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Post by Nobbygas on Mar 25, 2015 11:42:27 GMT
Is it OK to go in and get the odd packet of custard tarts for the afternoon tea break? You can now buy a tart in Sainsbury's for a bit of afternoon delight? Times have certainly changed
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Post by Igitur on Mar 25, 2015 11:42:28 GMT
Remember that other people may be boycotting other chains and going to another, including Sainsbury's. I have not been to Tesco for drinks since one of those over zealous servers with a 'look over 18/21/25/60/65/dead?' badge (it's getting older and older) refused to serve us.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 11:48:56 GMT
I farted again on the ham if anyone's interested.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 11:50:29 GMT
My fuel bill for me over a month was £200 My company Fuel Bill for our Vans was £500 per month Thats £700 Pounds per month Morrisons now get the Sainsbury don't Have done this since news broke about Sainsbury pulling out (10 months ?) This is my personal choice and i'm not promoting other people do this (that ok for you Bamber ?) That's about £30 a month you're depriving them of. So nine hundred and ninty thousand months from now, the fers will rue the day they decided not to go ahead with the stadium its not about money and never has been. its about how a company like Sainsbury can shaft a small business like ours and i'm not prepared to support them, being 0.0000000000001% of the profit it also make ME feel better and if a few thousand more people did the same they would feel better about it
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Post by trunky on Mar 25, 2015 12:15:29 GMT
I farted again on the ham if anyone's interested. Yes and I think my wife must have sat on the fish.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 12:54:46 GMT
My fuel bill for me over a month was £200. My company fuel bill for our vans was £500 per month. That's £700 pounds per month Morrisons now get that Sainsbury's don't. Have done this since news broke about Sainsbury's pulling out (10 months ?). This is my personal choice and I'm not promoting other people do this. (that ok for you Bamber ?) Find someone else to have an argument with, I don't care where you buy your petrol. It looks like you have some kind of poorly hidden agenda. But as you wanted to talk numbers, the retained profit on fuel is tiny though, circa 1 ~ 1.5% , so well done, you've blown a £70 ~105 hole into their financial projections. Mike Coupe and Ben Littman are probably broken men and are perched on an upper story window ledge as we speak. Unless of course, some of our Red Cousins think this is all rather amusing and are going out of their way to give patronage to Sainsbury's, in which case, they may actually be better off. Edit. Yes, you are promoting that other people do the same. You have just stated that people will feel better if they boycott Sainsbury's. Here you go, this is what you have just said,
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 13:12:21 GMT
My fuel bill for me over a month was £200. My company fuel bill for our vans was £500 per month. That's £700 pounds per month Morrisons now get that Sainsbury's don't. Have done this since news broke about Sainsbury's pulling out (10 months ?). This is my personal choice and I'm not promoting other people do this. (that ok for you Bamber ?) Find someone else to have an argument with, I don't care where you buy your petrol. It looks like you have some kind of poorly hidden agenda. But as you wanted to talk numbers, the retained profit on fuel is tiny though, circa 1 ~ 1.5% , so well done, you've blown a £70 ~105 hole into their financial projections. Mike Coupe and Ben Littman are probably broken men and are perched on an upper story window ledge as we speak. Unless of course, some of our Red Cousins think this is all rather amusing and are going out of their way to give patronage to Sainsbury's, in which case, they may actually be better off. Edit. Yes, you are promoting that other people do the same. You have just stated that people will feel better if they boycott Sainsbury's. Here you go, this is what you have just said,
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Post by LJG on Mar 25, 2015 13:15:51 GMT
Remember that other people may be boycotting other chains and going to another, including Sainsbury's. I have not been to Tesco for drinks since one of those over zealous servers with a 'look over 18/21/25/60/65/dead?' badge (it's getting older and older) refused to serve us. The George in Batheaston had one for over 30. The guy asked me for ID. I said he could have one of two things 1. A look at my DoB on my drivers licence OR 2. My patronage and the cash I would be paying for the round of drinks I'd ordered. His choice.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 13:24:23 GMT
Find someone else to have an argument with, I don't care where you buy your petrol. It looks like you have some kind of poorly hidden agenda. But as you wanted to talk numbers, the retained profit on fuel is tiny though, circa 1 ~ 1.5% , so well done, you've blown a £70 ~105 hole into their financial projections. Mike Coupe and Ben Littman are probably broken men and are perched on an upper story window ledge as we speak. Unless of course, some of our Red Cousins think this is all rather amusing and are going out of their way to give patronage to Sainsbury's, in which case, they may actually be better off. Edit. Yes, you are promoting that other people do the same. You have just stated that people will feel better if they boycott Sainsbury's. Here you go, this is what you have just said, Nothing contructive or factual to reply with, as normal. I'll chalk another one up in my column. This is too easy, surely you can do a bit better?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 13:35:32 GMT
Nothing contructive or factual to reply with, as normal. I'll chalk another one up in my column. This is too easy, surely you can do a bit better?
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Post by LPGas on Mar 25, 2015 13:37:20 GMT
Well last week i was short of diesel. There was a sainsbury nearby, as my wife pointed out. I told her i would rather walk 10 miles with a can than go there. She knows i will never go there as long as i am alive, and yes it makes me feel better.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 13:40:22 GMT
Well last week i was short of diesel. There was a sainsbury nearby, as my wife pointed out. I told her i would rather walk 10 miles with a can than go there. She knows i will never go there as long as i am alive, and yes it makes me feel better. and some people just don't get it do they ? Its not about the money its about the Principle
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 13:50:30 GMT
and some people just don't get it do they ? Its not about the money its about the Principle Can you please decide what your point is? In one post you make the effort to explain which of your vehicles costs what amount to run each month, now it's nothing to do with money.
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Post by irishrover on Mar 25, 2015 14:06:59 GMT
Well I don't see any particular issue here. There are plenty of businesses/organisations I won't give money to for various reasons. I wouldn't kid myself that it's going to make any kind of dent in their performance but I'm damned if they're going to get any of my money; I have that little bit of agency to choose not to give money to people I don't like and I'll take it. I don't really see Sainsbury's in that way, well not yet anyway, but I can understand it. The amount of money is irrelevant though.
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Post by Nobbygas on Mar 25, 2015 14:21:22 GMT
and some people just don't get it do they ? Its not about the money its about the Principle Can you please decide what your point is? In one post you make the effort to explain which of your vehicles costs what amount to run each month, now it's nothing to do with money. Bamber - You're making yourself look a right tit again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 14:29:14 GMT
Well I don't see any particular issue here. There are plenty of businesses/organisations I won't give money to for various reasons. I wouldn't kid myself that it's going to make any kind of dent in their performance but I'm damned if they're going to get any of my money; I have that little bit of agency to choose not to give money to people I don't like and I'll take it. I don't really see Sainsbury's in that way, well not yet anyway, but I can understand it. The amount of money is irrelevant though. Of course, but I doubt that you would calculate how much you haven't spent with any given supplier and then list it out on a public forum. I don't shop at the City merchandise outlet, but I don't sit at home congratulating myself on denying them the custom. I think poor old Henbury must be having a quiet day at the shop. Agreed about Sainsbury's also, we have no idea what their defence in all of this is. Always wait until you are in possesion of all of the information before reaching any conclusions.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 14:56:04 GMT
Well I don't see any particular issue here. There are plenty of businesses/organisations I won't give money to for various reasons. I wouldn't kid myself that it's going to make any kind of dent in their performance but I'm damned if they're going to get any of my money; I have that little bit of agency to choose not to give money to people I don't like and I'll take it. I don't really see Sainsbury's in that way, well not yet anyway, but I can understand it. The amount of money is irrelevant though. Of course, but I doubt that you would calculate how much you haven't spent with any given supplier and then list it out on a public forum. I don't shop at the City merchandise outlet, but I don't sit at home congratulating myself on denying them the custom. I think poor old Henbury must be having a quiet day at the shop. Agreed about Sainsbury's also, we have no idea what their defence in all of this is. Always wait until you are in possesion of all of the information before reaching any conclusions. Yes the Mushrooms are working very well Thanks Bamber BTW do you any idea who is behind the expansion of the "Car Park" associated with the UWE Stadium ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 15:32:54 GMT
BTW do you any idea who is behind the expansion of the "Car Park" associated with the UWE Stadium ? No idea. Are you saying that work is under way and it's the first stage of stadium construction?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 15:36:50 GMT
BTW do you any idea who is behind the expansion of the "Car Park" associated with the UWE Stadium ? No idea. Are you saying that work is under way and it's the first stage of stadium construction? No what i'm saying is the plans for the original car park design are being changed and i wonder if BRFC or the UWE is behind this or a 3rd party is involved. No Get Go order has yet been activated with the planning office for the Stadium complex, but work will start soon on the surrounding development. My contact within planning is being very tight lipped about the facility and i wonder why ? Maybe a 3rd Party is now involved ??
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Post by irishrover on Mar 25, 2015 16:05:06 GMT
Well I don't see any particular issue here. There are plenty of businesses/organisations I won't give money to for various reasons. I wouldn't kid myself that it's going to make any kind of dent in their performance but I'm damned if they're going to get any of my money; I have that little bit of agency to choose not to give money to people I don't like and I'll take it. I don't really see Sainsbury's in that way, well not yet anyway, but I can understand it. The amount of money is irrelevant though. Of course, but I doubt that you would calculate how much you haven't spent with any given supplier and then list it out on a public forum. I don't shop at the City merchandise outlet, but I don't sit at home congratulating myself on denying them the custom. I think poor old Henbury must be having a quiet day at the shop. Agreed about Sainsbury's also, we have no idea what their defence in all of this is. Always wait until you are in possesion of all of the information before reaching any conclusions. Probably not - but if other people want to, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. I agree that it is OTT to think that the money is likely to make very much difference to a business like Sainsbury's. It does make me feel better though (or rather it makes me feel less crap and less of a hypocrite) if I choose to withhold money from a business that I don't like but would otherwise use. So the City shop comparison doesn't quite stand up because I can't imagine they'd have anything you'd want to buy anyway but you may choose to buy your Rovers shirt from the club shop rather than JJB Sports (or whatever they're called now) because you like Rovers and Dave Whealen seems like a bit of a cock etc (and yes I know he doesn't own it anymore and they probably don't sell Rovers shirts anyway but hypothetically). If I'm honest I can't imagine a situation where I would be willing to see Sainsbury's side against the Clubs here. In this business, short of Nick Higgs having done a deal with beelzebub, I think I will always be on Rovers side no matter what has gone on. That doesn't mean I excuse the club from criticism for questionable decision making/deals or the board from accountability. But I think I will always see the club favourably in this fight because ultimately I care about Rovers and I don't give a flying toss about Sainsbury's and it's pretty clear that this is a 'win or bust' situation. So even if it turns out Sainsbury's have behaved like angels and we have tried to screw them over and they have a perfect defence I don't think it would effect my opinion of who should win. I will always think Rovers should win; we are the good guys because we are Rovers there is no other reason. A bit pathetic it might be but at least it's an honest acknowledgement of bias. It's a bit like the current Clarkson fuss or Liverpool fans defending Steven Gerrard; actions appear pretty straight forwardly indefensible and worthy of the punishment they received. But people like them for other reasons and so will defend them in the face of overwhelming evidence in a way they wouldn't anyone else. I don't desire to have a rational view of Rovers - that's not what I'm in it for so I don't really care what Sainsburys have to say in their defence; it won't effect my view that we are in the right and deserve to win. But, equally, I don't think they aimed to actively screw over Rovers and I see a reaction to circumstances not a vindictive decision to screw us over; we were quite happy to use their sneaky tactics when it suited our purposes. Not that any this really matters of course - we are way beyond any of it now; it is one day, a set of arguments and a judge.
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