Re: OT anyone else doing Black Friday


"Lesley" <LMadigan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Nov 20, 1:40 pm, Nomen Nescio <nob...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Prices have fallen so far down, it's a shame NOT to buy!

I agree.
This could be the best time to be a buyer in our lifetime.


For clothes and electrical goods this is a good time to be able to
afford things- a couple of weeks back I got a top that I was lusting
after at 28.00 pounds but couldn't justify as I have enough things to
wear and money is tight but when it was only 10.00! It's not even old
stock usually sales are the odds and ends of ranges that didn't sell
but they had loads of this particular top in the sale and they've not
changed their season yet. Then I got Dave his new digital camera was
180 now 90- bargain!

But it's still hard to afford the day to day stuff- I know we're going
to get a worse than inflation pay rise next year and the price of
public transport looks to rise above the rate of inflation. I think I
am struggling to be as well off as I was 2 years ago at the moment!
And they are cutting interest rates on savings, which is not the best
news when my bond matures in January! This and another one are my long
term investments from my mum's estate designed to supplement my income
in my old age but I worry whether they, a small state pension and my
private pension will be enough!

Lesley

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I guess it isn't easy to keep me happy. I filled the car yesterday
and it was only $1.99 a gallon. Just ticks me off because while that
means we could afford to drive somewhere, we couldn't afford the rest
of the costs of a trip.

The way I figure it, the price of a barrel of oil is a number picked
at random by a group of people who have more money than they can ever
imagine spending. So its fun to screw with the rest of the world.
Trouble is they put it high enough to screw with the economy in the
places they invest their money and go to play.

Don't tell me if I'm wrong. I console myself when I look at the
market by believing that the prices in the stock market are hurting
them more than they are hurting me.

Kind of like about twenty years ago when Japan businessmen decided to
pretty much buy Hawaii. Trouble is they ran up the prices, but still
couldn't take it home with them. And lost a bundle in the long run.

Jo


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