Primark - How?!

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I used to know a Turkish guy whose family owned a company that made clothes for the big UK high street stores. They were always shocked when they visited the UK and saw how much mark-up there was on their products. A coat that they sold for £10 would be on sale for £70-80.

I guess that Primark can sell at the prices they do by following the Ikea model - stack the shelves high, cut back on staff and make the customer do all of the leg work.
 
Just because something you bought from Next, Zara, Jack & Jones for £70 doesn't make it any better quality than one for £20 at Primark. It's just these trendy store adding on high markups.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
How many people here truly, genuinely care about how and where their clothes were made?
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Actually I do. I do still buy cheap items but increasingly I try to buy products made in the UK. If that's not possible then something made in Europe. I have several jackets, shirts and pairs of shoes made in the UK and a couple of jackets made in Italy. Yes the price is higher but I can really tell the difference in quality with the UK shoes and UK/Italian jackets.

Cheap items such as t-shirts, underwear and jumpers I'll still buy cheap and from any country though.

Once you try a semi nice pair of shoes from a proper shoe maker (not fashion brands) you realise just what the difference is.
 
LeeUK said:
Just because something you bought from Next, Zara, Jack & Jones for £70 doesn't make it any better quality than one for £20 at Primark. It's just these trendy store adding on high markups.
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I find most of the expensive clothes I've bought is better quality and longer lasting, not all of it but a big percentage
 
Whenever I venture into Primark I get the feeling I'm also paying for the baby clothes the single mothers are lining up to buy. A smile of appreciation would go a long way.
 
I've bought whole outfits at Primark after being a dirty stop out. Their stuff tends to be lower quality than similar items elsewhere, though obviously cheaper. Personally I don't cheap out on jeans, socks and shirts, just isn't worth the savings
 
Dugganator said:
I agree had a pair of diesel jeans fall to bits on me after like 9 months where as I have a pair of Asda jeans still going great after 7 years :o Price difference I think was like ten times the amount for the diesel jeans :p
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Used to work in the clothing trade.

My employer had jeans made in the same factory as Diesel at the time.

Same material, same style with a small change just enough not to get into trouble.

Off the top of my head

Diesel- Cost 39.99 Retail 130
Own brand - Cost 4.99 Retail 19.99 or two for 30 :D
 
tom_e said:
:confused: That doesn't even make any sense.
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Most who pay tax feel that everyone else is a self entitled scrounger and that they are paying for everyone elses way.

In reality, very few people of our generations will pay more in than what we will receive in terms of public services, even if we do not claim any sort of allowance through our lifetime.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Most who pay tax feel that everyone else is a self entitled scrounger and that they are paying for everyone elses way.

In reality, very few people of our generations will pay more in than what we will receive in terms of public services, even if we do not claim any sort of allowance through our lifetime.
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How much income tax do you need to pay to be a net contributor?
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Most who pay tax feel that everyone else is a self entitled scrounger and that they are paying for everyone elses way.

In reality, very few people of our generations will pay more in than what we will receive in terms of public services, even if we do not claim any sort of allowance through our lifetime.
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Ah right so being a single mum also makes them a benefit scrounger. I understand now :rolleyes:
 
I got my last lot of gym clothes from Primark. Dead cheap for running/gym t-shirts, same goes for shorts too. Quality is perfect and they look decent too.

Their main bulk of casual clothes they sell is hit and miss and I do find the fit of some of it a bit poor. Its good for cheap t-shirts and casual shorts, socks and undies but I prefer to buy my jeans and jumpers from places like Pull & Bear, H&M, Topman, Burtons etc as they offer a wider range of on-trend garments.

I did buy a shirt for work from there which was decent quality, only about £8 but they do do some more expensive ones which look a lot higher quality but I didn't bother with them, they could well be spot on. I prefer H&M's easy iron slim fit shirts which are £9.99 for work. Much better quality I find and they sometimes have 20% off them which makes them a nudge under £8 which is a bargain.
 
R.O.S.S.I said:
I prefer H&M's easy iron slim fit shirts which are £9.99 for work. Much better quality I find and they sometimes have 20% off them which makes them a nudge under £8 which is a bargain.
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I got some nice-ish suits from H&M, cheap as chips but fine for every day work. I have a jacket and trousers hung up at work in case the need to look a bit sharper arises by surprise!
 
tom_e said:
Ah right so being a single mum also makes them a benefit scrounger. I understand now :rolleyes:
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It is sad but that seems to be the trending view. OCuk forum dwellers seem to express it enough, as proved by some posters in this thread.

Terminal_Boy said:
How much income tax do you need to pay to be a net contributor?
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I believe you must be in the top 40% of earners to be a net contributor if you use estimates from today's costs.

Having said that, most of us would have taken advantage of a much cheaper for students and more heavily government funded higher education. We are also expected to be far more costly in the future due to living longer, extending the already huge costs of a retiree. At the moment, economic migrants of the second quintile and above are apparently paying a significant net amount due to not costing anything to educate, as well as not costing us after they return home when they retire.


These figures are off of the top of my head, though a little googling will probably confirm (or deny) my claims.
 
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