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Originally Posted by TraxData
...cant afford TV but really need it (as you do with kids) then you'll try and get it for as cheap as you can.
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why would you 'need' it for kids?
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Originally Posted by TraxData
If most of us could actually afford to live we wouldnt have to adopt the "pay the least possible" attitude.
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Not at all - it seems to be (as Stuart said) something that is ingrained into us - as a culture we seem to be unique in the fact that we think being thrifty when it comes to food shopping is a good thing - rather than worrying about the quality of the food we have we're more concerned about spending as little as possible - the UK has a very strange attitude like this.
I seem to remember reading that we spend less on food than most countries and pride ourselves on it