$8 for 500g of butter! Name n shame

**fuknKIWI** · 27th February 2011, 16:42

Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase

bet having to squeeze it out of the teat into the bottle, then churn the leftovers into butter got to be a pain in the proverbial though. cost or convenience?

By '73 we ad the old cream seprator running from an electric motor had a milking machine that took as long to clean as it did too milk the 2 or 3 cows that were in milk. Still it was easier to clean the machine than too hand milk. Have you ever shaken hands with an experienced hand milker? Those milk maids gave good hand jobs

**dangerous** · 27th February 2011, 18:27

Originally Posted by FROSTY

hey guys putting it in prospective--what is the normal price for a pound of butter at a dairy? I know its shot up a bit recently at the supermarket

4 bucks... so they doubled it, ya happy with that?

**JMemonic** · 27th February 2011, 19:01

Originally Posted by XF650

This disaster is a good reminder to hang onto any decent size (food grade) water containers.
Not sure if it's normal retail or not, but $25 for a 20 litre water container (tap is extra) at Mitre 10 seems expensive.

Seems about right, the shocker is the bottler buys it where they have to pay water rights for about $1.50 per tonne.

**JMemonic** · 27th February 2011, 19:04

Originally Posted by dangerous

4 bucks... so they doubled it, ya happy with that?

One in Halswell was $5 on Thursday, forgot to get it at the supermarket bugger it.

**Ghost_Bullet** · 27th February 2011, 19:12

Originally Posted by JMemonic

One in Halswell was $5 on Thursday, forgot to get it at the supermarket bugger it.

Yea an extra buck or buck.50 at the corner dairy, acceptable, its not like they have the bulk buy power...on the flip side they need to help them selves with being "fair".
That goes for all products and services. Then its on the consumer to decide how much willing to pay.

**Pogo2** · 27th February 2011, 19:24

some motels charging $500+ a night for something really small.

Weve sent staff down to Chch the last couple of days and accomodation appears as rare as hens teeth!

**racefactory** · 27th February 2011, 19:27

I'm afraid the truth is it's still each for their own in these tough economic times. I've donated and applied for volunteer labour but not everyone can co-operate in that way. Most of you probably don't know jack shit about how the owners run those shops and when they can be supplied etc.

It's their business and they can do whatever the fuck they like- if you don't like it, don't fucking buy it. You can't expect people who still have to run a business to gladly sell out and stop running.

**Smifffy** · 27th February 2011, 19:32

Originally Posted by racefactory

I'm afraid the truth is it's still each for their own in these tough economic times. I've donated and applied for volunteer labour but you can't expect everyone to co-operate in that way. It's their business and they can do whatever the fuck they like- if you don't like it, don't fucking buy it.

...Or anything from them... ever... again.

**Smifffy** · 27th February 2011, 19:34

To be forever known as the greedy hungry price gouger about town.

**racefactory** · 27th February 2011, 19:38

...and yet people will still buy from them now and after.

**fuknKIWI** · 27th February 2011, 19:56

I guess a ticket into CHCH is a lot cheaper than one out of CHCH.

**Yow Ling** · 27th February 2011, 20:31

Coca cola Amatil regularly charge 4.00 for a litre of water and nobody cares. Same shit that comes out of taps. I was at the church in Victoria St in Rangiora they filled 10,000 1l bottles with water for chch, CCA and distribution etc would get 40k for that , handy money for a morning on the hose.

1 cent worth of water for $4.00
4.50 worth of butter for 8.oo maybe its not so bad after all.

Who would want to own a dairy , make fuck all and put up with endless shit for 12 hours a day,

**Smifffy** · 27th February 2011, 20:35

Originally Posted by Yow Ling

Coca cola Amatil regularly charge 4.00 for a litre of water and nobody cares. Same shit that comes out of taps. I was at the church in Victoria St in Rangiora they filled 10,000 1l bottles with water for chch, CCA and distribution etc would get 40k for that , handy money for a morning on the hose.

1 cent worth of water for $4.00
4.50 worth of butter for 8.oo maybe its not so bad after all.

Who would want to own a dairy , make fuck all and put up with endless shit for 12 hours a day,

Yeah, people regularly pay $4 for that bottle of water. What sucks is when that bottle of water that has been determined to be worth $4 is now charged out at $7 because of a disaster.

Nobody is complaining about the regular price of stuff, rather the new inflated price of stuff because there 'might' be a shortage.

Having said all that, if up here stuff was charged out at more than normal price in order to subsidise supplies to the cantabs, I'd probably go for it.

**dangerous** · 27th February 2011, 20:42

Originally Posted by racefactory

It's their business and they can do whatever the fuck they like- if you don't like it, don't fucking buy it. You can't expect people who still have to run a business to gladly sell out and stop running.

What a farking crock a shit... nothing is running out so they wont sell out... dont drive a skyline do ya?

Originally Posted by Yow Ling

4.50 worth of butter for 8.oo maybe its not so bad after all,

ohh crap, doubling ya prices for lifes basics in such a situation is shit house... people need the basics to live in town, they have lost everything its ok for you in the sticks to preach you can live of your land if you chose...
On another note... ya factory survive, farking messy round that area in places.

For me tomorow... back on the digger clearing buildings of roads etc, I hope like hell I dont see anymore bodys mashed into a pulp, I'd sooner pay 8 bucks for butter.