― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:37 (seventeen years ago) link
otm. and it's shocking how much you can be ripped off if you don't 'shop around' for the best priced ticket. For instance my monthly visits to Bristol could cost me £82 if I just asked the teller "return ticket to Bristol please", but booking online and looking for certain types of tickets I end up saving about thirty quid.
― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Who does that? I thought everyone took it to A Little Bloke Down The Road.
(although, saying that, I have been pleasantly surprised by how competitively priced the dealership has been in doing some work on my BMW)
― C J (C J), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:39 (seventeen years ago) link
how does that not make sense (to them)?
― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:40 (seventeen years ago) link
You don't. Popcorn + pick'n'mix are freely available to scoff at will to fill up your container with in the main concourse of the cinema. (at least where I live, anyway)
― C J (C J), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:41 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost to Stevem
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:42 (seventeen years ago) link
i.e
Panda cola
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― C J (C J), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:43 (seventeen years ago) link
are you buying the tickets from the teller in advance though?
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes there is a funny 'if it's that cheap it must taste shit' thing with this.
Fentimann's glass bottled cola is 're-assuringly expensive' otoh.
― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― C J (C J), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link
Price is generally a good indicator of quality.
Panda cola tastes shit. xpost grr.
― ledge (ledge), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― bham (bham), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link
Concept of 'brand equity' to thread.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:48 (seventeen years ago) link
i forget what the proper term is for economics of luxury goods but for things like truffles, diamonds &c their "artificially" high price is an integral part of their market appeal in the first place
― lex pretend (lex pretend), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Macamadamia nuts are expensive because they need shelling by hand (I think?) because they'd be poisonous otherwise.
― === temporary username === (Mark C), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes, I take it to the little guy down the road, but I have used the main dealer for one or two jobs over the years. You'd be amazed how many people just pay through the nose for jobs that any mechanic could do.
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― New Mark H (New MarkH), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Gent's barber
Other end:
Male Grooming
Saw this on 211 bus through Fulham yesterday.
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 5 January 2007 11:59 (seventeen years ago) link
(I had an ex-boyfriend who used to pay about £30 to get his hair cut. He was a poncey twat).
― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― === temporary username === (Mark C), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:00 (seventeen years ago) link
i always imagined part of the joy of female haircut is to be able to tell others how much you've spent on your haircut.
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:08 (seventeen years ago) link
well buying in advance is usually cheaper than day of travel (you're paying for the convenience and flexibility of just wandering to the counter and get your ticket and go?)
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Attractive Russian hairdresser, probably recently trained, being very slow and very methodical. I would recommend the experience if you're ever in Waterloo and in need of a haircut.
― ledge (ledge), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Don't get me started on the drinks as well. £11 for a double whiskey and Coke I paid the other week.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 5 January 2007 12:11 (seventeen years ago) link
i have no fucking idea what that means
― sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link