Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
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takes the piss tbh!
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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got a payrise this year but after the increase in cost of things i am still worse off then last year, sucks really
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Barndoor, don't you live at homw?
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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Think I need to get a degree so I can be out of work.
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Barndoor, don't you live at homw?
yes.....still worse off then last year regardless 
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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anyone think there might be a chance of fuel prices dropping? its an absolute joke tbh! £1.30 where i am
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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Originally posted by BarnshaW
got a payrise this year but after the increase in cost of things i am still worse off then last year, sucks really
You're driving a modified Impreza mate.
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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Originally posted by mike56gte
anyone think there might be a chance of fuel prices dropping? its an absolute joke tbh! £1.30 where i am
No, they'll be going up again in April
Might drop a couple of pence at some point but will never go near the £1 a litre everyone seems to want
[Edited on 27-01-2011 by Conway563]
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
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Originally posted by BarnshaW
got a payrise this year but after the increase in cost of things i am still worse off then last year, sucks really
You're driving a modified Impreza mate.
10 points for observation.
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Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
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£1.30 here to..
decemeber time was so looking forward to get my mx5 on the road for the spring and now i just dont fancy paying the higher insurance/tax/petrol prices...
moving into a rented property in a few weeks aswell...
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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just saying with the raise in cost of everything, fuel , VAT etc that even after a basic small payrise i am worse off then last year. I think most people are in the same boat.
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MJFF88
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Registered: 30th Apr 08
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If anything I've got more money now than I did at any point in the last two years, but thats just because I've become obsessed with not spending & writing everything down. Petrols abit shit but what can you do? Walk places that don't really need driving too but other than that and public transport you're bummed really. Only filled up once since mid December, eco driving ftw
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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I get all the usual increases then have the bastards at TFL putting my travelcard up even more 
Payrise used to be more than the increase in living, now it usually matches, managed to squeeze bonuses out of them last year so will hopefully do the same this year.
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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quote:
Originally posted by mike56gte
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Originally posted by Hammer
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Originally posted by BarnshaW
got a payrise this year but after the increase in cost of things i am still worse off then last year, sucks really
You're driving a modified Impreza mate.
10 points for observation.
Only 10?
Miserable bastard.
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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I might create that TV show I've had in my head for the last few years.
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
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Contract ended mid July last year so took a 1/3rd pay drop. With the fuel rise and weekly food shop now costing more I'd by lying if I said I hadn't noticed it and had to start budgeting a lot more.
Takes the piss to be honest, always seem to get kicked in the teeth when we are down.
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
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Originally posted by mike56gte
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Originally posted by Hammer
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Originally posted by BarnshaW
got a payrise this year but after the increase in cost of things i am still worse off then last year, sucks really
You're driving a modified Impreza mate.
10 points for observation.
Only 10?
Miserable bastard.
sorry times are hard cant just go handing out points willy nilly.
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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Originally posted by a_j_mair
no christms bonus no payrise in last 3 years =
i got a pay rise and my first ever christmas bonus this year. 
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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I heard that a government minister said fuel prices may go up to £1.60 odd within this year 
I highly doubt that will happen but still could.
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
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Originally posted by sand-eel
I heard that a government minister said fuel prices may go up to £1.60 odd within this year
I highly doubt that will happen but still could.
that would mean £20 would only get you 12.5 litres of fuel. fuck that!!!
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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I hate to boast (honestly) but I really haven't noticed any difference in the general cost of living, I'm even putting MORE away in savings and buying for the Corsa.
Diesel cost is the only thing that's I really see, but then it's about £4 a week more than a couple of months ago. I just try and drive to work now in eco mode 
And bonus's? Payrise? FLOL Public sector pay freeze and there's no such thing as a bonus
[Edited on 27-01-2011 by pow]
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
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But Dave you live at home, Don't have *that* far to commute, have very few outgoings and can afford to save.
The cost of Gas and Electricity, any homeowner will have been hit by that. The cost of food in the supermarket, not your fancy M&S lunch but things like washing powder, toilet roll, cleaning stuff, thats where it is most obvious.
£4 a week for fuel is nothing I agree, It cost's me an extra £12/£15 a week just on commuting. In the grand scheme of things thats £60 a month against £16.
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
The cost of Gas and Electricity, any homeowner will have been hit by that.
This is the biggest difference I'm noticing at the moment
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
But Dave you live at home, Don't have *that* far to commute, have very few outgoings and can afford to save.
The cost of Gas and Electricity, any homeowner will have been hit by that. The cost of food in the supermarket, not your fancy M&S lunch but things like washing powder, toilet roll, cleaning stuff, thats where it is most obvious.
£4 a week for fuel is nothing I agree, It cost's me an extra £12/£15 a week just on commuting. In the grand scheme of things thats £60 a month against £16.
I agree it's affecting people more than others. TBH I hope all this shit teaches people to live inside their means!
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
I agree it's affecting people more than others. TBH I hope all this shit teaches people to live inside their means!
You are not in a place to comment Dave. You live a cushy life at home.
Living in your means is fine, however when the cost of everything else goes up except your wage, "living inside your means" takes on a whole new term.
I'm probably down around £700 of my take home pay from this time last year, however my bills have gone up.
My monthly outgoings have gone up around £100 a month since then as well, not because I have started living "outside my means" but because rates and necessities have gone up. I have stopped smoking, I very rarely drink (maybe 3 pints every other weekend), and I can't remember the last time I bought something for myself i.e. luxuries.
And the thing is, i'm in the majority of this country, you're the minority Dave, so don't criticize everyone else. Gonna fall out with you boy over this 
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