Chip Shops

twe · 3 Dec 2010 at 16:48

Go Vegetarian, save the fish!

Oh wait its already been battered, cArp!

ElectroBlaster · 3 Dec 2010 at 17:32

Put the manager in his plaice and do him up like a kipper! This story reeks of fish, oh cod that was bad lol

MikeHunt79 · 3 Dec 2010 at 17:40

Were the fish still swimming around in a tank?

utajoker · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:03

the scale of this has certainly escalated.

Ice Rich · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:11

You lot are making jokes for the halibut

dowie · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:36

tonym said:
I may be being really thick, but is this not trying to stop people pointing to the larger fillets and saying "I'll have that one".
It's not saying you get charged for specifying cod or haddock etc.....

What is wrong with that though tbh.... If you're selling a product that varies in size and quality then its only natural, where you chose to display the product, that customers will chose which specific product they want to buy. To charge for this as an extra service is a bit cheeky.

Imagine a second hand car dealer selling BMW 3 series - you can specify a 3 series BMW but you can't choose the exact 3 series out the 5 he has on show unless you pay an extra fee for the 'privilege' of choosing.

I guess with the fish shop you could always ask for Cod and if they happen to give you some manky,scrawny specimen of a fish when there are larger ones present then tell them you've changed your mind.

dowie · 3 Dec 2010 at 18:40

Redz said:
The owner must be a dab hand at making a profit.

unlikely tbh.. - prob a grumpy old man who often makes skanky looking fish which sit there all evening before being thrown in the bin as his customers chose to buy the ones he's managed to not screw up.

Sherbs · 3 Dec 2010 at 19:19

How about if you ask what fish your getting and if its the one you wanted your up 30p.

If not ask for it to be changed and be down 30p?

~>Dg<~ · 3 Dec 2010 at 19:24

eel be netting the cash in.

Redz · 3 Dec 2010 at 19:31

dowie said:
unlikely tbh.. - prob a grumpy old man who often makes skanky looking fish which sit there all evening before being thrown in the bin as his customers chose to buy the ones he's managed to not screw up.

dab hand

Lopéz · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:07

dowie said:
What is wrong with that though tbh.... If you're selling a product that varies in size and quality then its only natural, where you chose to display the product, that customers will chose which specific product they want to buy. To charge for this as an extra service is a bit cheeky.

Imagine a second hand car dealer selling BMW 3 series - you can specify a 3 series BMW but you can't choose the exact 3 series out the 5 he has on show unless you pay an extra fee for the 'privilege' of choosing.

I guess with the fish shop you could always ask for Cod and if they happen to give you some manky,scrawny specimen of a fish when there are larger ones present then tell them you've changed your mind.

If each 3 series was identical it wouldn't matter because they are all the same so there is no point paying more to choose.

Same applies to the fish. It's unlikely all are identical hence paying extra to "pick one out"

uvarvu · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:47

This is THE SAME as the dead pixel checks that some tech sellers offer! You've got a bigger chance of getting a poorer quality monitor/fish because customers might have taken the seller up on the deal

Gilly · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:48

uvarvu said:
This is THE SAME as the dead pixel checks that some tech sellers offer! You've got a bigger chance of getting a poorer quality monitor/fish because customers might have taken the seller up on the deal

That's why it is profiteering.

Brian8bit · 3 Dec 2010 at 20:50

I'd pay 30p for a dead pixel check.

Mr-White · 4 Dec 2010 at 12:59

Brian8bit said:
I'd pay 30p for a dead pixel check.

If there's a dead pixel in your cod, I'd check there's not a glitch in the matrix before shelling our 30p

MW