ASDA is shocking, buy some ASDA smartprice cookies for 25p, and buy a pack of cookies for 25p from netto and you will see what i mean, ASDA= 1 choc chip per cookie if your lucky, netto = 10+ choc chips per cookie.

The best shop in Sheffield is Home Bargains(bottom of the Moor & Hillsborough Precint) They sell top brand shampoos,toothpastes and face creams at a quarter of the cost of say Cole Bros. Its also clean & bright and a pleasure to shop in.

Totally agree, Pattricia. When people on the forum slag off The Moor and say it's nothing but crappy tat, in my mind's eye I'm suddenly in Home Bargains, filling my basket with high quality products, things like Neutrogena and professional-range hair products, pesto, olive oil, etc, all things I'd wince at buying full price. You can also stock up on some good wines, with an RRP of anything from £5 to £8, for less than half that. :thumbsup:

Home Bargain wines: £2.75 for the finest card-onnay...
Oh how the winter nights fly by... :D

Oooh, they also have weather stations for £1.99 (humidty is rising!), tinned scented candles for 29p (cucumber scented) and for the knittery knitters, balls of multi-coloured wool for 59p (should I let them know?).

It's a shoplifters delight!

Not that I ever go in obviously. Never. Honest.

Where's this Bluebell Wood shop then? I like a bargain, me ;)
its on king street (in between primark and co-op)

The problem with Bluebell Wood shop is that it's on 2 levels, with no wheelchair access between the two. (and the door is difficult to negotiate)
its only got one floor but theres a couple of steps to the other half, my sister is in a wheel chair, the staff are very helpful they open her the two doors cos her chair is wide and bring her items from the other side, i must say the staff do compensate for the steps

its only got one floor but theres a couple of steps to the other half, my sister is in a wheel chair, the staff are very helpful they open her the two doors cos her chair is wide and bring her items from the other side, i must say the staff do compensate for the steps

that's what I said:- it has two levels... and there's no access between the two.

And unless it's something specific, that I know they have, that I want to look at, I don't like the idea of having the staff traipse back and forth for me so I can browse.