Has anyone else noticed?

**Bad Manners** · 19-Aug-08, 12:36

I have just come home from the weekly shop and have noticed that several of the items we normally buy have decreased in size. several of the packs have reduced from 500grams to 410grams but the price is the same. Is this price raising through the back door?

**cd1977** · 19-Aug-08, 12:57

Basically, yes you are correct.

This is currently happening across a range of products. Another "trick" by the supermarkets to dupe their customers. Look out for claims that "prices will not rise" by these scheisters in the near future.

**Nibbler** · 19-Aug-08, 13:01

Have noticed Discontinued on a lot of popular products in the supermarkets and what the companies are doing is discontinuing with their current size/weight of product and putting the product back on the shelves at the same price (or slightly higher) but less in it.

Great, isn't it. Pay more for less. Lots of things are going that way. Saying that, my dad the other day had to put new tyres on the car and commented that the price was actually cheaper than a couple of years back. Yes, my dad can get his tyres to last that long

What are they going to come up with next to get more money out of us!!

**Bad Manners** · 19-Aug-08, 13:08

When ny car had to go for it's First service it had only done 8000 miles and it needed a new set of front tyres when i asked why as I drive well and do not abuse my car.I was told thats about what milage they do now and that it is normal. With all the new high tech systems you would thing we could get tyres to last as long as they used to.

**Fluff** · 19-Aug-08, 13:16

cosmetic companies are bad for this too. I know of one well known make up brand that put weights in the bottom of their products but make the amount of product less. This is not a cheap brand either!

**stekar** · 19-Aug-08, 13:45

Noticed my choccie bars are getting smaller.....unfortunately I'm not though, lol

Bottled beer cases are getting smaller too, used to get 24, now it is 20.

**teenybash** · 19-Aug-08, 13:55

Underhand, backdoor price rises...........Joe Public as usual will foot the bill in keeping private company profits high...............

**Bad Manners** · 19-Aug-08, 15:13

Originally Posted by stekar

Noticed my choccie bars are getting smaller.....unfortunately I'm not though, lol

Bottled beer cases are getting smaller too, used to get 24, now it is 20.

I wish you hadn't said that I forgot to get Chocolate Oh Damm will it make me smaller if I dont eat it?

**scorrie** · 19-Aug-08, 15:38

I notice that the Coop are now selling eggs in 10's instead of by the dozen. Never mind a Baker's Dozen, that is a Taker's Dozen!!

karia · 19-Aug-08, 16:46

Originally Posted by scorrie

I notice that the Coop are now selling eggs in 10's instead of by the dozen. Never mind a Baker's Dozen, that is a Taker's Dozen!!

Morrisons today....boxes of 4 eggs 50p!

Whoever heard of a box of 4 eggs?

**Bad Manners** · 19-Aug-08, 16:52

Originally Posted by karia

Morrisons today....boxes of 4 eggs 50p!

Whoever heard of a box of 4 eggs?

That will be the non standard metric system then. or do they only have four hens

**Angela** · 19-Aug-08, 16:55

Originally Posted by karia

Morrisons today....boxes of 4 eggs 50p!

Whoever heard of a box of 4 eggs?

Alldays have been selling them for years, Karia. They'll go nicely with the pack of 4 bacon rashers Asda is now selling......

**Whitewater** · 19-Aug-08, 23:06

Originally Posted by Bad Manners

When ny car had to go for it's First service it had only done 8000 miles and it needed a new set of front tyres when i asked why as I drive well and do not abuse my car.I was told thats about what milage they do now and that it is normal. With all the new high tech systems you would thing we could get tyres to last as long as they used to.

This is fairly normal now. There are wear bars in the tread and when the wear reaches them it is time for renewal. The greatest cause of tyre wear however is power steering. In tight situations we turn the steering column very easily when the car is not in motion, that has the same effect as rubbing them with very rough sandpaper. Tyre pressure also plays a big part, too high and they wear in the centre, too low and the edges get scrubbed.

**George Brims** · 20-Aug-08, 07:52

Originally Posted by Bad Manners

When ny car had to go for it's First service it had only done 8000 miles and it needed a new set of front tyres when i asked why as I drive well and do not abuse my car.I was told thats about what milage they do now and that it is normal. With all the new high tech systems you would thing we could get tyres to last as long as they used to.

If it is a front wheel drive car, then either you drive harder than you think, or the wheel alignment was off. The latter can happen from hitting a pothole or the like, assuming it was right when you bought it.

They sell tyres with 60k and 80k mile guarantees nowadays so 8k is ridiculous.

(Confession: I wore the back tyres off a new car in 10k miles. And I know exactly how I did it!)

**northener** · 20-Aug-08, 08:20

Yu[p, tyre pressures only have to be a couple of pounds out to make a big difference to how they wear.

I'd expect about 15k off my front tyres (1.8 CDTi) and that's with a lot of stop/starting around town. I used to get about the same out of Corsa 1.3 CDTi's.

**bekisman** · 20-Aug-08, 08:23

Volvo 2.4 V70 estate, front wheel drive: just changed with Caithness Tyres; 12,000 miles (aint bad?)

**Bad Manners** · 20-Aug-08, 09:27

Originally Posted by George Brims

If it is a front wheel drive car, then either you drive harder than you think, or the wheel alignment was off. The latter can happen from hitting a pothole or the like, assuming it was right when you bought it.

They sell tyres with 60k and 80k mile guarantees nowadays so 8k is ridiculous.

(Confession: I wore the back tyres off a new car in 10k miles. And I know exactly how I did it!)

Hi my car is front wheel drive but where we live in rural caithness I must admit the roads are rougher than in a town and we certainly have pot holes. Iv'e just completed 18000 and the back tyres have been replaced.
they put it down to the make of car being perticularly hard on tyres (FORD FOCUS) and that the milage achived was good however it was recommended to change the make of tyre we now have Perelli tyres we will see how long they last.

**joxville** · 20-Aug-08, 09:42

Most of my cars have been run on Goodyear, Pirelli or Continental. The Rover I run at present is on Goodyears, on another Rover owners recommendation. Jaguar recommended Pirelli for the XJ8 I owned and I only got 9,000 miles out of them-at £150 each! I switched to Continental and got 15,000 miles out of them for similar price.

So why do manufacturer's recommend a particular brand? They may put it down to safety and saying a certain tyre suits that car but modern tyres are certainly a lot better than 20 or 30 years ago.

Methinks the car manufacturer's probably have shares in tyre companies.

**Bad Manners** · 20-Aug-08, 09:46

Originally Posted by joxville

Most of my cars have been run on Goodyear, Pirelli or Continental. The Rover I run at present is on Goodyears, on another Rover owners recommendation. Jaguar recommended Pirelli for the XJ8 I owned and I only got 9,000 miles out of them-at £150 each! I switched to Continental and got 15,000 miles out of them for similar price.

So why do manufacturer's recommend a particular brand? They may put it down to safety and saying a certain tyre suits that car but modern tyres are certainly a lot better than 20 or 30 years ago.

Methinks the car manufacturer's probably have shares in tyre companies.

I tend to agree with the new technoligy they could inprove the life span of tyres however would it be in the own interest. tyres are probably a lot safer now but as usual the motorist pays the price