What would you pay?

[Joe_the_Lion]

Assuming wages/pensions etc and inflation were the same what would you be willing to pay until you really start to protest for

1) a litre of fuel

2) 20 cigarettes

3) A pint of beer

4) Monthly TV license

Mine would be

1) �2

2) �20 (I don't smoke)

3) �5

6) �20 per month.

[jno]

ah, I remember people promising 'If fags go up over �1 a packet, I'm giving up.' Maybe they did.

[Kathyan]

What's the point of protesting, the Government don't listen anyway! But to answer your question
1. �1
2. I don't smoke, but they should be �20
3. I don't drink either but �3
4. The licence fee should be abolished altogether. You have a choice on the other three but not on this one!

[mushroom25]

kathayan, you have the choice not to have a tv, surely?

[Oneeyedvic]

1) �1.50
2) �50.00 (non smoker)
3) �5.00 / �3.50 a shot
4) �40 - Sorry, but the BBC is so worth it to get independent television.

[jake-the-peg]

Interesting question Joe

Don't drink or smoke but probably �2 petrol �40 TV license.

The biggie of course is the percentage of your income that goes on mortgage repayments after all a rise quarter percent on a �100,000 mortgage is nearly double the TV license for a year!

If we had double figure interest rates back like we did under John Major I'd be screaming!

[Kathyan]

Mushroom, if the TV licence was for all the channels then that would be OK. Seeing as the revenue from the licence goes to the BBC, then I don't have a choice on how my money is spent.

[Supernick]

1. �1.50.
2. Couldn't care less
3. It really annoyed me paying �4 in a swanky London bar the other day. If that was the norm I'd be protesting.
4. �30

Kathyan - I presume if you don't live in London? �3 is pretty normal in the centre You'd already have your placards out! My last petrol cost 99.9 for unleaded as well.

[Kathyan]

No, I don't live in London! South Yorkshire. I paid 95.9 yesterday.

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, i think the rates now are reasonable(with the exception of the TV license) . The thing i would always protest about is where my money goes. I dont mind paying a little extra to fund pensioners, single mothers, etc.
Its when it goes to useless things like immigrants and assylum seekers and funding terrorists...

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, i live in east lancashire and my petrol costs 94.8p :)

[Joe_the_Lion]

I have to agree that in my local (South East, but not London) a pint is �3.00 exactly.

I have to buy super unleaded and it is �1.02 per litre.

Kathyan, with your prices, you should run as Chancellor of the Exchequer. You'd get my vote!!!

[Kathyan]

I have been told that before Joe!

[feebee102]

Our local petrol station in Lincolnshire put theirs up today to �1.039

[Kathyan]

Why has there not been any protesting about these latest rises in petrol? Oh I forgot, we're not allowed to protest now are we!?

[ruby27]

Could you explain what you mean by protest is it
- moan to your family
-refuse to purchase the above
-use the above but illegally by not paying
-lobbying your MP
-writing to the newspaper posting AB
-marching
-sulking
-suicide
-bungee jumping of Bristol Suspension bridge
its just without knowing what you mean by protesting, I am not sure I can comment on my tolereance level of price would be for any of these commodities.

[Kathyan]

I meant the fuel protesters who picketed the fuel depots last year.

[Scylax]

Pubs ? I avoid them like the plague. I see no
merit in them, since their 'goodies' can be obtained
for a fraction of the price at a local supermarket, esp.
Lidl, Aldi, etc.
Cigarettes ? Irrelevant, but I smoke a pipe now and
then.
Petrol ? When it reaches the same price as a pint
in a pub, I will give up driving.
Television ? I'd pay �30 for Sky Documentaries and
�5 for all the others, combined.