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By *ichaelangela OP   Couple
over a year ago

notts

just been to a well known high street shoe repair/key cutters.

wanted a new mortice key cut, took all of 20 seconds, was handed the key and told "that will be £7.00 please"

upon questioning the (in my opinion) high price, i was told that i could have a second key cut for just £3.00 as long it was the same key and not a different profile. then the guy proudly announced "that makes the second key less than half price"

no it feckin dont mate, it makes the one key that i want more than double the price

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That's high street chain muggers at work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've just paid £2.10 for a tiny bottle of D&B .. But it was nice

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk


"just been to a well known high street shoe repair/key cutters.

wanted a new mortice key cut, took all of 20 seconds, was handed the key and told "that will be £7.00 please"

upon questioning the (in my opinion) high price, i was told that i could have a second key cut for just £3.00 as long it was the same key and not a different profile. then the guy proudly announced "that makes the second key less than half price"

no it feckin dont mate, it makes the one key that i want more than double the price"

I had to get a set of 3 keys cut a few years ago. They were just standard Yale, mortice and Euro lock keys. It took a couple of minutes and cost over £20!

Daylight bloomin' robbery.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thankfully I know a guy in the chain of key cutters place, through my work and I always get a wee discount. Got 4 keys cut, 2 yales and 2 mortice for £10.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Same shop. I took a watch to be repaired when the battery had leaked inside. Was quoted £45-50 at one branch, as it had to be sent off and the mechanics had to be replaced. Took it to another branch of the same chain who put £30 on the ticket. A couple months later it came back and was only charged the £30!

P

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"just been to a well known high street shoe repair/key cutters.

wanted a new mortice key cut, took all of 20 seconds, was handed the key and told "that will be £7.00 please"

upon questioning the (in my opinion) high price, i was told that i could have a second key cut for just £3.00 as long it was the same key and not a different profile. then the guy proudly announced "that makes the second key less than half price"

no it feckin dont mate, it makes the one key that i want more than double the price"

Same company wanted to charge me £12 for a watch battery because it was a special tool they needed to use to take the back off, asked him if he had the tool and he said yes so why the fook should it cost me £12.

Went to a watch repairer on the market £2 not much difference is there

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By *isexmistressWoman
over a year ago

Prestwich


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Love this

OR

save all the money and try cutting it yourself

Youd need to get the cutting machine etc but you could do it at home and save on business rent+rates etc..

joke

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know a member go management at well known store

They take customer feedback seriously.

Have a look at the website

You can even get a discount for being a mystery shopper.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

I thought, perhaps wrongly, that mortice keys had a number on them and that if you needed a copy, they just sold you one with that number on it 'off the shelf' so to speak.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Didnt you see the prices or ask how much first?

Seems like a rip off to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just been shocked by the price of an off peak return to Newcastle from Liverpool @ £87.00

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By *ichaelangela OP   Couple
over a year ago

notts


"Didnt you see the prices or ask how much first?

Seems like a rip off to me"

Only place we know of in the local town

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff


"Didnt you see the prices or ask how much first?

Seems like a rip off to me

Only place we know of in the local town"

What a shit that is.

Robbing bastards

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By *rinking-in-laCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Every operative and store in that well known chain is totally autonomous and can set their own prices based on a guideline. They have a fantastic structure whereby the employee can set how much they charge arbitrarily.

That means if a kid wants something for their dad's birthday but is a bit short, the price can be changed to help them. However us grownups sometimes have to foot the bill.

Maybe it is worth haggling?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Replacement Key for a well know french car company after the other one had stopped working £165.00.

Managed to find somewhere a little corner shop in London that did the same job for £65.00 blood robbing garages.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"[Removed by poster at 23/06/14 14:01:06]

Love this

OR

save all the money and try cutting it yourself

Youd need to get the cutting machine etc but you could do it at home and save on business rent+rates etc..

joke

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message may be tongue in cheek but it is a true one - business rates are loosly equal to rent my shop costs me a grand a month... someone has to pay that peeps ( I don't cut keys btw lol )

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've just paid £2.10 for a tiny bottle of D&B .. But it was nice "

Hoopers alcoholic D&B from ASDA 1.67p. Bargain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've just paid £2.10 for a tiny bottle of D&B .. But it was nice

Hoopers alcoholic D&B from ASDA 1.67p. Bargain "

That's on the top of my list next time I go to Asda thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've just paid £2.10 for a tiny bottle of D&B .. But it was nice

Hoopers alcoholic D&B from ASDA 1.67p. Bargain

That's on the top of my list next time I go to Asda thanks "

Just sipping one now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards! "

Dont forget the batter bits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

But on the plus side, Poundland are selling packs of 8 Wonka bars.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Commercial organisation in 'charging over the odds to provide a service you can't do without to make a profit' shocker

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How could I ever forget the batter bits? X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"How could I ever forget the batter bits? X"

I know

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards!

Dont forget the batter bits "

Someone who knows what batter bits are!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards!

Dont forget the batter bits

Someone who knows what batter bits are!! "

They're not batter bits up norf. They're scraps

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards!

Dont forget the batter bits

Someone who knows what batter bits are!!

They're not batter bits up norf. They're scraps "

I know, causes terrible confusion in the chip shop

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It wasn't until I moved down south that I realised they didn't do scallops down here!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It wasn't until I moved down south that I realised they didn't do scallops down here! "

Only potato ones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards! "
When

You consider the prices of how things have gone up in the last ten years like food

You have just mentioned I can,t be positive on this but I,d say its gone

Up realistically speaking more than

Any decade before in the last 40 or

More years and thats frightening and

If you went 20/30 years before that or

More I bet the prices hardly changed

for years thou obviously during some

Of those times times were very bad but

generally speaking nothing comes down

In price and don,t we know it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards!

Dont forget the batter bits

Someone who knows what batter bits are!!

They're not batter bits up norf. They're scraps

I know, causes terrible confusion in the chip shop "
only in Hull can you get a pattie from a chip shop

Everywhere else they are fishcakes or fish and potato cakes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"But on the plus side, Poundland are selling packs of 8 Wonka bars.....

I like poundland you can get

Good priced milk there the only trouble

Is its a trip/journey into town

Wee willi wonka bars hahaha "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"But on the plus side, Poundland are selling packs of 8 Wonka bars.....

"

How much? x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards!

Dont forget the batter bits

Someone who knows what batter bits are!!

They're not batter bits up norf. They're scraps

I know, causes terrible confusion in the chip shop only in Hull can you get a pattie from a chip shop

Everywhere else they are fishcakes or fish and potato cakes "
I love

Ginsters patties there lovely out the

Micro wave with or without tomato sauce.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Strange, we used to live in times of massive inflation, but now we are told prices are flatlined. Not where I live. Nobody probably includes key cutting costs for example in inflation calculations. And dont get me started on the 'competition' that has worked so well for us in gas, electricity, trains etc. For wages it has been a race to the bottom, unlike the cost of living which raced in the opposite direction.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Years ago I used to be able to buy pie, chips and beans for 21p. It's much more now. Thieving bastards!

Dont forget the batter bits

Someone who knows what batter bits are!!

They're not batter bits up norf. They're scraps

I know, causes terrible confusion in the chip shop "

Chips scraps n gravy

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By *ichaelangela OP   Couple
over a year ago

notts


"It wasn't until I moved down south that I realised they didn't do scallops down here! "

scallops??? you heathen, they are potato fritters

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Renault once wanted £185 for a new EGR valve plus two hours labour at £90ph on my exes old Megane.

I unscrewed the three bolts myself, sprayed the valve with a few squirts of carb cleaner, did the bolts back up and the fault was fixed. It all took less than 45 mins.

Saved myself £360...

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