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JamesV6CDX Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3202 Gloucestershire Gender: Drives: 2002 (02) 3.2 Retail MV6 in Star Silver with Leather	Cost of living 10. Apr 2011 at 19:18 Aside of petrol, has the general cost of living gone up that much within the last couple of years? Discuss
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davethediver Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1323 Blackburn, Lancs. Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD Facelift (2001)	Re: Cost of living Reply #1 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:21 Depends on which scale you use RPI or real world in my opinion. As fuel goes up everything goes up it has to get on the shelves somehow
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JamesV6CDX Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3202 Gloucestershire Gender: Drives: 2002 (02) 3.2 Retail MV6 in Star Silver with Leather	Re: Cost of living Reply #2 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:22 The only scale I tend to use, is how much goes out of our bank account, compared to how much comes in
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davethediver Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1323 Blackburn, Lancs. Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD Facelift (2001)	Re: Cost of living Reply #3 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:26 Well my earnings are about half of what they were five years ago and petrol has not far off doubled, if it wasn't for the weather i'd of left the UK years ago
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Cost of living Reply #4 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:27 has for me, got a feking great big mortgage & the fridge does not automatically fill back up after I eat stuff out of it
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davethediver Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1323 Blackburn, Lancs. Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD Facelift (2001)	Re: Cost of living Reply #5 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:29 tunnie wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 19:27: has for me, got a feking great big mortgage & the fridge does not automatically fill back up after I eat stuff out of it
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Re: Cost of living
Reply #6 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:35

5 years ago we were nearly paying 1/3 for weekly general shopping (food, cleaning materials, home stuff ,clothing etc) ..now it costs very serious amount that we had to cut from other expenses ( I already cut fuel expenses by buying and paying for a small car and its repairs Grin

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looking back now life standards seriously dropped and we become home birds Grin

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Kevin Wood Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Posts: 20377 Alton, Hampshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 MV6 (LPG), Westfield	Re: Cost of living Reply #7 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:35 Food and ~~gadgets~~ petrol have gone up, salaries haven't, so yes. People will really start to feel it when interest rates start getting hiked, though.
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Cost of living Reply #8 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:36 tunnie wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 19:27: has for me, got a feking great big mortgage & the fridge does not automatically fill back up after I eat stuff out of it great Tunnie.. we really need a hocus pocus for that..
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Cost of living Reply #9 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:36 JamesV6CDX wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 19:22: The only scale I tend to use, is how much goes out of our bank account, compared to how much comes in that's where your problems lie, you both need a 'your' & a 'my' account.
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aaronjb Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3635 Bracknell, Berkshire Gender: Drives: '01 3.2 Elite (was '96 2.5TD CD), '02 MR2 Roadster (plus snail), '92 300ZX 3.0V6 TT	Re: Cost of living Reply #10 - 10. Apr 2011 at 19:43 Kevin Wood wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 19:35: Food and ~~gadgets~~ petrol have gone up, salaries haven't, so yes. People will really start to feel it when interest rates start getting hiked, though. Yeah, when they're back up at 12-15%, there's going to be a lot of reposessions going on, I reckon.
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Re: Cost of living
Reply #11 - 10. Apr 2011 at 20:42

Its risen substantially imo, and as Kevin said, when interest rates inevitably rise there will be a lot of pain to come as people have got used to having cheap mortages for quite a few years now.
Personally, I was an early victim of the credit crunch biting the building industry (and working in a very inneficient company), so I now earn approx. 45% less than I earned 3 years ago, and am actually earning the same as I was earning 20 years ago.
Its amazing how you can learn to cutback if you have to, and you inevitably spend a lot of time wondering what exactly you used to do with the money you used to earn. Roll Eyes

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Plomien Omega Knight Offline Rescue the beer and drink the maiden Posts: 1724 Swansea Gender: Drives: 2.5 V6 Tourer	Re: Cost of living Reply #12 - 10. Apr 2011 at 21:05 Mortgage has gone down but things like food have gone up, I used to spend £50 it now costs £70 for much the same shopping.
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Re: Cost of living
Reply #13 - 10. Apr 2011 at 21:14

yeah i think the cost of living has gone up.

for me the most noticeable thing is the deterioration of ''shopping snobbery''

e.g. even the people who ''would only ever go to sainsburys'' seem to be hunting around for bargains. places like home bargains and the 99p store are the way forward during these expensive times.

as for going in to pubs lol pubs can get fcuk'd. £3.60 for a pint of fosters!!!!!! erm ill have the pack of 8 for £5 from the local corner shop and sup in my garden thank you very much!!!!!! (not that i can drink on my diet Roll Eyes

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Re: Cost of living
Reply #14 - 10. Apr 2011 at 21:21

Webby the Bear wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 21:14:

yeah i think the cost of living has gone up.

for me the most noticeable thing is the deterioration of ''shopping snobbery''

e.g. even the people who ''would only ever go to sainsburys'' seem to be hunting around for bargains. places like home bargains and the 99p store are the way forward during these expensive times.

as for going in to pubs lol pubs can get fcuk'd. £3.60 for a pint of fosters!!!!!! erm ill have the pack of 8 for £5 from the local corner shop and sup in my garden thank you very much!!!!!! (not that i can drink on my diet Roll Eyes

)

Wouldn't drink it at £2 a pint horrible stuff, but i know what you mean Thumbs Up!

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