What is wrong?
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Originally posted by poon pee pee:
What is wrong with Ya Kun raising his price of his produce?
Ya Kun have gone ahead to raise their price for a set of coffee & butter with kaya toasted bread from $2.70 to $2.90.
I asked the China girl cashier about the raise and she mumbled vaguely about something to do with GST.
I do not see anything wrong. Why? If you allow transport operators to increase his fares because of oil prices, oherheads increase yet able to churn out yet another new level profits, what is wrong with hawkers increasing their prices
The only difference is you can boycott the hawkers but you can't boycott the transports and other monopoly services -
It's the economics of demand and supply at play, when retailers expect and increase in cost price of their products, they will tend to overstock, thus reducing the distributors stockholding, when the distributors realised that they have less goods to sell, they will increase their price so as to cover their fixed overheads for that month.Originally posted by SevenEleven:What is wrong with Ya Kun raising his price of his produce?
I do not see anything wrong. Why? If you allow transport operators to increase his fares because of oil prices, oherheads increase yet able to churn out yet another new level profits, what is wrong with hawkers increasing their prices
The only difference is you can boycott the hawkers but you can't boycott the transports and other monopoly services
Prices are bound to increase before the official period of increase as consumers and retailers expect an increase. -
You know, it is NOT entirely impossible to boycott transport to send them a STRONG signal; all those who depends on Public Transport, if they all (or half of them) suddenly picks up a bicycle and cycles to work like in China (in their earlier years) I'm sure both transport operators and the gov, will get the point.Originally posted by SevenEleven:What is wrong with Ya Kun raising his price of his produce?
I do not see anything wrong. Why? If you allow transport operators to increase his fares because of oil prices, oherheads increase yet able to churn out yet another new level profits, what is wrong with hawkers increasing their prices
The only difference is you can boycott the hawkers but you can't boycott the transports and other monopoly services
It can be done, if only people are willing to sacrifice just to get the point across our money-blinded gov. -
our money-faced gahmen will just draw up new legislation requiring COE for bicycles, road tax for cyclists, cash card readers to be installed on bicycles so that cyclists will also kena ERP, etc etc etcOriginally posted by ShutterBug:You know, it is NOT entirely impossible to boycott transport to send them a STRONG signal; all those who depends on Public Transport, if they all (or half of them) suddenly picks up a bicycle and cycles to work like in China (in their earlier years) I'm sure both transport operators and the gov, will get the point.
It can be done, if only people are willing to sacrifice just to get the point across our money-blinded gov.
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Basket... can you don't give them any more funny ideas?Originally posted by av98m:our money-faced gahmen will just draw up new legislation requiring COE for bicycles, road tax for cyclists, cash card readers to be installed on bicycles so that cyclists will also kena ERP, etc etc etc 
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I recommend they change the beep sound for vehicle IUs to "ka-ching" everytime you pass a gantry.
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Ladies & Gentlemen of the 66.6%:
You voted, now you pay... -
One wrong mistake pay for 5 years.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Ladies & Gentlemen of the 66.6%:
You voted, now you pay...
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CASE should investigate 'why'...Originally posted by SevenEleven:What is wrong with Ya Kun raising his price of his produce?
I do not see anything wrong. Why? If you allow transport operators to increase his fares because of oil prices, oherheads increase yet able to churn out yet another new level profits, what is wrong with hawkers increasing their prices
The only difference is you can boycott the hawkers but you can't boycott the transports and other monopoly services -
is there a Case in this instance?Originally posted by play_n_play:CASE should investigate 'why'... -
not only tt, the bicycle will than have to pay for bicycle-park when going elsewhere.Originally posted by av98m:our money-faced gahmen will just draw up new legislation requiring COE for bicycles, road tax for cyclists, cash card readers to be installed on bicycles so that cyclists will also kena ERP, etc etc etc -
Funny ideas?Originally posted by fudgester:Basket... can you don't give them any more funny ideas?
I am sure they are already in the works.
They just need to decide on how much to charge only.
Then Bam! Tomorrow's ST headlines on the front page:
"COE required for bicycles." -
CASE??
it's useless..
actually, less than useless... they exist and cannot do anything.. therefore they're leeching money away...
ya kun? increasing prices before the GST is implemented??
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The head of CASE already has his hands full with aljunied grc, you think he gives a sh|t even if you have to eat ya kun kaya bread at 10 bucks a slice?