Ordinary Gweilo

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Crazy reductions

Someone in the management of Park’n’Shop has clearly gone mad.  They have decided that what shoppers really want is reductions on all “yellow label” products (please don’t ask me what a “yellow label” product might be, but there are a lot of them).

The problem is that a large number of these reductions seem to be a nominal 10 cents.  Am I meant to be impressed when something is reduced from $54.70 to $54.60?  Because I’m not.  Worse than that, I noticed one product that was previously sold at $10.00 but is now marked down from $11.70 to $11.60.  Er, hang on…

As ever, it pays to be alert when shopping in Hong Kong supermarkets.

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    BWG

    I find it rather hilarious that I can pick up a bottle of Taylor’s Fine Ruby Port at Taste in Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong (Watson’s Wine Cellar — a division of the Li Ka-Ching! group, as is Park N’ Shop) for $99, and yet the local PNS has it at $155 (on sale from $159! Woo!).
    If you don’t do your homework, you’ll get screwed every time.

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