Box of Roses extortionate price and stale!!

techtrader


Joined: 06/08/2008
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Message Posted:
26/12/2008 16:27

Further to the postings regarding shopping restrictions on the Sth etc. I should just like to add that I did as requested on this board and 'bought from the North'!! Actually it was a box of Cadbury's Roses from Tempo cost me something like £20 and they are all marbled and stale!!!!!!!!!



Great! So happy I bought from the North!!!!

properperson


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 35

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 16:37

but, what about the warm feeling about supporting the north ?

ilovemydogs



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Posts: 514

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 16:47

well i got a tin from my hubby for crimbo. just opened them and i am gob smacked. not one chocolate covered toffee among them. heart broken i am . what is the point of roses without them and to top it all there are about 3 strawberrys.

told the hubby he has failed me. he is not getting steak at all next year.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 16:50

you don't think hubby opened them before and sneaked the decent ones for himself ??



Sort of thing i'd do.....





Nick

techtrader


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Posts: 126

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 17:04

yeah i know where are those toffees they were nice, keep opening caramel barrels which i thought were the toffees, usually that would be ok but stale soft caramel barrels are sh@#e!!!!!!!

biglugs


Joined: 02/10/2008
Posts: 157

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 17:15

well ive bought here,quality street in a tin ,no problems at all mmmmmmmmmmm i love choc and sweets

gates


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Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 17:29

who imported all the tins of roses they were in all suppermarkets designed for the brits ask a question one importer one price i bought a tin found it ok but the price ? no like

techtrader


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Posts: 126

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 18:45

bought q street in the sth .... fresh as daiseys enuf said!

littlenige



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Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 18:54

techtrader



And 50 % of the price.......



But lets ban dairy products from the south to protect the rip off shopkeepers oops I mean trnc economy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, perhaps they would be better doing spot checks on the stores that tot up on a calculater the press open on the till without putting the goods through the till !!



Oh yea we can not do that coz they are T/cs AND THEY CAN DO WHAT THE CHUFFIN EK THEY WANT ,,,,,,,,,,,



Well the worms are turning leaving and getting hacked off.

techtrader


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Posts: 126

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 18:56

well said nige tks 4 that was starting to wonder if it was just me that sees these things!

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 19:51

here here Nige.....



if you keep kicking the office dog, sooner or later he's going to bite you....





Nick

Lemtich



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Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 21:37

This didn't ring your bell then?



http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eEggUnjNPAY&feature=related



Lem

ilovemydogs



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 21:37

not just my tin then. the swines i am still upset. i don't ever want another box until they put them back in. they are not worth having now. should have got quality street . and had toffee pennies and toffee strips. the person who authorised it should be sacked

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 23:26

Thank you very very very very much Lem !!



Brings back a few sickly memories LOL

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 23:33

Those ads from yesteryear, didn't we have some crap ones !!!



" The milky bars are on me "



" What we want is watneys "



Probably cost about £100 to make compared to £ 1,000,000 today !!



At least years ago you knew what they are advertising, todays ads



don't let you know until the last five seconds of the ad and then you still have



to guess !

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
26/12/2008 23:38

Anyone who pays £20 for a box of chocolates needs to go and visit the nearest mental institution.



There are many other products you could have bought that were not "CADBURY'S"!



So stop moaning, you are the one who paid the price for a product that is not normally for sale here.



For me this is just another example of some body coming to live away from UK but MUST still have UK products.



OK I know what will now be said but then I am happy with life on our muddy building site paying 90kurus per unit for electric etc.

techtrader


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Posts: 126

Message Posted:
27/12/2008 00:12

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=156470



Yet still stale and overpriced eh!

Quarmby


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Posts: 975

Message Posted:
27/12/2008 09:51

Well Cyprusishome, more fool you!

littlenige



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Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
27/12/2008 10:02

nescafe 200 grams in carefore 4.95 euros = 10 ytl in starling 20 ytl get that warm feeling in your bellie as you pay through the nose for an International Product.

Turbo


Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 833

Message Posted:
27/12/2008 10:07

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in the most delightful way...



A very expensive spoonful of sugar.

How many chocolates do you get in a box for 20 quid?

bachelibelly


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
27/12/2008 19:11

200 gm Nescafe £2 in the cheapy shop in town today,mind you had to go to work day after boxing day,was bloody freezin.Rather bin in TRNC with yer 20ytl Nescafe.

PS. i dont drink much coffee anyway

Turbo


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Posts: 833

Message Posted:
27/12/2008 21:49

People still drink instant coffee?

littlenige



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Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
27/12/2008 22:58

turbo is there any thing elsce ????????????

brandy sour


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Posts: 310

Message Posted:
27/12/2008 23:35

MORE MONEY THAN BRAINS!

cooper


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Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 00:06

Yes, but they do grow on you !



Cooper

britvic



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Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 00:12

" For Mash get Smash"



"Do the shake and Vac to put the freshness back"



Those were the day's, when we had salt on everything it was encouraged, and sugar.

susief


Joined: 06/11/2008
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 09:03

Not all "international products" are extortionate here.... Starlings had bottles of Famous Grouse whiskey for 9.75ytl!! Merrrysshh Chrissshhhmassssh everyone!

Turbo


Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 833

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 09:31

What else would you like Nige,?

Two simple questions.

How many chocs in a box of Rose's? for 20 quid.

Do people still drink instant coffee?

Nothing "elsce"

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 13:01

I bought Nescafe 200gms here near Karsiyaka for 7ytl, so better than Carrefour, ner ner ner ner ner!

littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 13:14

Well done frontal now just show how good a member you are by telling us all where ?



Was it nescafe original ? or another flavour I got original.



Thanks for sharing Frontal

littlenige



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Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 19:15

Come on frontal do tell,or is it a wind up ??

techtrader


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Posts: 126

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 20:23

was it stale by chance? ;-)

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
28/12/2008 20:31

Nige



'Was it nescafe original ? or another flavour I got original.'



Blimey I did not realize that Nescafe instant was so sophisticated.

Sounds far too up-market for me, I think I will stick to Turkish coffee.

AJ

littlenige



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Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
28/12/2008 22:58

I smell pork pies on this thread

Turbo


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Posts: 833

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 07:04

Frontal, keep it to yourself, the minute the owner sells out, the next batch will double.

You will have lost your deal.

Turbo


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Posts: 833

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 07:07

Can you still get Camps chicory coffee ( a dark liquid in a bottle), that brings back memories .

That was good stuff.

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 08:00

Turbo

I have seen it on sale in Bells, not sure of the cost though.

AJ

Skogsy


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Posts: 339

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 08:40

I have seen this topic for a couple of days now and resisted opening it cos I thought it would be sad that someone bought some roses for someone, nice and romantic, and they turned out to be knackered.

Bloody chocolates!!

The moaning levels drop to some pretty dark depths sometimes.

Enjoy the next few days and lets hope the New Year brings a few more smiles.



Skogsy

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 08:42

and some not stale chocolates

Cyprusunday


Joined: 16/06/2008
Posts: 53

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 11:17

If you are not happy move South

Turbo


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Posts: 833

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 21:02

"Life is like a box of choclates, you never know what youre gonna get"



Gump, Forrest Gump.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 21:17

Message 37 - Turbo - we used to have "Camp Coffee with Chicory Essence" when I was a kid. I think my Mum thought we were quite sophisticated, having "coffee" in the house! I thought it was revolting! We remember Ercan airport in the early 90's, before they tarted it up, when the refreshment place sold things that we hadn't seen in the UK since around the mid-50's. Happy Days - it was like a step back in time.

PS Yes - you can still buy Camps Coffee

J

littlenige



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Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 21:26

seems like frontalman likes his pork pies

Turbo


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Posts: 833

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 21:35

with a little colemans mustard, yum.,.

littlenige



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Message Posted:
29/12/2008 21:41

shame his coffee is full of poo

Turbo


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Posts: 833

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 21:44

whats your favorite chocolate filling?

Brandy,,,

Turbo


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Posts: 833

Message Posted:
29/12/2008 21:45

I know Nige's favorite is going to be



Coffee.