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".......... Luxury goods like expensive and designer clothing are being hit bad, jewellery is in serious trouble as not only is it a pure luxury, but rising gold and silver prices are making the situation intolerable for many independent jewellers.... .............." Most of the retail/ working jewellers in Glasgow city centre operate from one covered arcade and, if appearances are anything to go by, it's never been busier. Not just people window shopping but they're actually in and out of the shops and wandering about with those little gift bags on string handles. Obviously there's no way of knowing the value of the contents but there's business being done. One side effect of the rising precious metal prices and the 'we buy your old gold' dealers is that there's a lot more good quality second hand jewellery in many of the shops than ever before. No bad thing. | |||
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".......... Luxury goods like expensive and designer clothing are being hit bad, jewellery is in serious trouble as not only is it a pure luxury, but rising gold and silver prices are making the situation intolerable for many independent jewellers.... .............. Most of the retail/ working jewellers in Glasgow city centre operate from one covered arcade and, if appearances are anything to go by, it's never been busier. Not just people window shopping but they're actually in and out of the shops and wandering about with those little gift bags on string handles. Obviously there's no way of knowing the value of the contents but there's business being done. One side effect of the rising precious metal prices and the 'we buy your old gold' dealers is that there's a lot more good quality second hand jewellery in many of the shops than ever before. No bad thing." The two jewellers I spoke to the other evening told me that most of their business at the moment is repairs, cleaning....and buying gold. One of them in particular was a really sad case, a family run jewellers for over 80 years, was going ok until Argos opened down the road from them. Their turnover has dropped by more than half. Apparantly Argos is now the biggest retailer of jewellery in the UK....that aurprised me | |||
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"One thing i dont scrimp on is meat or poultry. Rather pay from a decent butcher/farm shop for quality rather than quantity. And make it go further with a good recipe. I have enough tinned food here to feed the five thousand so wont need to buy till about xmas. re tinned pulses and toms. So my weekly shop is normally for fresh veg and milk etc. " Well for me i buy my meat from the asian butchers half the price of all supermarkets and just been the bullring markets and have fill up my freezer for a tenner | |||
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"I must admit I'm not going out as often as I used to and I'd rather watch a film on sky then the pictures as it's so damn expensive. I used to be the sort that threw stuff away now I repair now and I'm loving the charity shops. My main pain is petrol prices. I've a 1.6 car and it's eating money. So now looking for a nice 1.1 car brought the autotrader today but those cars are scarce as everyone wants them. " Have a look at this site see film first ive been watch a few fims in the last cpl months you cant go wrong going to the pictures for noting just register | |||
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"I must admit I'm not going out as often as I used to and I'd rather watch a film on sky then the pictures as it's so damn expensive. I used to be the sort that threw stuff away now I repair now and I'm loving the charity shops. My main pain is petrol prices. I've a 1.6 car and it's eating money. So now looking for a nice 1.1 car brought the autotrader today but those cars are scarce as everyone wants them. " I love going to the flicks and go on orange wednesday with my mate so its really cheap .. And we have the premium seats too But learnt my lesson and will now go without a snack or take summat with me. Its those that cost to much | |||
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"The head of the Bank of England (Mervin someone?) says our lifestyles may NEVER recover from this hit, and he is amazed that we (the British public) are being so calm about it. Truthfully tho, apart from cutting aid to countries that have a space program and nuclear weapons (I still cant figure out how come they need OUR help?), I dont think there is a huge amount we can do. There is only so much money to go around, and although there are savings to be made, the actual amounts when put up against the shortfalls are but a drop in a bucket. As a family, we have always been prudent, although we have been a little more extravagant (meals out, the odd visit to the cinema etc)recently due to both of us being lucky enough to have fairly secure reasonably well paid jobs. Luckily we dont smoke or drink much, and the only real luxury is our trips to Cardiff etc for socials, parties and playing lol! We are being carefull though, so that we can have days out etc, and we do this by buying in bulk on offers, and raiding our local Aldi's etc. Mind you, if the cost of fuel keeps going up, I do think we should adopt a more "french" attitude and let the government know in no uncertain terms that we aint having it!" My son came back from Brittany this week as he has been out there house hunting, he said unleaded petrol was actually more expensive over there at around 1.60 Euros a litre (£1.38). So all that famous French protesting has acheived....Nothing | |||
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" Have to admit it's strange counting the pennies. Not had to do that in 30 years! " Strangely enough that coincides with the beginning of the Thatcher reign.... Son of Thatcher seems to living up to Mummies teachings | |||
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"I can honestly say I've not been this hard up since I was a student. How sad is that. I have my once a week treat last night was some steak and some merlot. I've also cut back on fags which is a good thing. Now prescriptions are going up 20p you can't afford to even be ill these days. " Think that's the reality for most of us now. When I got married 30 years ago we didn't have much money and lived in a small flat furnished with odds and ends from our parents home. Fast forward 30 years, live in a three storey house in a nice part of London, earn a very good salary and having to watch the pennies. Lord knows how people with young children and a third of my income manage nowadays! | |||
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"On radio 2 a women with a child called in to say she was struggling. She as gone 5 days without food so she can feed her child. All her money goes on her morgage as she as to wait 13 weeks for benefit to help her morgage. She was feeding her child just flour and water as the money she gets go on keeping a roof over her head. Her house was near empty all furniture sold to pay bills. She as worked all her life and was laid off. " That is so sad. Thing is if you work and fall on hard times there's little help for you until you pass certain qualifying periods. Don't bother to work and it's a completely different story it seems. | |||
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"That will be right up the Tories street....rising interest rates means thousands if not tens of thousands of mortgages in default.....All that lovely cheap auction property for the wealthy to snap up. The last time that happened London's biggest property landlord, the Duke of Westminster, brought hundreds of house and flats in London from auctions....helping him massively increase both his property portfolio and his enormous bank balance. Deja Vu? " Its the nineties all over again and negative equity people have got such short memories and who was in power and did they care | |||
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"Thank you for the posts on the thread - it made interesting reading and yes we are all in the same boat with less disposable income. One thing my neighbour and I have been doing is 'oven sharing'. If she is cooking she asks me if I want to cook anything at same time and vice versa. Also when shopping me and the kids ring each other up and discuss the two for one offers etc and share the cost of any bargains we come across. I always used to make the meals when we had get togethers and now I ask for eveyone to contribute - sounds mean but its nice when everyone turns up with something as there's the surprise element. Even though mine have long fled the nest we are spending more time together as a family in the evenings and weekends now and make our own entertainment which has been really good fun of late. It really does make you aware and as a few of you said counting the pennies makes you think about all of the unnecessary crap you used to spend money on too. I do think we need the odd treat though because it can get really depressing without the consumer buzz. I think we're taking it calmly as one poster put it because deep down we realise we've overspent in the past and are taking the consequences on the chin." Some good ideas there. love the oven sharing bit but it wouldnt happen with my neighbours... Besides, me oven aint big enough for them...= 8 + 50.000 cats and dogs... | |||
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"Thank you for the posts on the thread - it made interesting reading and yes we are all in the same boat with less disposable income. One thing my neighbour and I have been doing is 'oven sharing'. If she is cooking she asks me if I want to cook anything at same time and vice versa. Also when shopping me and the kids ring each other up and discuss the two for one offers etc and share the cost of any bargains we come across. I always used to make the meals when we had get togethers and now I ask for eveyone to contribute - sounds mean but its nice when everyone turns up with something as there's the surprise element. Even though mine have long fled the nest we are spending more time together as a family in the evenings and weekends now and make our own entertainment which has been really good fun of late. It really does make you aware and as a few of you said counting the pennies makes you think about all of the unnecessary crap you used to spend money on too. I do think we need the odd treat though because it can get really depressing without the consumer buzz. I think we're taking it calmly as one poster put it because deep down we realise we've overspent in the past and are taking the consequences on the chin. Some good ideas there. love the oven sharing bit but it wouldnt happen with my neighbours... Besides, me oven aint big enough for them...= 8 + 50.000 cats and dogs... " Ive never cooked cat's and dogs - do they taste like chicken? | |||
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"Never had a dodgy Chinese takeaway chances are it's cat and dog lol" . I hope you said that with your tongue firmly in your cheek! | |||
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"I did Pearl it was a joke " . Mine you, it is well known the Chinese (and other orientals) eat anything that moves, including domestic cats and dogs in Mainland China! | |||
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"yeah im not a home hair dye kinda girl, where as before i was in the salon. Not sure if thats down to having a child or budgeting because of the resession etc " i have always coloured my own hair, last week i bought a dye in wilkos for 1.50 or there abouts and its the nicest colour ever. tried using lidls dishwashing tablets as these are well expensive but they were hopeless. tesco are doing bogof so ive stocked up. also stocked up on my washing liquids and comfort as they are on special. we like to eat out occasionally and if you look online for offers ie maybe pizza hut offers sometimes kids eat free, harvester do a free pudding you just print of the vouchers. also groupon is a good site you can have massive treats at a third of the price... i dont buy as many clothes now and wear the ones i bought and hadnt wore lol | |||
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"yeah im not a home hair dye kinda girl, where as before i was in the salon. Not sure if thats down to having a child or budgeting because of the resession etc i have always coloured my own hair, last week i bought a dye in wilkos for 1.50 or there abouts and its the nicest colour ever. tried using lidls dishwashing tablets as these are well expensive but they were hopeless. tesco are doing bogof so ive stocked up. also stocked up on my washing liquids and comfort as they are on special. we like to eat out occasionally and if you look online for offers ie maybe pizza hut offers sometimes kids eat free, harvester do a free pudding you just print of the vouchers. also groupon is a good site you can have massive treats at a third of the price... i dont buy as many clothes now and wear the ones i bought and hadnt wore lol " I like watching good ol Wok he does have some great fashion fixes for reycling and reinventing clothes. | |||
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"yeah im not a home hair dye kinda girl, where as before i was in the salon. Not sure if thats down to having a child or budgeting because of the resession etc i have always coloured my own hair, last week i bought a dye in wilkos for 1.50 or there abouts and its the nicest colour ever. tried using lidls dishwashing tablets as these are well expensive but they were hopeless. tesco are doing bogof so ive stocked up. also stocked up on my washing liquids and comfort as they are on special. we like to eat out occasionally and if you look online for offers ie maybe pizza hut offers sometimes kids eat free, harvester do a free pudding you just print of the vouchers. also groupon is a good site you can have massive treats at a third of the price... i dont buy as many clothes now and wear the ones i bought and hadnt wore lol I like watching good ol Wok he does have some great fashion fixes for reycling and reinventing clothes." ha ha sorry Gok | |||
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