I think this has now gotten out of hand. What once seemed 'generous' and irresistible has now become the tool for profiteering.
everything costs something to produce, so its never 'free'. and we are paying for that by these offers.
in my case i had to buy and extra pair of glasses along with the bifocals i had planned to buy. maybe i could have shopped about but i was getting eyestrain and needed something quick. and my usual supplier had introduced this kind of pricing offer, whereas before you could buy individual glasses.
i mean you don't have to buy 2 cars or 2 houses? so why us this knd of thing beginning to get about the marketplace? it seems we are being made to purchase extra items that in some cases are unwelcome and not needed.
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Speaking as someone who has to wear glasses constantly the second pair is handy for me.
I go kayaking, If I lose my glasses when on the water I know I have a pair at home that I can actually see out of without having to wait up to 2 weeks for them to fiddle about getting me other pairs and spending those 2 weeks walking around blind as a bat
*presuming I can actually find my way back to the shore*
On another note my eyesight is now very bad without glasses and I need prescription sunglasses instead of normal ones, again you can get a tint on your second pair
Some people like having a change of design say a fancy pair and a pair for wearing around the house
I rely on my glasses the only time I don't wear them is in bed but accidents can and will happen at least for me having the second pair means I don't have to pussy foot around trying to make sure I don't lose or break them
Obviously this isn't the case for every one but some people do want/need the extra pair, If your optician didn't do a deal you wanted maybe you could take your prescription to someone who will let you buy 1 pair instead of 2?
I go kayaking, If I lose my glasses when on the water I know I have a pair at home that I can actually see out of without having to wait up to 2 weeks for them to fiddle about getting me other pairs and spending those 2 weeks walking around blind as a bat
*presuming I can actually find my way back to the shore*
On another note my eyesight is now very bad without glasses and I need prescription sunglasses instead of normal ones, again you can get a tint on your second pair
Some people like having a change of design say a fancy pair and a pair for wearing around the house
I rely on my glasses the only time I don't wear them is in bed but accidents can and will happen at least for me having the second pair means I don't have to pussy foot around trying to make sure I don't lose or break them
Obviously this isn't the case for every one but some people do want/need the extra pair, If your optician didn't do a deal you wanted maybe you could take your prescription to someone who will let you buy 1 pair instead of 2?
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when i nip into a sweet shop for a drink. and a bottle of coke is a pound n 2 for one pound twenty...yes i will get two. now if i could get vodka like that....i would be happy...
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Surely the trick is to decide if the cost for one is acceptable. If not, getting 2 may or may not be a bargain. If it is acceptable, getting a second is definitely a bargain. And yes - a spare pair of glasses with the same prescription is s godsend for most glasses wearers.
The people who get ripped off are those that see a £300 camera at £50 off and think they have saved £50 when in fact they have just spent £250. My brother was like that. It's only a bargain if a) you wanted a camera in the first place and b) that particular one is actually worth £250.
There is a population of people out there who frankly shouldn't be let out alone with any source of money.
But then I'm an extreme example - I stand there for ages working out the per 100g cost for cheese at Asda.
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The people who get ripped off are those that see a £300 camera at £50 off and think they have saved £50 when in fact they have just spent £250. My brother was like that. It's only a bargain if a) you wanted a camera in the first place and b) that particular one is actually worth £250.
There is a population of people out there who frankly shouldn't be let out alone with any source of money.
But then I'm an extreme example - I stand there for ages working out the per 100g cost for cheese at Asda.
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Surely the trick is to decide if the cost for one is acceptable. If not, getting 2 may or may not be a bargain. If it is acceptable, getting a second is definitely a bargain. And yes - a spare pair of glasses with the same prescription is s godsend for most glasses wearers.
The people who get ripped off are those that see a £300 camera at £50 off and think they have saved £50 when in fact they have just spent £250. My brother was like that. It's only a bargain if a) you wanted a camera in the first place and b) that particular one is actually worth £250.
There is a population of people out there who frankly shouldn't be let out alone with any source of money.
But then I'm an extreme example - I stand there for ages working out the per 100g cost for cheese at Asda.
I knew it was you that was holding the queue up. Next time don't take a numbered ticket until you have worked out your grams...........and let me in to get my quarter of Wensleydale
Dave_Notts
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I read this thread and thought of Dave Notts' christmas post about half a stables worth of meat in the house for christmas dinner because it was on offer and Neil's outing of the 'Cathedral City' cheddar row in the middle of the supermarket. (It was buy one, get one half price with 50% free on each packet, giving us about 3 kilos of cheese for a fiver... which we wouldn't have eaten if we were a family of rather large mice with the muchies! )
I've had to reign myself in on the offers front for the pure and simple reason that I see an orange or red tag with special offer on it and I actually get a bit excited! I love a bargain, but then I've noticed with some they more than double the price of the first item anyway, so indeed it is not exactly a bargain. Weighing each thing up on a per litre/ per kilo / per item rate and then if we'll actually use it before it expires is a better way to work it out.
When it comes to BOGOF houses and things... can I choose one abroad and one in the UK area of my choice please? Thank ya very muchly. :lol:
)I've had to reign myself in on the offers front for the pure and simple reason that I see an orange or red tag with special offer on it and I actually get a bit excited!
I love a bargain, but then I've noticed with some they more than double the price of the first item anyway, so indeed it is not exactly a bargain. Weighing each thing up on a per litre/ per kilo / per item rate and then if we'll actually use it before it expires is a better way to work it out.When it comes to BOGOF houses and things... can I choose one abroad and one in the UK area of my choice please? Thank ya very muchly. :lol:
In some cases the extra thing you buy may be useful but in some cases its not essential to have it. probably with glasses it usually is worthwhile having an extra pair. But it should not be the case that you have to buy two if you only need one.
But the point is, it is not free. It is a falsehood to believe that it is. It costs something to produce it and its cost is recouped in inventing a deceitful pricing scheme.
Now these offers create a misleading evaluation of what's in the marketplace. if you don't really know what something costs, you have less ability to make an informned choice. generally you will part with more money than you should do.
But the point is, it is not free. It is a falsehood to believe that it is. It costs something to produce it and its cost is recouped in inventing a deceitful pricing scheme.
Now these offers create a misleading evaluation of what's in the marketplace. if you don't really know what something costs, you have less ability to make an informned choice. generally you will part with more money than you should do.
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Or you choose to go somewhere that doesn't have 'offers' and therefore get true market value price for your goods.
I think you have an un necessary bee in your bonnet... which makes me wonder what has sparked it off? Just buying glasses?
I think you have an un necessary bee in your bonnet... which makes me wonder what has sparked it off? Just buying glasses?
Sex God
I do it with shoes all the time! :giggle:
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In some cases the extra thing you buy may be useful but in some cases its not essential to have it. probably with glasses it usually is worthwhile having an extra pair. But it should not be the case that you have to buy two if you only need one.
But the point is, it is not free. It is a falsehood to believe that it is. It costs something to produce it and its cost is recouped in inventing a deceitful pricing scheme.
Now these offers create a misleading evaluation of what's in the marketplace. if you don't really know what something costs, you have less ability to make an informned choice. generally you will part with more money than you should do.
You go into a shop one day and buy a Peperami for 75p. Next day the sign says buy one get one free so you get two Peperami's for 75p. The second one is free
If you just see a pack of two glass tumblers say on a shelf saying buy one get one free and the price is you know in reality that its just for two glasses.
Think most of us can manage to spot the actual bargains :smug: or the shelf where the Peperami's were
yeah you can see some bargains when they come up in the here and now. but some months later when you are bewildered by more and more of these offers you won't really have a ready reckoner in your head anymore. then the trickery and profiteering will come in.
and there will already be a science employed in this.
and there will already be a science employed in this.
in effect what you will see is shopping by odds.
2 for 1 is 50/50 odds. a low basic 'bet'. odds of 0.5
higher odds will come in with offers like 9 for the price of 4, odds of
so one day you might decide to buy 56 packets of digestives because the odds are favourable. ie , which is 27 to 56. because you might normally buy a whole box of packets.
then shopping will become a wonderful new thing for us.
2 for 1 is 50/50 odds. a low basic 'bet'. odds of 0.5
higher odds will come in with offers like 9 for the price of 4, odds of
so one day you might decide to buy 56 packets of digestives because the odds are favourable. ie , which is 27 to 56. because you might normally buy a whole box of packets.
then shopping will become a wonderful new thing for us.
