Consumer rip offs

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  1. Sta

    Stahlrost Well-Known Member

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    Read my post again!
     
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    I never pay extra for next day delivery, I just order my stuff 2 days earlier.

    Seriously though, I find that most stuff arrives next day anyway, although not guaranteed.
     
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    I wouldn't call that a rip off, I'd say if you don't buy the six pack you need your head looking at.
     
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    I know mate I was joking (badly), I agree with you by the way, tho I've got a iPhone which does pretty much all of the above and I only pay £11 a month on a sim only contract, I don't understand why folk pay these extortionate tariffs.
     
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    Is that 'ring' in the David Cameron sense of the word? I would imagine you can, if you applied enough force.
     
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    Cigarettes/Tobacco

    Now there's something we can all agree on.
     
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    Bossman Well-Known Member

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    Well apparently there is an app available....allegedly
     
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    Mobile phone companies!
     
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    Is it available on Android?
     
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    It's totally mind boggling to me. That £54 per month contract costs £1944 over 3 years.

    My phone cost £350 sim free. Over 36 months that's £9.72 a month, plus £8 for my contract. I wish I knew how Apple have brainwashed people so badly that they willingly allow themselves to be totally ripped off. And not only that, they are actually proud of it. Madness.
     
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    I tried to develop such an app but I made a right pig's ear of it
     
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    The majority of us probably dont smoke (thats a guess based on little or no knowledge however!)
     
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    tsk, hadn't thought of that.
     
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    Did I mention mobile phone companies!!
     
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    parking charges do me tits in actually. i pay enough to drive a car and when i get where i want to go, to actually enjoy myself or spend some of the hard earned someone is intent on ripping me off to be there!

    Barnsley are actually fantastic in having free parking at weekends however
     
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    Just to had to this, ticket machines that don't give change grrrrr!!!
     
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    I wonder what would happen at a gym if all the members turned up for a work-out at the same time. It would be carnage.

    It would be like BFC selling 50,000 season tickets for Oakwell, then wondering why the kick off had to be delayed as there was no room on the pitch to play football.

    I wonder how many other businesses there are where the business model appears to rely on a significant proportion of customers not actually using the service they have paid for.
     
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    Loads, example if every aircraft in the air had to land there wouldn't be enough room.
     
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    Subscription TV and mobile phone contracts offer a similar deal. You might pay for 500 channels but chances are you'll be watching BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV 1 or Channel 4. 10,000 Texts, 1,000 minutes, 4 gig of internet a month to call your wife once 'cos you're going to be late and two texts to a mate to confirm you're going to the game on a phone where you haven't a clue what 99% of the functions are for.
     
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