On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:10:31 +0000, wrote

I looked in at a posh chocolate shop in the arcade this week. Knocking
out half Easter eggs filled with little, silver-paper-wrapped "filled"
eggs, in a posh plastic bag. Advertised weight was 500g, yours for
only £35.

Yep, £70/kilo.

I looked, but I don't remember seeing anything for less than about £15
- and that was a small box of chocs.

Think I'll stick to Cadburys

I thought you were discussing chocolate.

Although some of the more boutiquey shops look yet to get their first
customer. There's a posh shirt shop on the west side where the staff
looked suicidal last time I passed. The food shops are doing well.

Look at the prices of those shirts, they only need to sell 3 a day,
and they've paid their staff wages already. Tax and unit rental won't
be more than another couple of shirts, etc.

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Although some of the more boutiquey shops look yet to get their first
customer. There's a posh shirt shop on the west side where the staff
looked suicidal last time I passed. The food shops are doing well.

Look at the prices of those shirts, they only need to sell 3 a day,
and they've paid their staff wages already. Tax and unit rental won't
be more than another couple of shirts, etc.

but why would someone buy a posh shirt whilst waiting for a train?

tim

Is it not already in Europe then ?

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Nick

No.

They need grocery shops, post offices, libraries etc etc etc,
They are due to turn up in 2014.

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"lonelytraveller" wrote in
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Although some of the more boutiquey shops look yet to get their first
customer. There's a posh shirt shop on the west side where the staff
looked suicidal last time I passed. The food shops are doing well.

Look at the prices of those shirts, they only need to sell 3 a day,
and they've paid their staff wages already. Tax and unit rental won't
be more than another couple of shirts, etc.

but why would someone buy a posh shirt whilst waiting for a train?


It's because Eurostar are still pretending they are a ground level airline,
so they need to have the same range of rip-off merchants you find at an
airport?

Paul

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:28:30 +0000, tim \(not at home\) wrote

Look at the prices of those shirts, they only need to sell 3 a day,
and they've paid their staff wages already. Tax and unit rental won't
be more than another couple of shirts, etc.

but why would someone buy a posh shirt whilst waiting for a train?

To some, they're not 'posh shirts', they're just 'shirts'

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On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:28:30 +0000, tim \(not at home\) wrote

Look at the prices of those shirts, they only need to sell 3 a day,
and they've paid their staff wages already. Tax and unit rental won't
be more than another couple of shirts, etc.

but why would someone buy a posh shirt whilst waiting for a train?

To some, they're not 'posh shirts', they're just 'shirts'

Then surely their butler would be procuring said shirts from somewhere more
upmarket than a railway station concourse.

tim

"tim (not at home)" wrote

Then surely their butler would be procuring said shirts from somewhere
more
upmarket than a railway station concourse.

That's not the butler's job. The valet or gentleman's gentleman, perhaps.

Peter

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"tim (not at home)" wrote

Then surely their butler would be procuring said shirts from somewhere
more
upmarket than a railway station concourse.

That's not the butler's job. The valet or gentleman's gentleman, perhaps.

Yes, my mistake

tim