Inflation, what inflation?

georgehenry

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Nov 7, 2015
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The £5 bell I bought from Halfords around the time I bought my bike in the Spring of 2015 had the temerity to break the other day.

I returned to Halfords in Guildford where I had bought the first bell to buy a new one. The stock levels seemed quite depleted, perhaps due to the general supply issues, or maybe to save money and I thought I might be out of luck.

Then I spied a bell very like the one I had bought from them originally. The price. £4.99.

Wow, no change in price at all, if only all the food in my supermarket was the same, or indeed the cost of my gas and electricity.

Incidentally riding my bike without a bell for a few days has been a nightmare.
 

soundwave

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May 23, 2015
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computer parts prices are up a bit but top end stuff like gfx cards are coming down as no one has spare cash for stuff like this or bells lol.

should have got one from china for a pound and free postage from half way round the world i still dont get that.

and no custom fees either yet a tub of lurpak butter costs £7 o_O
 

guerney

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Sep 7, 2021
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Sprouting beans is cheap and nutritious - good job too because I've still got oodles left over from my pandemic doomsday prepping

 

Bikes4two

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Feb 21, 2020
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When I read the thread title i thought.........
49204 oh well, back to bed then :rolleyes: but not before I've read the bean sprout growing bit!