ME TIME!

[MrsKiasu]

Super steep right? *cough blood*

Vomit pao pao liao..say kg chicken increased was it 7.80 to 9.10=1.30, the balance from electricity and labour increase arh..avg cost absorption by 1 chicken?? That is alot.

[sushi88]

I don't think "they" (farmers, suppliers, supermarkets?) are putting up prices just for the sake of it (aka profiteering). It's just the way it is right now. I think most people here (on KSP) are fortunate enough that the price hikes are only painful, but don't really require any changes in lifestyle. If the prices really bite, then we can still change what we eat; we won't actually go hungry.

I used to think like that but I think things can get out of hand if the prices are rising overly steeply. We will definitely feel the drastic difference in lifestyle.

And frankly, I do not think all rises in prices are justified. There are surely people who take advantage of the situation.

[starlight1968sg]

I used to think like that but I think things can get out of hand if the prices are rising overly steeply. We will definitely feel the drastic difference in lifestyle.

It depends; price of COE is 100k and am sure there are car buyers

[sushi88]

It depends; price of COE is 100k and am sure there are car buyers

It is not sustainable on a longer term...

[Funz]

I am the opposite of most of you here. I have a bad habit of not taking note of the prices of stuff. Just take and pay. Then when go home look at final bill wonder why so much.

[starlight1968sg]

And frankly, I do not think all rises in prices are justified. There are surely people who take advantage of the situation.

No companies operate in a loss. Every part needs to earn a little and when the goods eventually reach us, the little adds to a lot.

As slmkhoo said, as long as we are still working, we can still afford it. It is the retired seniors who have limited savings who will suffer.

[sushi88]

I am the opposite of most of you here. I have a bad habit of not taking note of the prices of stuff. Just take and pay. Then when go home look at final bill wonder why so much.

I suggest to scan through all receipts because I have enough encounters to know that mistakes are rampantly made by people. There is also a category of people who make deliberate mistakes like an experience I had at an eatery where ppl would queue for the food and order many items. So, they just pay without looking at their bill. This fellow did not know I had a good sense of numbers and he entered 2 lines of extra $2 without attributing to any food items, like a generic code for scamming customers. I was not nasty to him at his dishonesty, just asked him to refund the $4 to me and he did so sheepishly.

Even the auto scanning machine I use at supermarkets can sometimes scan an item twice, it happened to me before, overly sensitive gadget so I always do a quick scan over all bills as a habit.

[sushi88]

No companies operate in a loss. Every part needs to earn a little and when the goods eventually reach us, the little adds to a lot.

As slmkhoo said, as long as we are still working, we can still afford it. It is the retired seniors who have limited savings who will suffer.

Of course every business needs to make a profit but I am thinking of those who are taking advantage of the situation to make above the profits.

And we cannot just think about ourselves coping only. Price raise affect everyone and sometimes they do not have a voice to say it.

[starlight1968sg]

it is not uncommon that the displayed price is different from the scanned price at the check-out.
Hence i am careful when the cashier scans my items and will not hesitate to ask if the scanned price is different from what i saw.
For items from dd and dh, i will ask them to verify the prices of the items.

[Funz]

I suggest to scan through all receipts because I have enough encounters to know that mistakes are rampantly made by people. There is also a category of people who make deliberate mistakes like an experience I had at an eatery where ppl would queue for the food and order many items. So, they just pay without looking at their bill. This fellow did not know I had a good sense of numbers and he entered 2 lines of extra $2 without attributing to any food items, like a generic code for scamming customers. I was not nasty to him at his dishonesty, just asked him to refund the $4 to me and he did so sheepishly.

Even the auto scanning machine I use at supermarkets can sometimes scan an item twice, it happened to me before, overly sensitive gadget so I always do a quick scan over all bills as a habit.

Oh, number of items and their qty I do scan to check. Just never note their unit prices. Offer or no offer also I never take note.

Yesterday went with DD to tabao dinner. She ordered 4 items but on the bill they indicated only 3 and she paid for 3 and noticed the mistake only when waiting for them to pack her stuff. But when they gave her the takeaway, there were 4 packs so she told me they gave 1 pack free leh, cos they forgot to bill, I told her to go back and pay for that pack as it is not easy being a hawker.