No, it’s not. The interest is paid by the company selling the product, therefore the interest is built into the price of the item. The natural thing for companies to do when sales figures slump is to discount the products, but this can cause problems. Firstly, will the customers still want to by the product […]
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Most conspiracy theories receive short shrift from the vast majority of people. That’s not to say that they may be wrong, it’s just that most people don’t tend to believe the conspiracy theorists, concluding that they are “nuts”. There are two exceptions to this rule: 9-11 and the “Nasa Moon Landing Hoax”. It’s the latter […]
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Yep, couldn’t believe it. Went to Tesco to grab a sandwich for lunch today and had my ears assaulted by a group of carol singers.
It’s November.
Not even the middle of November.
Cynical and flagrant profiteering from a national holiday? Every little helps.
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The answer is: good. Very good.
I’ve just had genuine Yamaha heated grips installed on my FZ6 Fazer, and it has revolutionised my winter riding. The genuine Yamaha grips seem to cost considerably more than generic grips made by people like Oxford, but Bransons in Yeovil did me a deal because I had bought my bike […]
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The latest Bond outing picks up from where Casino Royale left off, and continues down a very different route to the Bond films of old. I enjoyed Casino Royale, though I remember a couple getting up and walking out halfway through, presumably because it just wasn’t “Bond enough”. I thought the movie deserved to be […]
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