Re: [LU] interesting article on prices !!!

2011-08-21 Thread Graham White
going on the Kop for 3s6d (that's 17.5p for you youngsters)?   And as soon as we went decimal it went up to 50p! Graham White --- On Fri, 19/8/11, Dave Sowden davesow...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Dave Sowden davesow...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [LU] interesting article on prices !!! To: LEEDS

Re: [LU] interesting article on prices !!!

2011-08-19 Thread Eric B
is it not a tad too simplified to suggest that inflation is the only reason why a price go up, or should go up? Increase in costs will drive up prices too. In footballing terms look at the salaries of players.. there is plenty evidence suggesting that some clubs spend too much of their GDP on

Re: [LU] interesting article on prices !!!

2011-08-18 Thread John Boocock IFA
On 18/08/2011 10:31, DAVID NATTAN wrote: Football's glittering success since the Premier League was formed tells a contradictory story: the clubs operate well-respected community programmes aimed at social inclusion for young people in their neighbourhoods – while mostly pricing them out of

Re: [LU] interesting article on prices !!!

2011-08-18 Thread forzaleeds
it did in 1991 ? Not that this excuses the ridicuous price of tickets though Sarge -Original Message- From: DAVID NATTAN david.nat...@btinternet.com To: list leedslist leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:32 Subject: [LU] interesting article on prices

Re: [LU] interesting article on prices !!!

2011-08-18 Thread Ian Murray
...@btinternet.com To: list leedslist leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:32 Subject: [LU] interesting article on prices !!! Interesting piece by David Conn, shows that it's not just us who pay too much for tickets http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/david-conn...l-ticket-prices The Premier

Re: [LU] interesting article on prices !!!

2011-08-18 Thread Dave Sowden
According to http://safalra.com/other/historical-uk-inflation-price-conversion/ which contains an historical Price Converter widget, the 20 years from 1990 to 2010 saw the RPI measure of inflation rise by 70%. Inflation is technically a sustained, general increase in the price level. The