Seen my first '09' plate car..... other economic impacts?
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I guess its a sign of the countries economic woes really, just seen my first 09 plated car on the roads. Its amazing to think how things can change in a year or two - there would normally be many new plate cars by now. Even remember seeing some new plate cars before the official release date before.
Other signs of the economic mess are the almost total lack of houses with For Sale signs up outside now in our town - people have given up trying to sell and are now sitting tight if they can. Guess thats looming negativeequity and much higher required LTV taking effect.
Obviously another sign is the amount of shops closing on the high street.
Have you seen any other perhaps less obvious signs of the the finacial downturn? Aldi's car park is always full nowadays too....
Other signs of the economic mess are the almost total lack of houses with For Sale signs up outside now in our town - people have given up trying to sell and are now sitting tight if they can. Guess thats looming negativeequity and much higher required LTV taking effect.
Obviously another sign is the amount of shops closing on the high street.
Have you seen any other perhaps less obvious signs of the the finacial downturn? Aldi's car park is always full nowadays too....
Tony*T3 said:
I guess its a sign of the countries economic woes really, just seen my first 09 plated car on the roads. Its amazing to think how things can change in a year or two - there would normally be many new plate cars by now. Even remember seeing some new plate cars before the official release date before.
Other signs of the economic mess are the almost total lack of houses with For Sale signs up outside now in our town - people have given up trying to sell and are now sitting tight if they can. Guess that's looming negative equity and much higher required LTV taking effect.
Obviously another sign is the amount of shops closing on the high street.
Have you seen any other perhaps less obvious signs of the the finacial downturn? Aldi's car park is always full nowadays too....
I haven't seen an 09 plate yet - and I live in an affluent area.Other signs of the economic mess are the almost total lack of houses with For Sale signs up outside now in our town - people have given up trying to sell and are now sitting tight if they can. Guess that's looming negative equity and much higher required LTV taking effect.
Obviously another sign is the amount of shops closing on the high street.
Have you seen any other perhaps less obvious signs of the the finacial downturn? Aldi's car park is always full nowadays too....
Locally shops have closed down, a great shame that these small 'niche' type businesses have gone and will be incredibly slow to return. I do hold the local council partly to blame, their council tax demands are ridiculous - 5.5% up in my area. If you're a local business who's seen trade just fall off a cliff, increasing the tax you have to pay to keep the fools in the council employed is, for many, just too much. Our local council seems to be increasing the issuing of parking tickets too - just to ensure that anyone brave enough to come into the town stays away.
The 'Surrey mums' (that 4X4 driving, gossiping, vacuous shoal) have moved, as one, from Waitrose to Sainsburys as their husbands (of which I'm one) desperately try to stop them spending such obscene amounts of money on things such as having a small bag of shopping delivered by Waitrose.
Breath deeply.
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Relax.
Landlord said:
Economic Impact? I've seen two '09 plate cars so far. The first being an X5 and the second an F430 Spider. It appears that not everyone is suffering from the credit crunch!
True - but let's be honest, what we're seeing today is how society should have been ahead of the economic crisis. The poor are poor and unable to spend money they don't have, the rich remain rich. It's time Labour supporters realised they can't have an easy life (new car each year, house paid for by someone else) and expect to obtain it watching television all day, eating a meal of junk food, before heading out and causing havoc for those good hard working people of this land who keep them in their Argos jewellery. They could die in the gutter for all I care.No new regs here either.
My apartment is in the most affluent area of Birmingham and I am yet to see one....
The Michelin star restaurant down the road is still packed on a Fri/Sat, yet appears to have lost all of its midweek trade.
I have never had so many emails off my hairdresser informing me that they have appointments, basically, anytime I like. (this is after years of 10 days minimum lead time).
The chap who owns the corner shop across the highway in the Pikey area says he's busier than ever.....allegedly he's selling those tiny 25cl spirits bottles like hotcakes!
The chinese delivery across the highway, again, cannot get a delivery (yes, I'm lazy) to me in less than an hour as their kitchen is continually backed up.
A friend who runs a taxi company seems to be the hardest hit of everyone! His drivers aren't a happy bunch!
My mate's nightclub (the most expensive and exclusive in the city) is having a torrid time. Their spends are down so significantly it's hurting badly. Apparently, their champagne sales have halved since Xmas.....which were down on the year before!
This is just a snapshot of the people I deal with on a regular basis......all in all, not too clever. Not quite as apocalyptic as we all make out though I guess......
My apartment is in the most affluent area of Birmingham and I am yet to see one....
The Michelin star restaurant down the road is still packed on a Fri/Sat, yet appears to have lost all of its midweek trade.
I have never had so many emails off my hairdresser informing me that they have appointments, basically, anytime I like. (this is after years of 10 days minimum lead time).
The chap who owns the corner shop across the highway in the Pikey area says he's busier than ever.....allegedly he's selling those tiny 25cl spirits bottles like hotcakes!
The chinese delivery across the highway, again, cannot get a delivery (yes, I'm lazy) to me in less than an hour as their kitchen is continually backed up.
A friend who runs a taxi company seems to be the hardest hit of everyone! His drivers aren't a happy bunch!
My mate's nightclub (the most expensive and exclusive in the city) is having a torrid time. Their spends are down so significantly it's hurting badly. Apparently, their champagne sales have halved since Xmas.....which were down on the year before!
This is just a snapshot of the people I deal with on a regular basis......all in all, not too clever. Not quite as apocalyptic as we all make out though I guess......
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