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  • DVTimes
    xxx
    • Jun 2003
    • 31658

    #1

    UK: Bag for life

    Darn it.

    I now have to keep my bag for life with me in case I pop to the shops.
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  • CurrentlySober
    Too lazy to wipe my ass
    • Aug 2002
    • 38946

    #2
    No you don't.

    Simply tell the checkout girl that you HAD your bag for life on you on the way to the shop, but it disintegrated before you arrived. Its a 'Bag for Life' so they have to replace it free of charge...


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    • Mr Pheer
      So Fucking Banned
      • Dec 2002
      • 22083

      #3
      Some of us dont know wtf you're talking about

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      • 247mg
        Yellowplum / 247mg
        • Feb 2008
        • 2162

        #4
        5p a bag. 4p going to 10 downing street expenses I believe
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        • Paul Markham
          Too old to care
          • Jun 2001
          • 52942

          #5
          Originally posted by 247mg
          5p a bag. 4p going to 10 downing street expenses I believe
          It's to stop or reduce this.



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          Personally I think shops should be banned from giving bags to customers. I remember a time when we always had a carrier bag or bags when we went to the shops.

          The way we abuse the planet, makes me feel many think there's another one waiting to replace it. When this one's no longer fit for purpose.



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          • MiamiBoyz
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            • Oct 2012
            • 6690

            #6

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            • Jayblack187
              tarateen.com
              • Jan 2008
              • 413

              #7
              i got the I phone 6+ yesterday, ....Apple charged me 5p for the bag



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              • BlackCrayon
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Jun 2003
                • 19634

                #8
                most places started charging for bags years ago here. at first you'd see a lot of people using the reusable bags but as time went on less and less seemed to use them and these days it seems most people don't bother and just pay the 5 cents per bag. so now the stores are making money off selling the bags and nothing changes.
                you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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                • Best-In-BC
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jun 2002
                  • 9511

                  #9
                  Originally posted by MiamiBoyz
                  Nice Photoshop or synthol
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                  • ottopottomouse
                    She is ugly, bad luck.
                    • Jan 2010
                    • 13177

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Paul Markham
                    I remember a time when we always had a carrier bag or bags when we went to the shops.
                    Because then you left home specifically to go to the shops and then go home again.
                    ↑ see post ↑
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                    • clickity click
                      So Fecking Bummed
                      • Aug 2014
                      • 3682

                      #11
                      I was wondering if I wanted to be pedantic about it whether I could return that bag.
                      I mean, I purchased the bag so I am legally entitled to return the bag if it gets a rip in it right?
                      The shop would then need to replace or refund the purchase?

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                      • RazorSharpe
                        Confirmed User
                        • Aug 2001
                        • 2238

                        #12
                        Originally posted by DVTimes
                        Darn it.

                        I now have to keep my bag for life with me in case I pop to the shops.
                        STFU no one wants to marry you so you'll never have a bag for life ...
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                        • HelmutKohl
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2012
                          • 378

                          #13
                          In EU they charge you 20C per each bag and they ask first if you need it. In US like Walmart, they just keep bagging one item per plastic bag, ppl don't mind since they are all free. I get sick when I see 10 items in 10 plastic bags ppl carry in their carts... When I bring my own bag, cashier looks at me like I am from a different planet...

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                          • Sly
                            Let's do some business!
                            • Sep 2004
                            • 31376

                            #14
                            Originally posted by BlackCrayon
                            most places started charging for bags years ago here. at first you'd see a lot of people using the reusable bags but as time went on less and less seemed to use them and these days it seems most people don't bother and just pay the 5 cents per bag. so now the stores are making money off selling the bags and nothing changes.
                            I've used my reusable bags for years, long before it turned into a legal issue with any cities, an ex got me into it. Frankly, I love it. The reusable bags work better, they hold more items, and they create less final waste. And they save $.50-1.00 at the grocery store (that's what they charge here.)

                            Whether or not others are using them, I can't really say, I have not paid attention.
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                            • Sly
                              Let's do some business!
                              • Sep 2004
                              • 31376

                              #15
                              Originally posted by HelmutKohl
                              In EU they charge you 20C per each bag and they ask first if you need it. In US like Walmart, they just keep bagging one item per plastic bag, ppl don't mind since they are all free. I get sick when I see 10 items in 10 plastic bags ppl carry in their carts... When I bring my own bag, cashier looks at me like I am from a different planet...
                              I can put a whole grocery trip in 2 reusable bags.
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                              • BlackCrayon
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Jun 2003
                                • 19634

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Sly
                                I've used my reusable bags for years, long before it turned into a legal issue with any cities, an ex got me into it. Frankly, I love it. The reusable bags work better, they hold more items, and they create less final waste. And they save $.50-1.00 at the grocery store (that's what they charge here.)

                                Whether or not others are using them, I can't really say, I have not paid attention.
                                if the stores charged 50 cents a bad i'd imagine people would try harder. i'm going to try to get back into using the reusable bags again. no reason not to really. though i do like to have some of the plastic bags around to put my cats used litter in.
                                you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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                                • EddyTheDog
                                  Just Doing My Own Thing
                                  • Jan 2011
                                  • 25433

                                  #17
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                                  • Jel
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Feb 2007
                                    • 6904

                                    #18
                                    problem with these bags for life is by the time I get home, all the cunting shopping has spilled out of them... with the old carrier bags I just tied the tops. I can't even do that though with the new style bags that are 5p each. And nope I don't drive like a lunatic when I have food shopping.... empty boot just makes the bags slide, add in roundabouts etc and they topple over and spill every time.

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                                    • Paul Markham
                                      Too old to care
                                      • Jun 2001
                                      • 52942

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by ottopottomouse
                                      Because then you left home specifically to go to the shops and then go home again.
                                      How old do you think I am?

                                      We still had impulse buying in those days. Not as much as todays consumer society, if it's so normal, carry a small fold up bag in your pocket, or pay the money.



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                                      • _Richard_
                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                        • Oct 2006
                                        • 30991

                                        #20
                                        im not sure if there is a corner of the planet that has not been vocally informed that you now pay 5p (is that cents? it better not be cents) per bag

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