Covid19 and Rip-Off prices.

Leekbrookgull

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Jul 14, 2005

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Leek

• Apr 25, 2020

• #1

We have an old Woolworths site now occupied by Yorkshire Trading and was in town for working so called in for a tin of paint all the Soc/D two metre stuff observed but whilst paying and again like many Contactless i noticed hand sanitizer 500mls by the till for £9.99 six weeks ago more like 99p. Let,s just remember these 'Sharks' when better days return.

 

vegster

Sanity Clause

May 5, 2008

27,886

• Apr 25, 2020

• #2

Crude oil prices have absolutely collapsed yet the lowest price I can find is £1.02... should be sub £1 .

 

Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003

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Up and Coming Sunny Portslade

• Apr 25, 2020

• #3

Leekbrookgull said:

We have an old Woolworths site now occupied by Yorkshire Trading and was in town for working so called in for a tin of paint all the Soc/D two metre stuff observed but whilst paying and again like many Contactless i noticed hand sanitizer 500mls by the till for £9.99 six weeks ago more like 99p. Let,s just remember these 'Sharks' when better days return.

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Again, in English?

vegster said:

Crude oil prices have absolutely collapsed yet the lowest price I can find is £1.02... should be sub £1 .

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Duty. It's all basically tax of some sort.

Plus, the reported negative price really wasn't at all, it was a nominal price for front month oil futures on one particular day. One of my mates is an oil trader and described it as "lot of crap in the media".

 

Beach Hut

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Jul 5, 2003

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Living In a Box

• Apr 26, 2020

• #4

Tesco Holmbush - 75p for Paracetamol which used to be around 35p