Since the VAT change....

[dbgtz]

well, the only thing that I buy myself are games, and they havn't gone up looking at them.

[Hecktix]

******* tesco are rip of merchants, before xmas you could get 3 packets of supernoodles for £1 now it's 4 packets for £2. Not impressed.

[ka191]

******* tesco are rip of merchants, before xmas you could get 3 packets of supernoodles for £1 now it's 4 packets for £2. Not impressed.

According to a study of large companies, a high percentage said they would use the VAT increase to disguise price increases, so that explains it.
Either way, reducing it to 15% originally was an idiotic idea anyway.

[Chippiewill]

Either way, reducing it to 15% originally was an idiotic idea anyway.

Of course, we should have made the recession worse. That makes perfect sense.

[JACKTARD]

at the end of the day, prices are going up and wages aren't, a lot are even decreasing. It makes no sense that they've increased the VAT atm.

[Recursion]

at the end of the day, prices are going up and wages aren't, a lot are even decreasing. It makes no sense that they've increased the VAT atm.

wat. It makes perfect sense.

[ka191]

Of course, we should have made the recession worse. That makes perfect sense.

Reducing the VAT hardly helped the general public, hence most world leaders said it was the most stupid decision ever.
All it meant was companies could make more money as most of them did not pass on the savings onto customers - which the government though they would do.

So basically most people paid the same price for things, so it hardly helped the general public.

[Cosmic]

******* tesco are rip of merchants, before xmas you could get 3 packets of supernoodles for £1 now it's 4 packets for £2. Not impressed.

And as a student, Supernoodles are important. But yeah I think it's rises on little things like this that really add up and make a difference.

[ka191]

Pound shops who advertise "everything £1" will suffer. Either that or they will remove "everything £1".

[Hecktix]

And as a student, Supernoodles are important. But yeah I think it's rises on little things like this that really add up and make a difference.

precisely, I used to get 6 packets of supernoodles for £2 and that would be good for me for a week, and I would include this in my weekly shop.

tbh, I did a weekly shop of £40, and usually one week I spend £20 and the next I spend £30, however as I had a car and the supermarket is a 20 min walk, I stocked up on heavier items like liquids and tins - however I don't think I got much more than usual, and I spent £40.