Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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fuckin burger king £2.99 for a scabby cheese burger. £5.99 for a whopper on its own? do they have lisence to charge what they want? rediculous. i dont often venture down south or generally stop at services. but fook me, thats crazy. then in the shop, 90p for a mars bar, a bottle of coke £1.90
fuckin daft. i wish i was made of money some days. i went hungry and thirsty instead for another 100 miles. luckily, going to the toilet for a quick piss was free.
mental i tells you. mental.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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Come to Ireland. Then stop whinging about how expensive everyhting is in the UK
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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I think i paid £7.39 (or around that) for an xl bacon double supersize meal once. Absolutely extortionate.
[Edited on 20-06-2009 by corsa_tomtom]
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ssj_kakarot
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lol i went to wimpy on the way home from download festival, after living in a field for 5 days i gladly paid £5 for a cheeseburger, fries and coke.
but yeah any other time i never set foot any were near the robbing bastards.
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Colin
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Yeah all these places seem to be able to charge double. Airports are the same. I went into a weatherspoons in the airport last month & was charged about £15 for 2 breakfasts. Any other weatherspoons in the UK there like £3.99 each!!
Another example of being able to fuck the motorist due to the location & lack of other services. I very much doubt the workers get paid any more than that of a high street branch!!
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Nic Barnes
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i sometimes stop at a services on the m8 on way back from crail. its a m&s one, has some good food in it and isnt that expensive.
this moto or whatever its called, fuckin joke. only good thing to happen in there was i stuck £2 in bandit and won £3. wow, i had enough for a cheese burger.
the average working class man witha family of 4 couldnt afford to stop in the services these days.
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taylorboosh
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they are shocking, i stopped in the 1 with the walk way accross the m1 on the way back from nottingham the other week, fucking shocking, 20 quid for two burgerkings a bag of sweets and a bottle of pop
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Colin
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Makes you wonder how they get away with it. Charging double because they can get away with it because people dont want to stray off of motorways etc. Their personnel and logistics cant be costing any more!! 
People should boycot the money grabbing fucks 
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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if i am not in a hurry i just go into a town/city close to a motorway i am traveling along...and find asupermarket or little shop....
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mantamark
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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Its shit cos they advertise on tv, then go to a service station and pay more, false advertising aint it?
i work away & often have no choice but to stop at shitholes like these, glad there are more M&S stores popping up at the services, i know they are pricey, but its the same prices as normal for them, so i dont mind as much, plus, its much nicer & less chance of gut rot.
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Nic Barnes
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next time i venture south, im going to have to budget for a services stop i think. maybe do a bit more overtime so i can afford a snickers.
atleast the pizza i cooked when i got home was nice. you'd expect paying £9 odd for a burger king meal it would be the best burger you'd ever eat in your life. judging by the face on the people serving at burger king, it would have been a slopped together mess.
ken.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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i actusally dsont think BK is anynore exp at a serv station, its expensive anywhere!
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
i actusally dsont think BK is anynore exp at a serv station, its expensive anywhere!
one in my home town isnt that bad really. get supersize tripple whopper meal for about £6 and thats a hell of a feeding
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
i actusally dsont think BK is anynore exp at a serv station, its expensive anywhere!
it is its like 7odd for a meal instead of the usual 5 odd, the 1 in alton towers is a skank too 
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bigboykarl
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Registered: 19th May 09
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these bk and motorway services franchise owners have to rent the property from the services owner and get charged extortionate rents so have to charge more
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Andrew
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Services are generally a little more expensive but you have always got to eat. When i was on the road for my last job i had a few service stops for food and rests. Prices where no a massive issue as i claimed it back on my expenses.
Down South is worse. Paid £35 for a burger at a hotel i stayed at.
Also at Leeds i had to pay almost £1.40 a litre for diesel at one point. Had to pay it! Accident on the M62 and the fuel light had been on for over half an hour. At which point i was happy to pay silly money for fuel
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M2RTY
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McDonalds prices dont change on services, i used to use one or 2 every week when doing sheffield and back
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jibjob
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i work at the motorway services and trust me none of the money goes towards staff at all! im on £5.78 an hour and im one of the highest earners except managers! they keep staff levels to a minimum and keep cutting hours so the extra like 50p+ on everything goes straight into the owners pockets!
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mooney
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Registered: 20th Oct 05
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there is a kfc in the corley services, last one on the m6 before you get to the m1 and there prices are pretty much the same as a normal store, think its only 20p more or something
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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I paid £1.47 for a bottle of Ribena last night. Robbing cunts.
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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The rental of the franchise on a motorway services is quiet alot more than a standard one, so it reflect in their price
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