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Chat => General Discussion => Topic started by: Eggtastico on September 23, 2008, 17:26:26 PM
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If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock stock one year ago, it would be worth £4.95 today.
With HBOS, you would have £16.50 left of the original £1000.
With XL Leisure, you would have less than a fiver.
If you had purchased £1000 of Seguro Air Lines stock, you would have a measly 49p.
However, if you had purchased £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank the lot of it, then re-cycled the cans at an aluminium plant for a cash refund,
you would have £214. And so, based on the above information, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
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However, if you had purchased £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank the lot of it, then re-cycled the cans at an aluminium plant for a cash refund,
you would have £214.
Erm, no you wouldnt.
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However, if you had purchased £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank the lot of it, then re-cycled the cans at an aluminium plant for a cash refund,
you would have £214.
Erm, no you wouldnt.
it was a waffle joke.. youd more likely get around £25
which still makes it worth more than the others ;o)
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Mmmm, drink.
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If each can weighed 100g I figured youd get atleast 24 cans for £10 x £1000 = 2400 cans. thats 240Kg of cans if I have my maths right.
Whats the 240Kg of cans worth at a recyling plant?
This has me thinking, opposite my work there is a student place and they have more than their fare share of cans and bottles!!
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Would have thought the cans were much less than 100g. Thats nearly half a block of butter youre talking about. Id say theyre more like 25g tops.
Of course, the easiest solution is to drink a can and then weigh it. IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE!
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Would have thought the cans were much less than 100g. Thats nearly half a block of butter youre talking about. Id say theyre more like 25g tops.
Of course, the easiest solution is to drink a can and then weigh it. IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE!
I only have a bottle of wine tbh
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a normal 330ml can is worth around 1p
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No forfeit on yer cans and PETs ? In sweden u get 4p a can and betwix 4 and 32p for a PET.
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I only have a bottle of wine tbh
So just the chaser then hmm? Ghey!! Anyway I thought youd got over these get rich quick schemes!! 8-)
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Bring back glass bottles with deposits on them I say!
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Bring back glass bottles with deposits on them I say!
Why not deposit on cans and PETs ?
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Bring back glass bottles with deposits on them I say!
They still have them in Kenya.
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But not in the UK ><
It would work, it would help reduce littering, but they dont implement it for what reason? Cost I guess. There was a local show/festival a month or two ago where all the drinks were served in paper cups, and you had to pay a deposit on them, like 10p or something. People either returned them, or didnt care about the 10p. But others were going around picking them up and making a tidy profit handing them in. The organisers didnt care as it was win-win, they either got 10p, or didnt have to pay for the expensive clean up afterwards.
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I only have a bottle of wine tbh
So just the chaser then hmm? Ghey!! Anyway I thought youd got over these get rich quick schemes!! 8-)
Nah I still have them, just dont share them anymore. I took some advice one time in the near past. 1: Focus on one thing and youll become good at that and I think it was Sam who said "Just work hard and youll become rich" so I try both. Which does sound a little contradicting, although, I manage both in my own little way.
I have a few things that can make me money and focus a little time on each of them instead of thinking up 10000 hair brain schemes I try 2 or 3 and see if they work.
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betwix 4 and 32p for a PET.
So you get rather more for a Large dog than a small bugie or mouse? :D
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betwix 4 and 32p for a PET.
So you get rather more for a Large dog than a small bugie or mouse? :D
Yeah :)
Especially if the dog is called Polyethylene terephthalate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate) ;)
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45p/KG for alu cans.
at 25g/can, thats 60KG for all 2400 cans from the £1000 (at £10 for 24 cans)
so youd make £27! :D
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Thatd pay for the taxi fair down to the hospital for the liver damage operation... ;)
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But not in the UK ><
It would work, it would help reduce littering, but they dont implement it for what reason? Cost I guess. There was a local show/festival a month or two ago where all the drinks were served in paper cups, and you had to pay a deposit on them, like 10p or something. People either returned them, or didnt care about the 10p. But others were going around picking them up and making a tidy profit handing them in. The organisers didnt care as it was win-win, they either got 10p, or didnt have to pay for the expensive clean up afterwards.
sounds like the leeds festival.
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But not in the UK ><
It would work, it would help reduce littering, but they dont implement it for what reason? Cost I guess. There was a local show/festival a month or two ago where all the drinks were served in paper cups, and you had to pay a deposit on them, like 10p or something. People either returned them, or didnt care about the 10p. But others were going around picking them up and making a tidy profit handing them in. The organisers didnt care as it was win-win, they either got 10p, or didnt have to pay for the expensive clean up afterwards.
A lot of metal festivals on the continent have done this for years and it really does make a difference. You pay a few Euro for a fairly decent, solid plastic mug and thats yours for the festival and it gets filled up at the bars. A lot of people bring their own horns to drink from instead, and that also cuts down on the litter. Since the bars dont have to provide cups they can cut their prices a little and the festival grounds are almost always free of litter, it usually works so well that there are very few on the ground to actually pick up at the end of the festival.
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betwix 4 and 32p for a PET.
So you get rather more for a Large dog than a small bugie or mouse? :D
Yeah :)
Especially if the dog is called Polyethylene terephthalate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate) ;)
I gotta change my brothers dogs name if I move there then :D
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So if I have £1000 to invest, whats the best place to invest it in?
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So if I have £1000 to invest, whats the best place to invest it in?
savings account.
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So if I have £1000 to invest, whats the best place to invest it in?
me, Ill have a very nice holiday and send you a post card :D
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So if I have £1000 to invest, whats the best place to invest it in?
me, Ill have a very nice holiday and send you a post card :D
Which I can recycle? and get £0.00.04p for it?
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So if I have £1000 to invest, whats the best place to invest it in?
either an ISA for tax free interest (about 6% from april - april, so youd be looking at 3% now - about £30)
or the best bet is Premium Bonds, where everyones money is pooled & the interest is pooled & then its luck of the draw..
could win a million, could win squat.
Ive just bought £10k worth, as its only somwhere to put the money for a year. not worth the hassle for interest & saving accounts.
http://www.nsandi.com/products/pb/winnerlist.jsp
look down the list.. people have won £100k & £50k with just £1000-£2000 worth of bonds.
look at this guy :-
£50,000 138MR738549 £1,099 LB of Havering £1000 Apr-08
& thats just last months draw
not a bad return huh?
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IIRC
The equivalent to interest payed out by premium bonds is about 4%, not initially big but still a hell of a lot better than the national lottery.
On top of that anything you win is tax free, and of course, you could win that £1 million.
You could then invest that in black gold and wait a few years, by which time it might be worth a trillion or two.
Then again you might get nuked by the US government for hoarding oil...