The cost of things

[TheHousemaid]

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?!

Can we swap jobs?

I was in Boots yesterday and saw eye make up remover for £7.99 and was genuinely like WTF. It reminded me of when I was in America and noticed thinks that are about £3 here were $8 there.

Prices on a lot of things like clothes, chocolate, toys etc were suppressed for long time in western countries because these things were produced by exploited people treated appallingly and paid poverty wages in the third world.

Boots is a great place

We shouldn't be encouraging Amazon & then complain about prices elsewhere

@luckylavender

I'll buy where it's cheaper. As much as I'd love to 'support local', if it's cheaper on Amazon, that's where I'll be buying.

@iamnotalemon unfortunately live in the CI so we don’t have Aldi, Lidl etc! But I take your point

I saw milkshake powder going for £5.50 the other day. Absolutely shocking and I’m amazed that anyone with an ounce of sense would be willing to pay so much.

If something is a rip-off, don’t buy it. They’ll soon learn if sales drastically drop.

Just ordered a 700ml bottle off Amazon for less than £4.

also, whoever mentioned eye makeup remover upthread, I use Simple Miscellar water - massive bottles on sale at WR at minute which think is good value

@iamnotalemon - I understand that but remember it's cheaper because they don't pay tax

Olive oil? You basically have to call your mortgage broker from the aisle, to see if you can remortgage your house to cover the cost. I’m trying to be way less sloshy with the bottles I buy…

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

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?!

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.

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

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

What is Cl?

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.

100%. Tricky when on maternity pay too

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

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

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

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