The cost of things

TheHousemaid · 2025-01-25T12:10:22+00:00

Sure this is about the 95th million thread on this subject but, went into Boots today and it was £8 for a bottle of L’Oreal Elvive. £7 for a medium sized box of Lindt Balls in WR. WTAF?!

warmheartcoldfeet · 25/01/2025 22:05

LadyKenya · 25/01/2025 17:15

We are a wasteful Society in the main. I live a frugal life, using natural oils for my skin, and hair, which are not expensive, and they last for quite a long time. I refuse to buy those expensive face creams, that promise the Earth, and deliver little.

Yes, I've been using a tiny amount of olive oil on clean hair for the last 6 months and it's the healthiest and shiniest it's ever been. People keep commenting on it and it's cost me literally nothing as it's olive oil from my kitchen.
It's making my nails strong too.

itsjustbiology · 25/01/2025 21:34

There is so much I won't buy anymore. We need more markets not great big retail outlets.

Haruka · 25/01/2025 18:38

I picked up a small bottle of olive oil for £2.50 today in Morrison's, so can't complain there. But cheese! One "savers" block of unbranded cheese was £4.35!

I bought almost £60 worth of groceries and didn't have much to show for it at all. Still, good for the waistline, I guess.

TheEllisGreyMethod · 25/01/2025 17:17

Deannaaa · 25/01/2025 12:52

Home Bargains might be worth a visit.

Cheapest shampoo in my home bargains today was £3.99!!!

LadyKenya · 25/01/2025 17:15

We are a wasteful Society in the main. I live a frugal life, using natural oils for my skin, and hair, which are not expensive, and they last for quite a long time. I refuse to buy those expensive face creams, that promise the Earth, and deliver little.

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TheHousemaid · 25/01/2025 17:14

To be fair, I refused to buy either in either shop so am voting with my feet. I was just commenting on the cost as it seems to have increased disproportionately.

We do take care with our shopping and will generally stock up when on offer or buy elsewhere if we feel it’s taking the piss.

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Hedjwitch · 25/01/2025 17:00

We need to shop sensibly and use our considerable consumer power. If it's overpriced, don't buy it.
If you don't need it, don't buy it.
Cleansers,creams,toiletries can be made at home for pennies and no chemicals. Reuse and recycle where you can.
Don't fall for marketing hype.

Anniedash · 25/01/2025 16:52

Well that’s the price we pay for the green energy scam where cost of expensive energy is being passed onto the consumer, and for the Covid freebies that everyone was only too happy to receive.

Money doesn’t grow on trees. It’s earned by producing things, borrowed and printed. In this country, being productive is mug’s game, so more than half the population are net takers. Someone has to pay.

Supersimkin7 · 25/01/2025 16:38

Put back a double-reduced chicken in M&S just now - was reduced to £9.92.

Quite small, it was.

TheThreeCheesesOfTheApocalypse44 · 25/01/2025 16:30

I've just done my weekly shop in Aldi. £140 , the trolley wasn't even full. It would have been around 90 not so long ago.

iamnotalemon · 25/01/2025 15:57

@TheHousemaid ah, the Channel Islands - I feel your pain. (I live on a little island too so have the same problem.) My bad for assuming you were on the mainland.

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TheHousemaid · 25/01/2025 15:52

craigth162 · 25/01/2025 15:15

I think channel islands but that's a guess. Wish people would use actual words

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Sorry me being lazy - yes, Channel Islands. So we don’t have the range of supermarkets the uk has

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Normallynumb · 25/01/2025 15:35

Superdrug beats boots hands down.. for everything including customer service!
They usually have offers and their own brands are excellent. They do their own versions of many things too
Shampoo. I use matrix which I buy from somewhere like All beauty/ notino
I actually hate boots A staff member was very rude to me and I've never stepped foot in there since

Housebuy1 · 25/01/2025 15:21

craigth162 · 25/01/2025 15:15

I think channel islands but that's a guess. Wish people would use actual words

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Oh right… yeah I’m not in the UK so it’s not something that Im familiar with

craigth162 · 25/01/2025 15:15

Housebuy1 · 25/01/2025 15:09

What is Cl?

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I think channel islands but that's a guess. Wish people would use actual words

IKnowAristotle · 25/01/2025 15:13

It must have been a giant bag of mini eggs for £15 surely?

firstbabyfirsttimemum · 25/01/2025 15:11

100%. Tricky when on maternity pay too

BrightYellowDaffodil · 25/01/2025 15:09

They only price like that because people pay it. If no one did they’d have to lower their prices.

Shop around! I have regular products I buy - hair products etc - but I only buy from whoever has them on special offer. Unless I’m really pushed for time/convenience, I have no loyalty for shops. A couple of minutes of Googling can save a fortune.

Housebuy1 · 25/01/2025 15:09

TheHousemaid · 25/01/2025 15:07

Waitrose - as I said, I live in the CI so unfortunately we don’t have Lidl/Aldi here - wish we did!!

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What is Cl?

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TheHousemaid · 25/01/2025 15:07

AuraBora · 25/01/2025 14:40

Oh goodness I might have to give up chocolate! I noticed a pack of buttons M&S had gone up to £3 the other say!
Yes yes I know M&S isnt the cheapest but it's still expensive compared to what it was in the same.place a year ago!
But it's just everything... really watching what I buy so closely now.

Which shop is WR?!

Waitrose - as I said, I live in the CI so unfortunately we don’t have Lidl/Aldi here - wish we did!!

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SnappyGreyLemur · 25/01/2025 15:02

My husband saw a Toblerone in the Co-op for over £7 today.

LadyKenya · 25/01/2025 14:57

Lovelybitofsquirrel3 · 25/01/2025 14:45

The shops don’t understand that when they price individual things too much we can’t afford everything else

They don't care either. The things that some consumers may think are essentials, such as coffee, or chocolate, will obviously not be thought of the same way, by other people. I could quite easily live without those things, but potatoes, and bread, or eggs, and fresh fish, would be extremely hard to have to forgo, if prices were to go to unimaginable levels.

Lovelybitofsquirrel3 · 25/01/2025 14:45

The shops don’t understand that when they price individual things too much we can’t afford everything else

AuraBora · 25/01/2025 14:40

Oh goodness I might have to give up chocolate! I noticed a pack of buttons M&S had gone up to £3 the other say!
Yes yes I know M&S isnt the cheapest but it's still expensive compared to what it was in the same.place a year ago!
But it's just everything... really watching what I buy so closely now.

Which shop is WR?!

ohtowinthelottery · 25/01/2025 14:33

Definitely go to Home Bargains or B&M for shampoo.