To be annoyed in Poundland?

[TheFifthKey]

Ok, first of all, I know Poundland now often sell stuff that's more than £1, which is annoying in itself. But today I was walking round and, in the middle of a normal display, were a lot of leggings. They had prices on the actual packaging of £5/£6 but they weren't Poundland branded and it looked like when you get stock from other shops being sold off cheaply. It wasn't a brand I recognised but the prices were also in Euro so I thought it was maybe from an Irish shop, you know the sort of thing I mean? Anyway I have definitely bought stuff before that was priced on the packaging but was only £1 (very very common with boxes of cereal etc).

However it went through the till at £6, and when I expressed surprise and said I didn't want them at that price (as it's not even especially cheap!) the woman said that I was the second person to do that today. But she seemed very surprised that I would think they would be £1 "because it says it on the packet". But they weren't Poundland branded and they weren't at the edge of the store where the other higher priced stuff is either. I didn't kick off or anything but I did think if they're going to randomly put higher priced stuff around the shop then what's the bloody point of it being Poundland?

She did say she'd tell the manager to make sure it was labelled more clearly, so I must have got my point across.

One of our local ones now has a huge clothing section at the back, did think it was odd.
I don't go in often as I find a lot of it a bit of a con. Yes the crisps are £1 rather than £1.20 in Tesco, but they only have 5 packets in them not 6. I've noticed home bargains does similar. Clever marketing and often not cheaper.

I've noticed our Tesco now has a "Pound" section. Tesco have to try and take over every market.

I think that the Pound Value shop is most confusing. Most items aren't £1. Do they mean that nothing is worth more than £1?

Kpo58 Never heard of it, but I would take that to mean you get a lot of value for the pounds that you spend there.

XP worked in a poundshop for a while and said the most infuriating thing was customers asking "How much is this?"

It's seems now we actually do need to ask that question, so they shouldn't be advertising themselves as a pound shop or 99p shop or whatever.

Some people are easily annoyed.
Personally I welcome this. There is a limit to what you can buy for £1, and as long as the prices are clearly marked and competitive I don't see what the issue is.

NickyNacky how ignorant you sound. Not everyone can afford to have the sort of morals you seem to have. Of COURSE nobody with a heart would support sweatshops but what's someone on a low income meant to do when thigns are so expensive???

Walk around naked? Of course there are charity shops but they're bloody expensive too these days. I've seen Primark T shirts priced more expensively than they were originally being sold for!

That's down to the ignorance of whoever is pricing stuff but it's still making things hard for those on low incomes.

Our Poundland is Dealz and most things cost £1.20.
I think someone said it's the same in Ireland but there it's €1.50.

Can't call it Poundland if it ain't POUNDland .
But Bit-More-Than-A_Pound doesn't have the same catchiness to it.

as long as the prices are clearly marked and competitive I don't see what the issue is.

Well for a start its misrepresentation. Also the prices are not clearly marked when a can of furniture polish (say) can have £1.50 on the packaging but be sold for £1. Why wouldnt one assume that if its Poundland then its a pound?!

Must be lovely to not have to worry about such things.

Did op go shopping needing this item or just want to buy it because it was £1? If the latter then it's part of the hideous wasteful consumerism that supports unethical companies. I'm not ignorant user sweetie, I can just think outside my own small world and see how greedy we have become.

(same as Primark etc)

Primark is a discount chain as well.

Surely Poundland is on borrowed time now? Due to inflation they won't be able to stick at £1 an item for much longer. Unless they shrink products down a little more.

In ten years time won't they have to be Twopoundland?

Probably Newpoundlandland !

It's obvious they can't stay as they are, but today especially I did wonder what's the point of going in there? I bought cleaning products which I could probably have found elsewhere for the same price, snacks etc are also always on offer at the supermarkets for £1, and now the strange odd bargains you used to get are clearly on their way out it's not appealing as a shop any more.
As for the ethical considerations, firstly I didn't think they'd been produced to sell at £1, I assumed they were overstock from somewhere else, and secondly I have yet to see any evidence how paying more for clothes guarantees a more ethical form of production. In fact retailers are very tight lipped on this and I'd assume if anyone was using a hugely ethical form of production they'd make quite a big deal about it, which leads me to assume everything is made in the same places by the same factories, pretty much...I'm a single parent, I shop at charity shops and car boot sales, I mend and alter things myself, but I thought I'd found a bargain. Did I need them desperately? No, so shoot me!

i have found my local poundland doing this increasingly it used to be just stuff by the till now it seems they have'special offers' all over the shop and tbh the things on special offer you could probably buy at the same price or abit cheaper in supermarkets they have also opened a poundplus shop a bit further out of town.

Primark are £2.80 for cotton leggings so cheaper than poundlands £6 ones.

When I reach the till, I am usually asked if I would like some perfume today. Why, do I smell? Generally I say if it is a pound, then I will have some. Sadly it is not.

ElsieMc It's part of the cashiers job to upsell and they can get in trouble for not doing so. You're just being a dick if you're arsey with them.

I have yet to see any evidence how paying more for clothes guarantees a more ethical form of production. In fact retailers are very tight lipped on this and I'd assume if anyone was using a hugely ethical form of production they'd make quite a big deal about it

There are places like People Tree and Chandni Chowk and yes, being fair trade is part of their selling point. They are more expensive but as you say, that in itself doesn't mean workers get a fair wage. I've seen a breakdown of costs for Primark. The % that goes to people who make the clothes is tiny - so much so that items would only have to be about 50p more each to make a substantial difference to the workers, assuming they got that 50p.

I don't actually understand why they are selling things that cannot reasonably be priced at £1. So no, YANBU, and this sort of thing really bugs me too. Everything should be £1.