Phoenix dripper

It`s not about paying tax on them, it`s about personal choice and it has nothing to do with the demise of the British High Street, you can blame Asda, Tesco etc, etc etc for that with their cheap prices etc. Where do you do your weekly shop? I use Tesco, why, because it`s cheaper.

We arent talking about cameras, and I dont think I would have had a lot of tax to pay as I always order under about £30 worth at a time, and then it would only happen if I had bought a Vamo or something of that nature. Usually it would be under £20. As for Jessops, the internet killed Jessops. That`s the nature of the world now, nothing we can do about it except go with it and move on. I suppose you could always blame PCworld and the like after they moved into cameras.

You may have the money Gordy, I dont. I wont pay three times as much for something if I dont have to, dont think I am alone in that either. I simply couldnt afford to do that, maybe you can. There really arent that many purchases above £15 that I have got, maybe 15. Have you ever got anything from abroad above £15 and not paid duty on it? Have you ever bought anything on a group buy? They are probably pretty unpopular with vendors as well. If so, why would you do that, it`s not supporting UK vendors or websites. It`s about saving money, simple as...
Anyway, this is not worth going any further with. We will never agree on this.

Enuff said

ok lets look at it this way -Group buys only happen not that often usally happens when you cannot get it for a while,yes some will get there stuff from China but very few,some have money available some dont,end of the day no matter where you buy most end up using a good 75% of the vendors in Vendors and discount section[and most go for the discounted ones]...as for high street well the big boys killed it as well as local councils with sky high rates, if a big boy can sell a washing machine for £500 yet 6 months later discount it to £299 why not sell it in first place at that price and still make a healthy profit

We could say also why not buy british well basic its to expensive we all know why ,most seller probably work from home or maybe a del boy lock up,why not high st shop, well prices to sell goods make a profit basically wont happen unless you have another buisness within that to do it, hence price of disposables in shops not cheap....so what have we gathered from that Big boys have killed the towns,internet and chinese goods filled the void for making things cheaper...look at Teco and Sainsburys opening mini marts killing any local trade......

so basic everyone will look for a bargain somewhere now,theres not really anywhere now you can shop and genuine say "Thats Reasonable" 99.9% of the time....if you can find that product at cheaper price then you go for it.if you can find that product at reasonable cost you go fo it,
we can also say the same for ejuice vendor sells it premade your strength you buy it........ some then think hmm i can make that buy the ingredients and cut cost or i can do it to experiment now are they right or wrong in not supporting the sellers of premade

in the end theres really no balance in the argument no one will be 100% right or wrong

I read it Dizzi

I'm just really on the fence I do a bit of both tbh! Can't resist a bargain but our UK vendors are so good at getting goods out quickly, excellent back up and customer service, so I do a bit of both!

I may have recently treated myself to a high end mod. I got it at a very fair price from a great UK vendor and I'm confident that if I have any problems they will do their best to help. It was delivered in under 24hrs!

I fancied trying a vamo. Bought from China, didn't like it, sold it on for the same as I'd bought it!

I occasionally knit and crochet. Yarn can be so much cheaper on the net, but sometimes there is just nothing like browsing in the local shop. You get a better idea of the colour and you can have a good squish So again I do a bit of both!

I decided at one point a couple of years ago to only buy locally produced meat from the local butcher. After a couple of years of no pay rises and rising bills, i'm back to the supermarket (usually the marked down stuff)

There isn't one correct answer to this or an easy answer

Thanks Karma

Wrote a lot of other stuff about high-end yarn and exclusiveness, then decided I'd written more than my daily quota on here already I just agree with you, Karma