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Jared 
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 Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:23 |
^^ a bag of sweets which, up until Dec 27th was selling for about £3.00, is now worth over £2k, just because the shop has gone into liquidation??
Just think how many 'Henry Cow' box sets you could have purchased with that..  |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:25 |
 Jared wrote:
^^ a bag of sweets which, up until Dec 27th was selling for about £3.00, is now worth over £2k, just because the shop has gone into liquidation??
Just think how many 'Henry Cow' box sets you could have purchased with that.. |
I was just saying in the "other" room, that maybe I should have bought two boxsets and sat on the other one until the time comes to sell it. Ah well. 
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Jared
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:25 |
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I bet another bag turns up next week.
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yeah, and then you could sue them for misrepresentation under the Trades Description Act, for use of the word 'Last'... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jared
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:26 |
James wrote:
I was just saying in the "other" room, that maybe I should have bought two boxsets and sat on the other one until the time comes to sell it.
Ah well.
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Haven't HC already gone into Liquidation?..
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Padraic
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:27 |
Jared wrote:
James wrote:
I bet another bag turns up next week.
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yeah, and then you could sue them for misrepresentation under the Trades Description Act, for use of the word 'Last'... |
never know, could be the penultimate bag...you might get it for a bargain price, say 1000
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:27 |
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I used to have an empty tube of Austrian Smarties... (I think it's long gone now though) now if I just got a fresh box and transferred the contents over. Nobody would know!
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:29 |
ReR Megacorps haven't. That's Chris Cutler's record and distribution company.
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Padraic
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:31 |
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ReR Megacorps haven't. That's Chris Cutler's record and distribution company.
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Indeed, those that have visited HQ can attest that it is a massive operation, a vital cog in the British economy... 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 15:35 |
It is a vital cog! I'd hate to see it close. 
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Neil
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Posted: February 21 2009 at 03:57 |
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Isn't that where the Archers live?
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Neil
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Posted: February 21 2009 at 04:03 |
James wrote:
I used to have an empty tube of Austrian Smarties... (I think it's long gone now though) now if I just got a fresh box and transferred the contents over. Nobody would know! |
It's impossible to have an empty tube of smarties. Now an empty smartie tube on the other hand.....
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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limeyrob
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Posted: February 21 2009 at 14:08 |
Ay up. Has the bulb blown - its a bit dark in here.
Nope - no one's in tonight. Good - means I don't have to share my last bag of pick n' mix. Now what shall I have. Ah yes, the spearmint chew.
Mmmmm. Best be hiding the wrappers though.
Insert emoticon of furtive scowl
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 21 2009 at 14:16 |
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So they've delivered them already from London?
That was quick!
Hmmm... none of them really take my fancy.
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Syzygy
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 10:41 |
I don't think sitting on it would add much to the value, to be honest - I can't see 'Henry Cow boxset, unopened but bearing imprint of my buttocks' attracting too many high bids, and I'd be deeply suspicious of anybody who expressed too much interest.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 02:30 |
Jared wrote:
a bag of sweets which, up until Dec 27th was selling for about £3.00, is now worth over £2k, just because the shop has gone into liquidation?? |
Final winning bid £14,500.00??? Shome mishtake here shurely... not even Fruit Salads or Dime bars are worth that much (well, not quite).
Oh and Neil... "Empty tube of Smarties", "Empty Smarties tube" - aren't we the sharp pedant this morning?
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 02:44 |
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and rest assured;
others may claim
to have the last bag but this one has been certified by the
administrators as officially the last one
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Jared
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 03:04 |
^^when you have (had??) over 800 stores nationwide, how can the administrators in any one location guarantee that this particular bag is the last??
and, having done my 'Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points' as part of my Food Hygiene Cert, how can you be sure that a bag of sweets have remained contamination free, over the 2 month period since the stores closed??
I think that if you're parting with over £14k, you're entitled to a certain level of quality assurance...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Atavachron
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 03:09 |
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oh I doubt the depraved soul who buys such an item would ever touch it,
but rather seal it hermetically and store it in his cellar till the Pic n Mix
market goes up
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Dean
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 03:13 |
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I doubt they would have raised quite as much for a bag of Woolies broken biscuits... and I miss them more than the Pic'nMix.
Edited by Dean - February 23 2009 at 03:16
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What?
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Vicky Garten
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 06:30 |
limeyrob wrote:
Ay up. Has the bulb blown - its a bit dark in here.
Nope - no one's in tonight. Good - means I don't have to share my last bag of pick n' mix. Now what shall I have. Ah yes, the spearmint chew.
Mmmmm. Best be hiding the wrappers though.
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Spearmint chews  i have not seen them in years my fave. BTW that is chews not rhinos ! for those of you who have smutty minds
Edited by Vicky Garten - February 23 2009 at 06:32
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