I know that prices are rising at an astonishing rate but THIS took my breath away

The run on soda crystals may be because of the time of year, I usually buy a few packs in March because I use them to clean the patio slabs. It is a big rise in price, but even at £2 it’s much cheaper than using proprietary patio cleaner.

I buy Catsan for my cats litter tray. Last week it was £7. When I went to get it this week, it was £9!!!!
I really feel there is profiteering going on and greed taking over.

Have never bought soda crystals though remember Gran using it to clear drains?
My washing is clean using washing powder.😃
It’s always strange how prices hike up, then go down or products just vanish completely.

I didn’t realise that there’s 20% VAT on pet food and veterinary treatment. One of the charities is doing a petition asking fir it to be reduced in the current financial crisis. A lot of things don’t pay VAT at all.

Our local council has increased the charge for emptying a garden waste bin from £42 per year to £55 per year. Therefore lots of people are saying they won't pay it, they will burn it, and some will just quietly dump it of course. I think rubbish disposal and the local tip should always be free otherwise the council only has to go round collecting the excessive quantities of fly tipping which probably costs more.

Try living in Australia, your prices seem reasonable to me! I'll see for myself in a couple of weeks when I undertake that looooong journey.

Our prices are much,much higher than those you mentioned, it’s all relative. I think our petrol is probably still cheaper though.About $1. 90 per litre this week, it varies.

Chestnut

Our local council has increased the charge for emptying a garden waste bin from £42 per year to £55 per year. Therefore lots of people are saying they won't pay it, they will burn it, and some will just quietly dump it of course. I think rubbish disposal and the local tip should always be free otherwise the council only has to go round collecting the excessive quantities of fly tipping which probably costs more.

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Yes it’s all relative. From what I’ve read the state pension is considerably higher in Australia for those who qualify. It’s currently £185.15 per week here which is around 338 Australian dollars. Petrol in the UK is almost 3 dollars per litre .

Chestnut

Our local council has increased the charge for emptying a garden waste bin from £42 per year to £55 per year. Therefore lots of people are saying they won't pay it, they will burn it, and some will just quietly dump it of course. I think rubbish disposal and the local tip should always be free otherwise the council only has to go round collecting the excessive quantities of fly tipping which probably costs more.

Ours is going up quite substantially as well,because I only have it emptied about three or four times a year. I am not going to bother
It always used to be included in the council tax and as you say I think this will lead to a lot of fly tipping and then it will cost the council a lot more to go round picking it all up..🤷‍♀️

Oreo

Have never bought soda crystals though remember Gran using it to clear drains?
My washing is clean using washing powder.😃
It’s always strange how prices hike up, then go down or products just vanish completely.

It’s not really for the washing, it’s to help maintain the health of the washing machine..🤓

I’m 74 and I don’t know what soda crystals are for. Sorry.

My yoghurt has gone up 50p in a week.

I bought a rose bush in the pound shop yesterday and it was £2.

I went to buy a pack of 4 yoghurts to discover the price was for one so I left it on the shelf.

There must be a lot of wastage because we are refusing or cannot afford to pay the extra cost.

Still reeling from cost of decaff coffee. Just under £10 in the Co-op. Back to cheap own brand stuff for a while and hope offers start soon.

MayBee70

I didn’t realise that there’s 20% VAT on pet food and veterinary treatment. One of the charities is doing a petition asking fir it to be reduced in the current financial crisis. A lot of things don’t pay VAT at all.

It’s the Dogs Tryst that are calling for VAT on pet food and veterinary fees to be cancelled temporarily because pet owners are struggling so much at the moment.

Sorry Shinamae I had no idea what ‘prod prod ding’ meant but I ll take your word for it 😂

That’s a dreadful price to pay for decaf coffee livelylady I usually pay £4 for L’Or decaf at B and M but they haven’t had any in the last two weeks

Going back to my expensive cab perhaps I didn’t explain properly I don’t live in London or anywhere near a city I live in what is describe as a ‘disadvantaged area’ although I don’t see it as that and it was a mile and a half at most if someone further up said they paid £15 for a 6 mile trip it does make mine very expensive at £8 for 1 and a half miles

Prod prod ding was what you said the dentist did to you BlueBelle! I thought, like Shinamae, that it was a good way to put it.

Mouthwash (Colgate Plax) was £1.85 in Tesco during and after lockdown and then it went up to just over £2 and then shot up to £4. This week it was cheaper with Clubcard, so I'm planning to stock up.

BlueBelle

I am just comparing what it would have been a year or so ago GSM probably doubled well of course he had to collect me not much point if he left me at home 😂😂
It’s a lot for me add that to the ‘two minutes’ I had in the dental chair Prod prod ding with hammer all fine see you in 6 months £23 please ….
It may be nothing to you but it’s a lot to me

Bluebell, it’s what you said in your post! 😂😂

You can’t compare prices with what they were a year ago. Conditions are not what they were a year ago. There has been global inflation. Workers have had wage increases. Premises cost more to heat and light. Transport costs have shot up due to the rise in the cost of petrol and diesel. Importation costs have risen significantly. Yet everyone expects prices in shops to stay the same and any rise in prices is called profiteering.

I think we expect prices to rise, its the fact that prices are in some cases rising at double the rate of inflation...in some cases it reeks of sheer greed and taking the mick!!!

Bridie22

I think we expect prices to rise, its the fact that prices are in some cases rising at double the rate of inflation...in some cases it reeks of sheer greed and taking the mick!!!

Exactly that!!

The rate of inflation covers many goods. The rate of inflation for foodstuffs is higher than the average rate. Companies who were greedy and taking the mick would go to the wall.

Germanshepherdsmum

You can’t compare prices with what they were a year ago. Conditions are not what they were a year ago. There has been global inflation. Workers have had wage increases. Premises cost more to heat and light. Transport costs have shot up due to the rise in the cost of petrol and diesel. Importation costs have risen significantly. Yet everyone expects prices in shops to stay the same and any rise in prices is called profiteering.

No need to be quite so patronising GSM..