Price's are we being conned ?????

chitchat I know its enough to make you go aaggghhhhh !

In Morrisons this week - flagged up as a special offer were double packs of McVities choc digestives at £3.20. Right next door to single packets (of the same weight - 400gms) for £1. These prices were backed up by the small print on the shelf labels giving the price per 100gms......the smaller pack was far better value. Can imagine many a stressed young Mum grabbing the 'special offer' thinking they were onto a winner!!

Caveat emptor, that's all I can say.

Yes HildaW I've had a similar experiance with Asda ...now I always check the unit prices on such offers ...you'd be surprised how many supermarkets do this ...where the single item is actually a better value than the unit price of a 'special' offer!

Yes, indeed - and some of those refill bags of instant coffee are actually more expensive than the jars! I spend half my time in supermarkets crouching down and squinting at the unit prices - the print is so small.

In my local Morrisons they are selling bunched beetroot for £1.67. The loose beetroot is £0.68 per kilo or £1.64 per lb. I queried this with an assistant who checked with the person dealing with point of sale and then reassured me that this was in fact correct Is it just me????

Well Anagram ...I wonder why that is??

Book pricing is weird in the extreme. I often get books from a catalogue that drops through the door (and they have a website) which I cannot name or it might be advertising and their prices are a tiny fraction of anyone else's. How do they do it? - I've no idea.

Volume Mishap book depots are just a warehouse so no shop and less overheads. I can't remember the last time I paid full price for a book. A well known bookshop sells online too with free postage so I don't have to search the shelves for what I want.

Exactly, harrigan - who would pay the ridiculous price of a new hardback book when they're so easily found discounted through other outlets?

That is why book shops are closing in their droves.
I ordered 2 children's books from (probably) that selfsame online book retailer for Easter, and they sent me an email saying delivery expected the Thursday AFTER Easter, so I had to pop into Daunt's on Haverstock Hill in London on my way to Royal Free and had a wonderful time browsing children's books and listening to a Dad reading one of them to his little girl!
Now I am the first to admit I have an out of control Amazon habit, especially in regard to my Kindle, but this was a much more pleasurable experience and that little girl is more likely to develop a love of books than anu exposure to online sales. Daunt's 1-Amazon 0, this time, I am afraid.

Not living in England, I have to use Amazon, and I have had some books from them for £1. I don't mind buying second hand as long as the book is readable (no, I don't worry about germs!) My sister's library often has books on sale, so when I visit her I get a few there as well.

I went out with one man who told me he had several hundred very expensive books as he was a bibliophile. I was astonished to find he did not actually read the books but just collected rare editons, etc. What a waste! I didn't see him again.

grace I too have the Amazon bug one click is dangerous

DD has had a few second hand book from Amazon and when they arrived they still had the stickers on from a High Street retailer and they were had not been read.

Book Works often have some good offers.

Just before Christmas I priced the Liz Earle beauty book for DS1s girlfriend to go with the gift set we had bought her,on line it was £18.00 but in Waterstones it was £11.90 this is the first time I have seen a dearer book on line than in local shop and can only put it down to the time of year.Also in Morrisons a week or so ago they where selling Chicken Kiev packs of two BOGOF they where very popular and flying out off the shelves when I arrived at the fridge with the daily reductions they where selling the same packs but charging 50p off the full price but for only one unit,I asked if the price was reduced in line with the offer at the till if I bought 2 and told no the pricing system only allows for individual items to be reduced so if I had bought 2 it would have cost £1.00 more than the offer price.

Anagram Like you I spend time in supermarkets crouching down and squinting at the unit prices. Examples - this week 2 small jars of coffee cheaper than 1 large jar, 2 individual packs of biscuits cheaper than a double pack. Thank goodness they have to show unit prices!

And whilst we are moaning about shopping.......he he!.......Was reminded yesterday of why I dont like Boots. The aisles are too narrow for us normal sized folks who are bending down and squinting through varifocals. I spent 20 mins yesterday looking for a haircare product and was constantly apologising for being in folks way as they tried to pass whilst they apologised to me for requiring me to move. Any wonder why the High Street is in decline.....I am even begining to get toiletries from Amazon nowadays.

Only today the Ocado website pointed out that if I bought 2 packets of 500g cornflakes it would be cheaper than buying 1 packet of 750g cornflakes!

As a child in Canada my English grandmother sent me a lovely book called 'Deep Sea Mokey' sadly through all our travels it was lost. I did approach a few second hand books shops but with no luck. However, through Amazon I found the book via a Scottish second book store - I would never have gone up there for it - I was delighted to see a dear friend again looking as good as it did all those years ago

Went to Tesco, Thursday bought a jar of coffee for £1.58, same make same size jar in Sainsbury's and Asda £3.58, no it wasn't out of date.

Going back top books -
Has anyone else found the £2.99 knitting books in "The Works"???
Often 20+ knitting patterns in them ...even if you only like 2 ...it's immediately cheaper than buying an actual knitting pattern!!

Yes ...I know there are some good free patterns on-line ...bit you still have to print them ...often the ones I want are not free either!!