women, marketing, nothing between lug holes - SV650.org

timwilky · 12-11-10, 04:33 PM

so the wife is already starting to get into the "Must get shopping for christmas mode, xyz has already done hers" etc.

So she took my plastic out for a work harden last night. Just been looking in the goodies cupboard. Hmmmm would she notice if I raided the M&S mince pies as I pick up one of 4 boxes.

WTF. sell by 28/11/10, Best before 30/11/10. They are in christmas packaging, wishing you a merry christmas from Marks and Spencer with holly and berries etc. Damm things will be mouldy before christmas.

Why put on the shelves stuff intended for christmas if it is not going to to be fit for consuming at christmas?

Why did she not check the dates on the packaging??

OK, it must be me!!! They are not intended to be for christmas, they are there to make the customer think about christmas and to put them into spending mode.

anna · 12-11-10, 04:35 PM

Sounds like a great excuse to eat them all up

12-11-10, 04:39 PM

this was on Watchdog last night.

12-11-10, 04:41 PM

it's a marketing ploy, get you to buy them now and then AGAIN closer to xmas when you realise that the mince pies you kept for xmas are out of date and taste like....

TBH, i think there should be something along the lines of "not fit for purpose" with stores selling stuff like this with very limited shelf lives as stuff designed to be used closer to xmas now.
You'd clearly not be able to keep them that long unless you froze them.
i'm thinking of having a go at making some myself this year, cant be too hard...

*Goes off to PM gruntygiggles for a pie recipie

timwilky · 12-11-10, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by benji106

this was on Watchdog last night.

Blinking coincidence. So I must not be the only one then to think it ludicrous to christmas package goods that will not be fit for consumption at christmas.

12-11-10, 05:09 PM

shut ya wining, have a coffee and a nice mince pie and chill out..its only flippin mince pies.. what chance in hell do you have of leaving them all alone untill then anway!?

12-11-10, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 454697819

shut ya wining, have a coffee and a nice mince pie and chill out..its only flippin mince pies.. what chance in hell do you have of leaving them all alone untill then anway!?

Numbers has a point, Coffee/Brandy, Warm Mince pie and Ice Cream

Biker Biggles · 12-11-10, 05:21 PM

If you dont want them Ill eat them.

12-11-10, 05:25 PM

Now we know who ate all the pies and why

Best not to let them go to waste though

Littlepeahead · 12-11-10, 05:28 PM

That's like those M&S lemon tarts and on the packaging it says 'Serves 6' - Six what? People from Lilliput? No, it serves me - in 3 large helpings.

12-11-10, 04:33 PM	#1
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	women, marketing, nothing between lug holes so the wife is already starting to get into the "Must get shopping for christmas mode, xyz has already done hers" etc. So she took my plastic out for a work harden last night. Just been looking in the goodies cupboard. Hmmmm would she notice if I raided the M&S mince pies as I pick up one of 4 boxes. WTF. sell by 28/11/10, Best before 30/11/10. They are in christmas packaging, wishing you a merry christmas from Marks and Spencer with holly and berries etc. Damm things will be mouldy before christmas. Why put on the shelves stuff intended for christmas if it is not going to to be fit for consuming at christmas? Why did she not check the dates on the packaging?? OK, it must be me!!! They are not intended to be for christmas, they are there to make the customer think about christmas and to put them into spending mode. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

12-11-10, 04:35 PM	#2
anna Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tower Hamlets but with Shutters on the windows Posts: 1,522	Re: women, marketing, nothing between lug holes Sounds like a great excuse to eat them all up

12-11-10, 04:39 PM	#3
benji106 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: women, marketing, nothing between lug holes this was on Watchdog last night.

12-11-10, 04:41 PM	#4
collis Guest Posts: n/a	Re: women, marketing, nothing between lug holes it's a marketing ploy, get you to buy them now and then AGAIN closer to xmas when you realise that the mince pies you kept for xmas are out of date and taste like.... TBH, i think there should be something along the lines of "not fit for purpose" with stores selling stuff like this with very limited shelf lives as stuff designed to be used closer to xmas now. You'd clearly not be able to keep them that long unless you froze them. i'm thinking of having a go at making some myself this year, cant be too hard... *Goes off to PM gruntygiggles for a pie recipie

12-11-10, 05:09 PM	#6
454697819 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: women, marketing, nothing between lug holes shut ya wining, have a coffee and a nice mince pie and chill out..its only flippin mince pies.. what chance in hell do you have of leaving them all alone untill then anway!?

12-11-10, 05:21 PM	#8
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Re: women, marketing, nothing between lug holes If you dont want them Ill eat them. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

12-11-10, 05:25 PM	#9
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	Re: women, marketing, nothing between lug holes Now we know who ate all the pies and why Best not to let them go to waste though

12-11-10, 05:28 PM	#10
Littlepeahead Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Saaarrrfff Posts: 2,908	Re: women, marketing, nothing between lug holes That's like those M&S lemon tarts and on the packaging it says 'Serves 6' - Six what? People from Lilliput? No, it serves me - in 3 large helpings. __________________ Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind...

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