Just shows how the enterprising make their money

[damian_steele]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/16/selfridges_ipod_tutorials/

"Posh London department store Selfridges is to begin charging punters £65 for a 40-minute one-on-one iPod tutorial later this month - almost as much as it costs to buy the cheapest iPod. ..."

[rainbowcraft]

Christ.

It's all about "perceived value" though, innit? People can sw@nk about how they had lessons in Selfridges...


(edit - great, the software edits out sw@nk (sw@nk)!)

[damian_steele]

Christ.

It's all about "perceived value" though, innit? People can sw@nk about how they had lessons in Selfridges...


(edit - great, the software edits out sw@nk!)

You can bet that if people went into Slefridges and did what the software filtered the word for, they'd get barred. ;)

[rightcharlie]

I find it bizzarre that you can get a brand new TV now for about a third of the cost of the TV licence...

[cutpricegoodies]

Well, if they're stupid enough to pay extortionate amounts of money for an ipod, they deserve to ripped off even more.

Well, the saying goes, 'a fool and his money are soon parted'.

[damian_steele]

Well, the saying goes, 'a fool and his money are soon parted'.


PARTED! Of course! I thought it looked a bit odd with an F in there. ;)

[cutpricegoodies]

I forgot that's the phrase you say whilst holding your mouth wide with a finger on either side, so the p sounds like an f. Tee hee!

[ziggyslovechild]

I find it bizzarre that you can get a brand new TV now for about a third of the cost of the TV licence...

Oh don't get me started on the f$&cking TV licensing issue. :mad:

http://www.tvlicensing.biz/ (http://www.tvlicence.biz)


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[rainbowcraft]

I find it bizzarre that you can get a brand new TV now for about a third of the cost of the TV licence...


Just wait until you (collective) have to buy a TV licence for owning a PC :rolleyes:

[ziggyslovechild]

Just wait until you (collective) have to buy a TV licence for owning a PC :rolleyes:

They can try but they won't succeed (with me at least). :mad:

F$&cking TV Nazis!


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[pheasantplukka]

Just wait until you (collective) have to buy a TV licence for owning a PC :rolleyes:

yea very worrying actually!

[damian_steele]

And then wait for the day where you will have to prove that you don't own a TV receiver so that they don't automatically charge you for one. :(

[funky_fudge_factory]

I'm suprised they haven't started doing it already. I wish they would just charge for BBC's so I don't have to pay the damn thing (I can't remember the last time I watched BBC anything)

[pheasantplukka]

I thought it was just to cover the bbc's, isnt that why all the other channels are sponsered by advertisers? :confused:

[ziggyslovechild]

I thought it was just to cover the bbc's, isnt that why all the other channels are sponsered by advertisers? :confused:

The license is for receiving any Tv signal although the funds do go to the BBC.


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[damian_steele]

I thought it was just to cover the bbc's, isnt that why all the other channels are sponsered by advertisers? :confused: Doesn't matter what you are receiving, they've still got you. http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/gethelp/faqs.jsp#link2