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Old 17-09-2012, 20:23   #26
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Both Adsa and Iceland have also reduce packet contents and kept the same price, so they are all up to it!

We are not stupid and I have seen both do exactly that. If you buy basically the same every month it is easy to spot when your regular item changes.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:25   #27
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HAAA, well donr you idiot, you got a great bargain removed from sale!!!!
£20 makeup for a £1!!!!!
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:26   #28
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Those inflation busting prices are definitely a con.
I suppose this must be a difficult thing about this business model. How can they maintain their £1 price with inflation.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:26   #29
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Such a poorly made documentary, comparing warburtons bread and sugar puffs on sale at Asda against Poundland prices.

The warburton bread I tend to buy every week is usually £1.35, yet this documentary insists on giving it a price of £1.

The presenter seems incredibly bias.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:26   #30
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That looks delicious............
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:27   #31
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Instant cupcake.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:27   #32
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I so want a poundland cupcake . Will be looking out for that this weekend
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:29   #33
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That toy is clearly dangerous
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:29   #34
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yeah what he's missing is that you can cook those delicious looking cupcakes when you want them! fresh out of the (microwave) oven at 2am!!!
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:29   #35
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Such a poorly made documentary, comparing warburtons bread and sugar puffs on sale at Asda against Poundland prices.

The warburton bread I tend to buy every week is usually £1.35, yet this documentary insists on giving it a price of £1.

The presenter seems incredibly bias.
They mentioned the loaf was on offer. Not comparable in my opinion really, but there you go.

The Nutella which they didn't say was on offer as far as I'm aware is actually £1.29 from Tesco too...

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=259802530
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:29   #36
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I suppose this must be a difficult thing about this business model. How can they maintain their £1 price with inflation.
Too true, it'll cost them every few years to change to £2 pound land and then £3 pound land.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:30   #37
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Because poundland is the only business in the country that uses those techniques
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:30   #38
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I so want a poundland cupcake . Will be looking out for that this weekend
Lol, yeah, it looks interesting. Something tells me that it won't taste very nice though!
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:30   #39
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They mentioned the loaf was on offer. Not comparable in my opinion really, but there you go.

The Nutella which they didn't say was on offer as far as I'm aware is actually £1.29 from Tesco too...

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=259802530
I think it said the prices where from July.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:30   #40
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What a load of old tosh, badly researched, biased and badly presented.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:32   #41
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I so want a poundland cupcake . Will be looking out for that this weekend
They also do stomach pumps at only £1 as well! You'll be needing one!
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:32   #42
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Lol, yeah, it looks interesting. Something tells me that it won't taste very nice though!
they probably hunted for one of those cupcakes for days, they are by far the worst thing poundland sell, they are vile.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:33   #43
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has Dispatches always been so crap? The last one I watched on the job centre seemed insistent on clutching-at-straws-to-get-desired-outcome too.

Won't be watching again. Bring back proper consumer investigation programmes!
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:33   #44
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That toy is clearly dangerous
Only if your child also has a blowlamp!
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:33   #45
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Lord burns is chairman of channel 4 and also chairman of marks and spencers.market jealousy about poundlands profits.it's laughable.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:33   #46
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they probably hunted for one of those cupcakes for days, they are by far the worst thing poundland sell, they are vile.
bet they sell out tomorrow though

prime time advertising! even if it is dispatches!
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:34   #47
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Is this show sponsored by Asda?

The presenter keeps comparing the Asda offer items against poundland items.

What he should be doing is getting a price average and comparing those to poundland.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:36   #48
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What an absolute waste of half an hour: Prattling on about chocolate spread while ignoring other issues like zero-hour contracts for staff or workfare. Dispatches has become really poor since moving to the half-hour format, a bit like how Panorama dumbed down when it moved from Sunday nights to Monday primetime
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:37   #49
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I tried to buy one of those toys on Saturday, there was loads on display, got to the till to be told they can't sell the item.

Guess this show explains why, but they could have just moved them off shop floor.

If you be clever about what you buy, you won't actually be ripped off by poundland.
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Old 17-09-2012, 20:39   #50
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That was awful, truly embarassing. Dispatches used to be relevant but that was probably the worst TV expose ever
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