Chit Chat
There is currently 1 person viewing this thread.
22 May 16
20:37
Joined:
Date Joined:
27 May 11
One of the most overpriced items we all have to buy imo
sort by:
Show
per page
Replies: 58
|
By:
You can't win - search for cheaper ones & they could well be snide.
Snide one's may well have jagged blades under very close inspection, Likely to cause infection. |
|
By:
it's to price out the self hurters.
|
|
By:
They've all been watching Peaky Blinders and they're sewing them into their caps.
|
|
By:
Sharp practices, imo.
|
|
By:
LIDL blades aren't bad for day to day use, you get 4 sets of double blades for cheap, they fit the classic old gilette razor types. The new "gilette 6 blade with dodo kitten blood ultraglide strip" type are I agree ridiculously expensive.
|
|
By:
i've had a full beard for ten years - f that.
I gave up shaving because i kept cutting myself. In the future with antibiotic resistance it could prove fatal. I don't like razor burn too. the first guy, a policeman, that got treatment with antibiotics got an infection from pruning rose bushes in his spare time. A prickle got him in his hand. They didn't have enough penicillin to treat him and had to collect his urine to strain it back out. He died simply because of a lack of penicillin. |
|
By:
Should they be so expensive in general?, always tagged too
|
|
By:
they're not though ,you can buy ten disposable razors for 80 pence .
|
|
By:
they've put the price up to save the steal industry.
|
|
By:
or put another way ,
why is the petrol for my Ferrari so expensive ? |
|
By:
I mean the proper ones, the 5 blades
|
|
By:
 |
|
By:
every heavily advertised item is the price folk are prepared to pay and not what it's worth.
|
|
By:
win the fight - grow a beard. Use a trimmer to keep it from getting weirdly bushy.
|
|
By:
just a Tax on the great Unwashed
 |
|
By:
They are that price because blokes pay it.
|
|
By:
I have a nice offer for you all if you need a few nice cheap blades !
Cornerstore.co.uk I signed up recently & you can get a nice engraved brushed steel handle & 6 (very sharp  ) Blades for just £4 Delivered ...Just do me a favour if you sign up & enter my code / 7mat1054 & I get another £10 free  Trust me they're well worth £4 of your time ! Very nice Quality blades wouldn't spam you with it otherwise .. just sent me the code in the box  They ask you to select a regular purchase when you sigh up but you simply Cancel it once received |
|
By:
"They are that price because blokes pay it. "
Like designer handbags sold at a 50,000% markup because they've got a logo on them. If you want a 5 blade razor, gaffa tape two and a half dual blade razors together, in your shed. That's what a real man would do. |
|
By:
This is the Information age we live in Just checking
 |
|
By:
sorry my mistake it's
cornerstone.co.uk/7mat1054  |
|
By:
I am not a Regular or Owner of these sites
 |
|
By:
get an electric razor , less fuss
|
|
By:
True have been considering that Coach but I like a clean neck ... I mean whatever next .. Pony tails coz you cannot be bothered
 |
|
By:
warren buffett
Buffett liked Gillette a lot and labeled it along with Coca-Cola as one of ‘The Inevitables’. people will always want a coke and have to shave. |
|
By:
I buy a 5-pack of Wilkinson disposables from the £1.00 shop and sometimes, when on offer, Sainsbury's sell them for £2.00 for 10. Considering I shave my head as well as my face I need a blade that can do the job and these, after having a stock of discarded disposable in the bathroom, do a nice job. I found the green ones were not up for it but the blue one is my preferred choice. I shave every other day (head once a week) and each blade can last for up to two weeks. I think I can handle 10p per week.
Back in 2009, following the stock market crash, I found myself unemployed for a while and had to learn to budget very carefully. Whilst researching this I discovered that £ for £ shaving foam is actually 10x cheaper than gel and it does, imo, the same job. |
|
By:
As i have hair I don't need foam to shave simply rub up a lather from a bar of soap and spread all over my face. Of course i save more by not shaving at all. use a hair clipper to even it all out.
|
|
By:
Razor blades are so expensive because people will buy them at that price.
|
|
By:
Ironically zorro I don't use foam on my head, it's a straight wet shave and Jack, spot on mate!
|
|
By:
Razorpit Blade Sharpener (about £8 off Amazon)
Use it during shave several times. My Gillette blades now last 3 months instead of 1 A spray of alcohol too. Blades don't go blunt, it's the crap that you leave on, that blunts the edge |
|
By:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Razorpit-RP-O-B-Razor-Blade-Sharpener/dp/B004W2UMDW
|
|
By:
Great minds n all that
|
|
By:
They also put a 50% premium on similar blades for women.
Whenever I used to go to France I would stock up on my preferred blades. It's all part of rip-off Britain. |
|
By:
Does the sharpener work on multi blades?
|
|
By:
http://www.sportsdirect.com/mega-value-gillette-2-5-razor-pack-962342?colcode=96234290
|
|
By:
Aspro 23 May 16 05:03 Joined: 16 Dec 02 | Topic/replies: 4,686 | Blogger: Aspro's blog
I buy a 5-pack of Wilkinson disposables from the £1.00 shop and sometimes, when on offer, Sainsbury's sell them for £2.00 for 10. Considering I shave my head as well as my face I need a blade that can do the job and these, after having a stock of discarded disposable in the bathroom, do a nice job. I found the green ones were not up for it but the blue one is my preferred choice. I shave every other day (head once a week) and each blade can last for up to two weeks. I think I can handle 10p per week. Back in 2009, following the stock market crash, I found myself unemployed for a while and had to learn to budget very carefully. Whilst researching this I discovered that £ for £ shaving foam is actually 10x cheaper than gel and it does, imo, the same job. http://www.sportsdirect.com/SearchResults?DescriptionFilter=Razor%20Pack they ones |
|
By:
Yeah the blue ones on the left - I didn't find the greens worked well with me
|
|
By:
I treied they gillettes and they work just as good as any special gillette ive ever had and it saves me thinking this head cost me £5 i better more use out it
|
|
By:
Im sure ive had the wilkos out Asda
|
|
By:
I didn't like the Gillettes; they were my first choice and although they done the job I've stuck with these. They have a little push button on top that separates the blades for easy cleaning. Either way, if you can get 2 weeks out of one of these razors that is good value.
I judge a blade on how it does my head because you have to shave by touch. I seldom miss bits with this blade, it tends to get most of the hairs down to almost a cue ball. I can get a cue ball with them too but then I get issues with spots coming up as the hairs grow through again and it also takes an age to get it totally smooth. |