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By *olgate OP   Man
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative to pick up a few provisions. I wasn't perturbed by the fully manned and extremely busy halal butchers. Nor was I shocked by the polish deli counter.

No what astounded me was the 6p charge for a "bag for life" carrier bag. Not 5pence as the government decrees but a whopping whole penny more for us to have to walk from the checkout to the car park advertising their cheapskate supermarket chain.

Scandalous!

Angry of Tunbridge Wells.

C...

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Turn the bag inside out

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Isn't a crèche something that happenes between two Range Rovers near Tunbridge Wells?

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

It's for charity they say

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

Isnt the disposable bag supposed to be 5p and therefore a bag for life at 6p is much better value...

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

A bag for life is such a long term proposition ...... I couldn't commit to it....

I mean I'd worry about what would happen to me if the bag suddenly broke...

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

But the 5p only applies to the crappy thin bags which used to be free lol, the bags for life have always been more but I do feel your pain at shopping in asda, I hate the place, only the best for me...I shop in Aldi

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

John Lennon suggested 'baggism'.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Oh no! The day of free carrier bags is at an end!

Calumny! Disaster! Call the Pope!

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

Ha was at Tesco got just outside and bag split and l asked for a refund lol bag for life my arse x

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Theyve got fucking carrier bag police manning the self service till in tesco, a few years ago I would of gone dementated at what the woman did to me today

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"Theyve got fucking carrier bag police manning the self service till in tesco, a few years ago I would of gone dementated at what the woman did to me today

"

Yeah, I asked one of the ladies if she was going to get a badge with "Bag Monitor" on, she wasn't amused

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham


"Oh no! The day of free carrier bags is at an end!

Calumny! Disaster! Call the Pope!"

It might have been his idea

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire


"Theyve got fucking carrier bag police manning the self service till in tesco, a few years ago I would of gone dementated at what the woman did to me today

Yeah, I asked one of the ladies if she was going to get a badge with "Bag Monitor" on, she wasn't amused "

there was only me at self service and she was almost over my shoulder I typed in one carrier bag paid for my stuff went to take the bag and she tapped me on the shoulder and said in a loud voice you do realise you have to pay for the bags now. She had just stood and watched me tap it in then fuck knows what she was doing bit ticking something on a sheet

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

If it's the asda on the industrial estate no bloody wonder!!! Thieving gits!!! Getting money back from them was like getting blood out of a stone!!!

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

At my local Asda they don't trust us to pay for the bags at the self-service checkout. A woman walks around with a wadge of them over her arm waiting to be beckoned. I whistled to her as she couldn't hear me calling. It's so degrading

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

Was the Bag Halal !!!

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

It's only a £1 for a trolley

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

Just put all your shopping in the cardboard wine carriers. They are free.

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By *icky999Man
over a year ago

warrington

on the up side this will keep stand up comics in work for years.

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

If you were like me, you'd have been using your own bags for years already

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"It's only a £1 for a trolley "

My Waitrose has introduced those trolleys, I was shocked! Then then gave me a token to use in the trolley so it's still free.

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By *ngelsdevilWoman
over a year ago

Merseyside

Bags for life in Tesco are 10p so 6p is quite cheap.

As for Asda being 'cheapskate'.... Really I must be really' cheapskate' because I love an Aldi shop!

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


"Isnt the disposable bag supposed to be 5p and therefore a bag for life at 6p is much better value... "

Totally agree .

Tesco charge 5p for the one use throwaway shite. The 6pence bag for life option can be exchanged for a new one every time it rips. Not many people know that!!!

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


"Ha was at Tesco got just outside and bag split and l asked for a refund lol bag for life my arse x"

They are meant to replace them focus. That's what Sainsbury's do!

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


"Bags for life in Tesco are 10p so 6p is quite cheap.

As for Asda being 'cheapskate'.... Really I must be really' cheapskate' because I love an Aldi shop! "

Nothing wrong with aldi! Shabby Chic is in...

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By *ortland51Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative..."

Oh my God, the humanity!!

How awful for you, 'having' to use an ASDA. I sincerely hope that in the fullness of time, you will be able to get over what must have been a terrible ordeal for you.

Meanwhile, in Syria...

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


""Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative..."

Oh my God, the humanity!!

How awful for you, 'having' to use an ASDA. I sincerely hope that in the fullness of time, you will be able to get over what must have been a terrible ordeal for you.

Meanwhile, in Syria...

"

sarcasm at its upmost, you sir are a genius

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By *ngelsdevilWoman
over a year ago

Merseyside


"Bags for life in Tesco are 10p so 6p is quite cheap.

As for Asda being 'cheapskate'.... Really I must be really' cheapskate' because I love an Aldi shop!

Nothing wrong with aldi! Shabby Chic is in... "

I love Aldi! OK the shops are a little... Rustic but the goods are generally quite delicious! Just to put it out there LIDL have a lovely bakery too!

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Carrier bags are still free in small corner shops aren't they? Stock up on your free bags there and take them to the supermarket. Also I saw a guy selling carrier bags on ebay for 2p, lol.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


""Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative..."

Oh my God, the humanity!!

How awful for you, 'having' to use an ASDA. I sincerely hope that in the fullness of time, you will be able to get over what must have been a terrible ordeal for you.

Meanwhile, in Syria...

"

After using Waitrose, ASDA must be a bit of a come down.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Bags for life in Tesco are 10p so 6p is quite cheap.

As for Asda being 'cheapskate'.... Really I must be really' cheapskate' because I love an Aldi shop!

Nothing wrong with aldi! Shabby Chic is in...

I love Aldi! OK the shops are a little... Rustic but the goods are generally quite delicious! Just to put it out there LIDL have a lovely bakery too! "

I go to Lidl for the cheesy rolls, Stollen and frozen lobster. Last week I also managed to get the reflective insulator stuff for the back of the radiator* and a TENS machine. Who'd have thunk it?

I'm going to explore an Aldi on Wednesday.

* I have loads of reflective insulator stuff for the back of the radiator needing a good home.

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


"Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative to pick up a few provisions. I wasn't perturbed by the fully manned and extremely busy halal butchers. Nor was I shocked by the polish deli counter.

No what astounded me was the 6p charge for a "bag for life" carrier bag. Not 5pence as the government decrees but a whopping whole penny more for us to have to walk from the checkout to the car park advertising their cheapskate supermarket chain.

Scandalous!

Angry of Tunbridge Wells.

C..."

It's 5p for a normal carrier bag and more, usually 10p (Sainsbury and Waitrose) for a bag for life. You got a bargain!!

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

If you have a bag for life and it falls apart, would you feel cheated or worried?

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By *hite SnakeMan
over a year ago

leeds


"But the 5p only applies to the crappy thin bags which used to be free lol, the bags for life have always been more but I do feel your pain at shopping in asda, I hate the place, only the best for me...I shop in Aldi "

Aldi have always charged for bags.

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral


"If you have a bag for life and it falls apart, would you feel cheated or worried?"
They replace them for free allways have done it is a good deal.They also give free bags for fresh fish still

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By *ngelsdevilWoman
over a year ago

Merseyside


"Bags for life in Tesco are 10p so 6p is quite cheap.

As for Asda being 'cheapskate'.... Really I must be really' cheapskate' because I love an Aldi shop!

Nothing wrong with aldi! Shabby Chic is in...

I love Aldi! OK the shops are a little... Rustic but the goods are generally quite delicious! Just to put it out there LIDL have a lovely bakery too!

I go to Lidl for the cheesy rolls, Stollen and frozen lobster. Last week I also managed to get the reflective insulator stuff for the back of the radiator* and a TENS machine. Who'd have thunk it?

I'm going to explore an Aldi on Wednesday.

* I have loads of reflective insulator stuff for the back of the radiator needing a good home. "

Did you get carried away with the bargain buying? The pain au chocolate are to die for, 3 for 90p YES that's right 3 of them for 90p.... They are 90p each in M&S!

Aldi is good! The meat is lovely, fruit and veg is lovely and fresh, the chocolate is that nice foreign stuff... You can't really go wrong! Apart from the fact they don't have an on site bakery! The Brioche buns are nice (4for£1... 2for£1 in M&S!)

I'm getting carried away now... I'll shut up

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By *entleman and SassyPussCouple
over a year ago

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"Bags for life in Tesco are 10p so 6p is quite cheap.

As for Asda being 'cheapskate'.... Really I must be really' cheapskate' because I love an Aldi shop!

Nothing wrong with aldi! Shabby Chic is in...

I love Aldi! OK the shops are a little... Rustic but the goods are generally quite delicious! Just to put it out there LIDL have a lovely bakery too! "

Mr here, very fond of Lidl and the bakery. Never buy bags, I take the free boxes and put my shopping in there. The cats love the boxes too, so win-win for me!

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"

* I have loads of reflective insulator stuff for the back of the radiator needing a good home.

Did you get carried away with the bargain buying? The pain au chocolate are to die for, 3 for 90p YES that's right 3 of them for 90p.... They are 90p each in M&S!

Aldi is good! The meat is lovely, fruit and veg is lovely and fresh, the chocolate is that nice foreign stuff... You can't really go wrong! Apart from the fact they don't have an on site bakery! The Brioche buns are nice (4for£1... 2for£1 in M&S!)

I'm getting carried away now... I'll shut up "

Somehow we spent £100 in Lidl buying bargains! If we do the same this week for our visit to Aldi then it's a very good reason for me to stick to Waitrose.

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By *ngelsdevilWoman
over a year ago

Merseyside


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* I have loads of reflective insulator stuff for the back of the radiator needing a good home.

Did you get carried away with the bargain buying? The pain au chocolate are to die for, 3 for 90p YES that's right 3 of them for 90p.... They are 90p each in M&S!

Aldi is good! The meat is lovely, fruit and veg is lovely and fresh, the chocolate is that nice foreign stuff... You can't really go wrong! Apart from the fact they don't have an on site bakery! The Brioche buns are nice (4for£1... 2for£1 in M&S!)

I'm getting carried away now... I'll shut up

Somehow we spent £100 in Lidl buying bargains! If we do the same this week for our visit to Aldi then it's a very good reason for me to stick to Waitrose.

"

Don't let the bargains drag you in! I do that in the pound shops, go in thinking ooohhh it's such good value... Get to the til £20 later and you get home with a bag full of stuff you don't need

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By *olgate OP   Man
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular


""Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative..."

Oh my God, the humanity!!

How awful for you, 'having' to use an ASDA. I sincerely hope that in the fullness of time, you will be able to get over what must have been a terrible ordeal for you.

Meanwhile, in Syria...

"

Do they have ASDA in Syria too?

No wonder there is civil war!

C...

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Oh the huge manatee!

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


"But the 5p only applies to the crappy thin bags which used to be free lol, the bags for life have always been more but I do feel your pain at shopping in asda, I hate the place, only the best for me...I shop in Aldi

Aldi have always charged for bags."

Yes they have and I own about 100 of them, great for pe and swimming kits too

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

Bag for life are dearer than the 5p ones, so they are trying to help you as they are normally 10p.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

This is clearly a vital swinging issue!

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"This is clearly a vital swinging issue!"

Of course it is! Don't you take snacks to a meet?

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury


"This is clearly a vital swinging issue!

Of course it is! Don't you take snacks to a meet?"

Well, actually yes. Typically a packet of biscuits :o

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"This is clearly a vital swinging issue!

Of course it is! Don't you take snacks to a meet?

Well, actually yes. Typically a packet of biscuits :o"

Liar! The other person brings the biscuits.

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

Some bags have improved quality dramatically. Boots 5p bags are almost bag for life quality now, whereas the old ones tore if they so much as looked at the pointy edge of a toothbrush in its cardboard packaging.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Some bags have improved quality dramatically. Boots 5p bags are almost bag for life quality now, whereas the old ones tore if they so much as looked at the pointy edge of a toothbrush in its cardboard packaging."

I have a friend who works in the accounts team for a packaging company. She said that orders for the bags for life types had increased and that some retailers had changed their bag specifications knowing this was coming. They also expect to sell more canvas type bags over the next six months.

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


"Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative to pick up a few provisions. I wasn't perturbed by the fully manned and extremely busy halal butchers. Nor was I shocked by the polish deli counter.

No what astounded me was the 6p charge for a "bag for life" carrier bag. Not 5pence as the government decrees but a whopping whole penny more for us to have to walk from the checkout to the car park advertising their cheapskate supermarket chain.

Scandalous!

Angry of Tunbridge Wells.

C..."

The bag for life is more expensive than the disposible.

But if your bag for life ever breaks you take it back and they give you a brand new one for free

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


""Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative..."

Oh my God, the humanity!!

How awful for you, 'having' to use an ASDA. I sincerely hope that in the fullness of time, you will be able to get over what must have been a terrible ordeal for you.

Meanwhile, in Syria...

Do they have ASDA in Syria too?

No wonder there is civil war!

C..."

IS=Islamic State, ASDA=All Syrians, Dump Assad?

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"But the 5p only applies to the crappy thin bags which used to be free lol, the bags for life have always been more but I do feel your pain at shopping in asda, I hate the place, only the best for me...I shop in Aldi

Aldi have always charged for bags.

Yes they have and I own about 100 of them, great for pe and swimming kits too "

I think ma ex once amassed a similar amount of Morrisons bags, she always forgot to put them in the car before we went shopping, so we ended up buying 3 or 4 more every time

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

Oh, not that she's a hoarder or anything but my Mother-in-law says they start breaking down after a short while so no point hoarding them.

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By *onny MCMan
over a year ago

Crawley

They only break down if you put them away damp.

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By *layersdelightCouple
over a year ago

Stevenage

I thought it was just grocery bags I got charged for a bag in River Island recently when I purchased clothes.

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


"Ha was at Tesco got just outside and bag split and l asked for a refund lol bag for life my arse x"
it may keep your arse fresh though x

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

Us Scotts are laughing at you lot going into melt down. We have had this for a year! Take bags with you, fill them up, bring them home .... And repeat!

God it's not that hard!!!!

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


"Us Scotts are laughing at you lot going into melt down. We have had this for a year! Take bags with you, fill them up, bring them home .... And repeat!

God it's not that hard!!!!"

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

I take an empty rucksack with me

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

Cucumbers are bag killers.

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

Well In pound land a bag for life is 10p

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

And I forgot my carrier bag this morning

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


"At my local Asda they don't trust us to pay for the bags at the self-service checkout. A woman walks around with a wadge of them over her arm waiting to be beckoned. I whistled to her as she couldn't hear me calling. It's so degrading "

Also happens at Waitrose.

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


"It's only a £1 for a trolley "

Lol in a store in Denbigh north wales in the first week we had a charge for bags over ninety hand baskets went missing

Ae have got our heads around it now

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

The 6p bags in ASDA aren't bags for life, they're just stronger ones. The bags for life are 10p and marked bag for life.

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

I blame the Green Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgtIziShmc

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


"Some bags have improved quality dramatically. Boots 5p bags are almost bag for life quality now, whereas the old ones tore if they so much as looked at the pointy edge of a toothbrush in its cardboard packaging.

I have a friend who works in the accounts team for a packaging company. She said that orders for the bags for life types had increased and that some retailers had changed their bag specifications knowing this was coming. They also expect to sell more canvas type bags over the next six months.

"

If someone can invent a bag that reminds me of its existence before I leave the house/car/office and stops me amassing 5000 of the things then I'd pay at least 50p for that

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

I accidentally guesstimanted too many bags the other day. I actually asked for a refund (15p is 15p). I was told they don't refund bags if they're not faulty (seriously?!). The lady behind me received them. I think she'd have preferred flowers though.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Next time make your own bags. Reclaim old hankies, after washing the tears away, needle and cotton - free at many hotels, and you've a unique shopping accessory.

Or get a job in Asda and your staff discount should make the bag better value.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Sophieslut gets the '69' award

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

Corner shops dont charge for carrier bags because they dont have to. Only companies with more than 250 employees have to charge for them

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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago

Wakefield


"Those that know me will know that I would normally shop at the higher end stores for my groceries. Yesterday however, I had little alternative but to use an ASDA store close to a housebound relative to pick up a few provisions. I wasn't perturbed by the fully manned and extremely busy halal butchers. Nor was I shocked by the polish deli counter.

No what astounded me was the 6p charge for a "bag for life" carrier bag. Not 5pence as the government decrees but a whopping whole penny more for us to have to walk from the checkout to the car park advertising their cheapskate supermarket chain.

Scandalous!

Angry of Tunbridge Wells.

C..."

No the real scandal is we are paying twice for the carrier bags.

Think about it carrier bags were perviously paid by the shoppers as part of the genearl costs the store used to set the price of the goods they sold.

Now we have an additional levy on buying the bags we have already paid for to carry the goods we have purchased.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

It's tempting to say, if I purchase a load of goods, when the checkout person says 'do you want a bag?' to reply 'no, I'm going to balance it all on the end of my cock'.

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

The actual annoyance is I now have to buy with money plastic bags to go into my kitchen bin which was specifically designed to utilise biodegradable supermarket carrier bags.

So pocket impact is increased, and so is environmental impact.

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By *its_n_piecesCouple
over a year ago


"The actual annoyance is I now have to buy with money plastic bags to go into my kitchen bin which was specifically designed to utilise biodegradable supermarket carrier bags.

So pocket impact is increased, and so is environmental impact. "

.... shopping bags made from other materials are available

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

LANDFILL!

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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area


"Bags for life in Tesco are 10p so 6p is quite cheap.

As for Asda being 'cheapskate'.... Really I must be really' cheapskate' because I love an Aldi shop!

Nothing wrong with aldi! Shabby Chic is in...

I love Aldi! OK the shops are a little... Rustic but the goods are generally quite delicious! Just to put it out there LIDL have a lovely bakery too!

I go to Lidl for the cheesy rolls, Stollen and frozen lobster. Last week I also managed to get the reflective insulator stuff for the back of the radiator* and a TENS machine. Who'd have thunk it?

I'm going to explore an Aldi on Wednesday.

* I have loads of reflective insulator stuff for the back of the radiator needing a good home. "

Stollen lobster??? You criminal

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Theyve got fucking carrier bag police manning the self service till in tesco, a few years ago I would of gone dementated at what the woman did to me today

Yeah, I asked one of the ladies if she was going to get a badge with "Bag Monitor" on, she wasn't amused "

Sounded like she,d got a bag on.. just cut two holes in it And you have your own burka..

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By *its_n_piecesCouple
over a year ago


"It's only a £1 for a trolley

Lol in a store in Denbigh north wales in the first week we had a charge for bags over ninety hand baskets went missing

Ae have got our heads around it now "

the english holiday makers kicking off at abergele tesco checkout used to make me chuckle

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Theyve got fucking carrier bag police manning the self service till in tesco, a few years ago I would of gone dementated at what the woman did to me today

Yeah, I asked one of the ladies if she was going to get a badge with "Bag Monitor" on, she wasn't amused Sounded like she,d got a bag on.. just cut two holes in it And you have your own burka.. "

My Local co- op is selling the green plastic carrier bags 10p each, you,d Need a number of them for life but one Will or should out live many cheap Carrier bags, I take my own whenever I Can now even before the price tag was Issued, home shopping unfortuneately for it is a bit of a downer.

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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago

Wakefield

Doesn't anyone else remember when we used to take shopping baskets when shopping.

However that was in the days when people were able to plan a shopping trip rather than call in on the way back from work

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Doesn't anyone else remember when we used to take shopping baskets when shopping.

However that was in the days when people were able to plan a shopping trip rather than call in on the way back from work"

Blimey shopping baskets certainly a thing of the past I just Vaguely remember them by the time the 1980,s came they were rare then..

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I thought it was just grocery bags I got charged for a bag in River Island recently when I purchased clothes."

No, it's all of them if the shop employs more than 250 people.

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By *olgate OP   Man
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

And the old bat in front with the shopping trolley, slowly packing her items one by one until the trolley is full.....

Then trying to retrieve her purse from the very bottom

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Some bags have improved quality dramatically. Boots 5p bags are almost bag for life quality now, whereas the old ones tore if they so much as looked at the pointy edge of a toothbrush in its cardboard packaging.

I have a friend who works in the accounts team for a packaging company. She said that orders for the bags for life types had increased and that some retailers had changed their bag specifications knowing this was coming. They also expect to sell more canvas type bags over the next six months.

If someone can invent a bag that reminds me of its existence before I leave the house/car/office and stops me amassing 5000 of the things then I'd pay at least 50p for that "

Get yourself an Onya. I have had one for five years and it's still going strong.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I'm going tesco in a minute, to scared to forget to take my own bag in case they lock me in the cells for the night for " looking like she didn't pay for her bag and looks like a common thief"

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

Sorry whats wrong with asda? Im happy to pay 6p than pay more on everything at watrose...

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire


"Sorry whats wrong with asda? Im happy to pay 6p than pay more on everything at watrose... "
did you not know its beneath some to go anywhere else other than waitrose, I'd have a long fucking walk to mine think the nearest is about 25 miles away

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I work in a shop. Our bags are 10p but if they split or whatever they are replaced for free forevvvvveeerrrrrrrr!!!!!

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


"Sorry whats wrong with asda? Im happy to pay 6p than pay more on everything at watrose... "
watrose I need to go there I have blackspot

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


"Sorry whats wrong with asda? Im happy to pay 6p than pay more on everything at watrose... did you not know its beneath some to go anywhere else other than waitrose, I'd have a long fucking walk to mine think the nearest is about 25 miles away "

I prefer to be under people i guess

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


"Sorry whats wrong with asda? Im happy to pay 6p than pay more on everything at watrose... did you not know its beneath some to go anywhere else other than waitrose, I'd have a long fucking walk to mine think the nearest is about 25 miles away

I prefer to be under people i guess "

oh good I would prefer that to x

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

I witnessed the first bag stand off...to be honest the woman was so rude to the store assistant

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By *an_WoodMan
over a year ago

Stafford

Love my Asda shopping experience. Makes me hum "common people"

Will have to go to Aldi in search of Deborah !

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"I work in a shop. Our bags are 10p but if they split or whatever they are replaced for free forevvvvveeerrrrrrrr!!!!! "
Yes the co-op does that, I had One changed once.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Got my bags ready next to my purse walked in tescos and I'd still left the bags sitting on the table bagzilla wasn't on duty tonight though

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

'Bag For Life' my arse. I bought one of the very first hessian 'bag for life' when Tesco introduced them, many years ago. Paid a quid and they said if it ever needed replacing, I'd get another free.

When the bag eventually started falling apart, I took it for a replacement and Tesco flatly refused. Buggers made me pay £1.50 for a new one.

Also - Morrison's self-service till can't detect when you re-use a (bog-standard) carrierbag, so you have to say NO, then enter 0 bags, at the end.

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By *olgate OP   Man
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular


"Sorry whats wrong with asda? Im happy to pay 6p than pay more on everything at watrose... "

It's the quality of the rose scented ironing water don't you know.

C...

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


"Cucumbers are bag killers."

Thinks...........

Nope, I've got nothing.

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


"Well In pound land a bag for life is 10p "

Why isn't it a pound?

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


"It's tempting to say, if I purchase a load of goods, when the checkout person says 'do you want a bag?' to reply 'no, I'm going to balance it all on the end of my cock'. "

You could if you bought ring donuts.

I was going to say polo mints....

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By *olgate OP   Man
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

I second that?

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


"I second that?"

Motion carried......

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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago

Paisley

I'm in Scotland and had to buy bin bags as I've run out of plastic bags! Certainly not using my bags for life for rubbish lol.

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

You do realise this is all imaterial as the Govt messed up the new 'law' surrounding it and therefore its not illegal for stores to give them away anyhow?

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..


"You do realise this is all imaterial as the Govt messed up the new 'law' surrounding it and therefore its not illegal for stores to give them away anyhow?"

The "Carrier-Bag" Tax !!!

What's Next - 1p per sheet of toilet roll ??

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


"If someone can invent a bag that reminds me of its existence before I leave the house/car/office and stops me amassing 5000 of the things then I'd pay at least 50p for that "

Listen to Tim Minchin - Canvas Bag song

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

I work in the building trade, and can get rubble sacks from the builders merchants for free on the company account. I'm taking a load of Travis Perkins/Jewson bags to the supermarket next time i go shopping.

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


"If someone can invent a bag that reminds me of its existence before I leave the house/car/office and stops me amassing 5000 of the things then I'd pay at least 50p for that

Listen to Tim Minchin - Canvas Bag song "

The man is a God!

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