Consumer rip offs

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  1. tingleytyke

    tingleytyke Well-Known Member

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    Diversity factor. (Not the dancers) :)
     
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    Engineers who need to come to your house or deliveries with massive ETAs - "we'll be there between 0700 and 1800 hours". Great cheers. Thanks so much for that. I'll just not plan anything for an entire day.
     
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    Trunki Boostapak - pays for itself in one holiday.
     
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    Agreed on TV subscriptions, that's why I don't have any (unless you call a TV licence a subscription). I've commented elsewhere in the thread about mobile phone contracts, one of the biggest rip offs ever.

    I wonder what would happen if the entire population of the world breathed in at the same time?
     
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    Airlines charging double the normal price because it's a school holiday.
     
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    That made me chuckle.
     
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    Centre Parcs.
     
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    Postage fees

    Buy something online. Get to checkout. Postage = £4.00

    Parcel is as light as a feather, and lo and behold it cost 60p to post.
     
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    By the way, has your Dad seen the price of Fish & Chips lately?
     
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    Bus fares.

    2p when I was a lass. Tssk.
     
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    2p if you were going local, 4p if you were going to barnsley or donny! (that was from bolton on dearne)
     
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    Me too - though I was wondering about upgrading to a new one - have to laugh though if I go with Vodafone contract cost for a new iphone 6s on a package identical to my sim only one = £41 per month for 24 months + £169 = total over 2 years = £1153

    or I could buy a new iphone 6s 64Gb for £699 official price - (though I have seen them online at £580) +264 = £963 over 2 years
    As I am certain vodafone wont pay £699 per phone they are really are ripping you off big time with the buying a phone under contract pricing. If I replace mine I will just buy a phone and stay sim only
     
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    Piriton - nearly a fiver a box when not many people seem to know that you can get exactly the same tablets in a Supermarket's own brand for about 80 pence


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    Its all one big rip off if you are a consumer of owt.

    Consumers = mugs that the way we are seen.
     
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    He's got his head round fish and chip prices now. His latest campaign is about vet bills. His dog is ridden with fleas.
     
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    The iPhone 6 is £450 to purchase SIM free. So, that compares favourably with the £350 you paid for yours. I saw the £54 contract in Three the other week, and I agree it is a rip off. Most Contracts are taking advantage of customers that are unable to purchase the phone upfront (that's not Apple's fault). :)
     
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    It's £100 more - before you start on network charges. I don't call that favourable.


    Samsung a3 £256 all in over 24 months. I'm sure it's not as all singing and dancing as an i phone, but I'm £200 better off.
     
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    Since it's only £30 / year over the three years, I don't see that as prohibitive. Also, I will get £140 for my iPhone when I trade it in.

    Not that I'm trying to convince myself it's a good deal. ;)

    The £50+ is outrageous, and I couldn't begin to justify that.
     
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  20. TonyTyke

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    Talking of phones, if you want something good that doesn't cost the earth, take a look at https://oneplus.net/uk/one for sim only, and then signup for giffgaff. The phone is as good as any Samsung / Iphone (IMHO), though I haven't checked the specs it's a cracking phone. It's Android so you know what you can/can't do, and finally doesn't come with a load of bloatware pre-installed like my last Samsung did.

    Main point, it's a fraction of the price of a none contract "fasionable" phone.
     
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