What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

[Arzosah]

British Military thermal undershirt arrived today, impressed so purchased three more in varying colours.

I like the extra bumflap to stop riding up when bending only.

https://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop ... RIQAvD_BwE

Ooh! And it has a zip cover to stop it rubbing your skin, and the cuffs have a thumb hole that's my kinda shirt!

[Yorkshire Andy]

Another head torch

Another heavily discounted emergency light ... With maintained / none maintained modes if this blackout business really kicks off its going up in the lounge in place of the fancy room light not cosmetic but light output rivals the little led capsules of the current light and if the power goes off... We get three hours of automatically activated light

And a tiny one to go on the landing again if the power goes off the light illuminated that will get wired into the fire detection circuit which is constantly live at the top of the stairs

[pseudonym]

British Military thermal undershirt arrived today, impressed so purchased three more in varying colours.

I like the extra bumflap to stop riding up when bending only.

https://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop ... RIQAvD_BwE

Ooh! And it has a zip cover to stop it rubbing your skin, and the cuffs have a thumb hole that's my kinda shirt!

They're not like the old Norgies (Norwegian shirt) although designed like them the material is a very soft thin fleece, for use in the complete layering system.

[steptoe]

Ok well we just done a gas run and also called in farm foods just be careful in farmfoods they are doing some tricks in there now , we use to get a 2 x 5ltr pack of fairy liquid for £12.99 so the wife said grab a box while here and saw it had dropped to £11.98 so i put a box in anyway when we checked out i said that seems a lot wife checked the bill and saw we had been charged £23.98 for the liquid the guy said no it is £11.98 each

So i asked why are they in 2 packs in the boxes then and not put out as singles

[Yorkshire Andy]

Ok well we just done a gas run and also called in farm foods just be careful in farmfoods they are doing some tricks in there now , we use to get a 2 x 5ltr pack of fairy liquid for £12.99 so the wife said grab a box while here and saw it had dropped to £11.98 so i put a box in anyway when we checked out i said that seems a lot wife checked the bill and saw we had been charged £23.98 for the liquid the guy said no it is £11.98 each

So i asked why are they in 2 packs in the boxes then and not put out as singles

Found out of most of the shops they seem to have really jacked their prices up more than most lately

[jennyjj01]

Ok well we just done a gas run and also called in farm foods just be careful in farmfoods they are doing some tricks in there now , we use to get a 2 x 5ltr pack of fairy liquid for £12.99 so the wife said grab a box while here and saw it had dropped to £11.98 so i put a box in anyway when we checked out i said that seems a lot wife checked the bill and saw we had been charged £23.98 for the liquid the guy said no it is £11.98 each

So i asked why are they in 2 packs in the boxes then and not put out as singles

Did you win the debate?
The Range lists it for £6.99, but is out of stock. Shows how the price has rocketed.
https://www.therange.co.uk/household/wa ... liquid-5l/

They do 5L bottles of Fairy Liquid? That's something I've been looking out for in the hope of saving. But at £1.20 a litre, they can keep it. At £2.40 a litre they can stick it where the sun don't shine.

Currently using the W5 Washing up liquid from Lidl. 74p/litre and they do 2L top-up sachets at £1.49. But very rare have any in.
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/w5/w5-washing-up-liquid/p30351

[Yorkshire Andy]

Ok well we just done a gas run and also called in farm foods just be careful in farmfoods they are doing some tricks in there now , we use to get a 2 x 5ltr pack of fairy liquid for £12.99 so the wife said grab a box while here and saw it had dropped to £11.98 so i put a box in anyway when we checked out i said that seems a lot wife checked the bill and saw we had been charged £23.98 for the liquid the guy said no it is £11.98 each

So i asked why are they in 2 packs in the boxes then and not put out as singles

Did you win the debate?
The Range lists it for £6.99, but is out of stock. Shows how the price has rocketed.
https://www.therange.co.uk/household/wa ... liquid-5l/

They do 5L bottles of Fairy Liquid? That's something I've been looking out for in the hope of saving. But at £1.20 a litre, they can keep it. At £2.40 a litre they can stick it where the sun don't shine.

Currently using the W5 Washing up liquid from Lidl. 74p/litre and they do 2L top-up sachets at £1.49. But very rare have any in.
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/w5/w5-washing-up-liquid/p30351

Yep I've still got about 8l stashed in the shed from pre lockdown

Some of the trade supplier sites are just crackers

You dont see 5l flaggons of bleach like you used to either

[jennyjj01]

Yep I've still got about 8l stashed in the shed from pre lockdown

Some of the trade supplier sites are just crackers

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You dont see 5l flaggons of bleach like you used to either

I cannot understand it. With those ridiculous prices, who buys the stuff? I can only imagine that some business, somewhere has told the 'procurement department' to order x Litres a month 'From that place we got it last time' Because nobody would knowingly pay that.

Ebay is insane.....
There's one seller flogging
Tesco 5P Off Fairy Liquid Washing Up Liquid 1 litre and 500ml Coupon. expired 30/9/89 x 7 for £3+ postage?
35p of expired coupons for 4 quid?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125606221578

Huh?


That said. Do you remember the green fairy toilet soap? When it got withdrawn, Mr J bought a lifetime supply on a pallet. We still have a few cases.. It currently sells for £10 a bar on ebay, not that we sell ours.
This is the only way I can think of of beating inflation. Just buy a lifetime supply of such products. The tricky bit is estimating a lifetime and having the brass neck to literally empty the shelves

[Yorkshire Andy]

I cannot understand it. With those ridiculous prices, who buys the stuff? I can only imagine that some business, somewhere has told the 'procurement department' to order x Litres a month 'From that place we got it last time' Because nobody would knowingly pay that.

They do that and once you've ordered as a business you suddenly find their local sales rep keeps appearing we had one of the big "catalogue" workplace consumables reps for "l yr ico " who would produce boxes of chocolate for our lady in the office and jars of coffee etc hoping to get an order ... She wouldn't take no / don't come back for an answer... I got drawn Into the great debate as they sell the same ear defenders Ive got clapped to my head as I wandered into the office with some paperwork... they are a good price £25 a pair.......... I got 10 pairs for £50 she accused me of lying..... I got our lady in the office to get the receipt I put in 2 weeks before from the ARCO factory shop when I cleared the shelf whilst picking up some consumables with the boss in the van next my safety glasses £5 a pair apparently oh ok I'll have 3 pairs I'll get you my prescription.. As they cost £90 with prescription lenses .... .. she didn't like me... The MD Then poked his head round the door he'd been ear wigging telling her to do one and he will buy us a box of chocolate for saving so much money (and he did)

A month later who's at the barrier trying to get back on site .. the barrier stayed closed

[steptoe]

This is the only way I can think of of beating inflation. Just buy a lifetime supply of such products. The tricky bit is estimating a lifetime and having the brass neck to literally empty the shelves

LOL at the brass neck we today went in b & m as i need a quick fix for wet rotten manure mine is still rotting down and i want to do my mushrooms so went there to get a bag and as we had to walk past all the other stuff well let's say i have a very happy wife we have been struggling the last few years to get orange and lemon slices at christmas not this year we emptied the shelves of them and also the tropical ones , it is funny people always say they hate them but they are a bugger to find and while only sell them at christmas i ask myself hmmmm


We even bragged at the check out about it the wife was like a dog with 2 tails lol

Well guys and girls we are nearly full of stock but i am sure something will come up lol , we order our water in the 4 x 2ltr packs but have ot use sainsburys for it as we order 50 packs at a time long story i have to drink lots as my blood dries out fast and i over heat all from my accident but hey , so as i say nearly fully stock and a thanks to andy again on the heads up on the stoves i got 2 and 12 gas this month next month i get 12 more gas and also got a couple of 4.5 kg butane for the other camping stove