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In reply to Post #738
Yep told my lot to buy a large sack of spuds in November to keep them going this winter 😂
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In reply to Post #736
Stuff that. The missus and dog can be on reduced rations 
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In reply to Post #734
Tough times coming for all of us
We are already making steps to make sure we can get through the 3 months of winter.
Might have to do reduced days of opening
Some products will have to go
We said this last winter though and it ended up being much busier than I thought! But we are aware that many of our customers will be more worried about feeding the family than buying 40k of herb!
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Lets try and keep this to Handcraft Hookbaits rather than political bull-shine please gents.
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In reply to Post #732
Went from 125 to 330 for gas&electricity in belgium in less rhan a year... Must be french aswell lol
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In reply to Post #732
That's because the French Government are capping the prices, whereas ours is not.
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In reply to Post #731
Are all these rocketing price rises global or are we bearing the brunt of it ? Only reason I ask is that I heard on the radio EDF which supply electricity to millions of UK homes is 85% French government owned and at the next price increase will have raised prices to UK consumers by 104% over the last year while French consumers have only had 5% increase over the same period.
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In reply to Post #730
Also about to rocket in price.
Ever fee you’re being defecated in from a great height :(
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In reply to Post #729
Great news mate! Good luck with the stuff, I rate that as one of the best liquids in the market.
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In reply to Post #726
Placed an order with you for some Calanus yesterday. Received this morning less than 24 hours later. Top man. 👍
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In reply to Post #727
Visual shopping, three bags of flavoured crumb/soya balls or one bag of fishmeal, glm etc balls. Both will catch but which one will the fish keep feeding on year in year out. Can name a bait that is still made that has been catching carp for nearly thirty years. Sadly for the bait maker their customer base in the main are a fickle lot, don't catch must be the the bait so change, catch but my mate catches more so his bait must be better. My bait is superb quality but I don't catch much on it because I'm the idiot that keeps putting it in the wrong place.
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In reply to Post #726
The trouble is even saying to people “use less of a quality bait” may soften it for them but not us, I have certain figures I need to hit to break even and targets for profit / business sustainability, if sure you have the same. The worry is there will be a hell of a lot more turnover without increase in profit, and without increase in profit, you don’t have the capital to chase the price increases of the base ingredients. If you want to take home say £3000 a month, but price increases equate to £1000 extra spending you then chase £4000 and so on. What’s annoying is some of the prices creep up on you so I genuinely take for example, anything over a 2% rise really really seriously now. What’s sobering is that counts in just about every single thing. I use bar about 5 ingredients.
It’s absolutely toxic I genuinely had a chat with one of my best mates and he could see how my mental health has been and pleaded with me to think about throwing in the towel. I roll a lot of bait but it seems a hell of a lot of effort for ever diminishing returns. People don’t realise just what proper physical work and long hours the bait game is, I still meet people who think it’s easy money 😂
Also highlights just what cr@p is in some of the baits that are stable in price / stay low, as economics of scale are irrelevant at the moment
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In reply to Post #725
There is no choice really is there, the price of literally everything has gone up so the baits will have to!
Dreading this winter already but we are all in the same boat
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In reply to Post #644
Gav I will message you on Facebook soon, but essentially all my regulars have accepted a small increase. Lots customers will. Yes some transient “try a few kilo” types may be put off but those regulars get it. What I have done as a compromise is move my MOQ from 5kg to 2.5kg and keep the difference per kg between the two marginal at most.
It is unfortunately but this country is currently in a right state and unfortunately we aren’t essential services so will be one of the first purchases reassessed when the purse strings tighten.
It’s probably a year to try and make through rather than make profit to be fair, But I guess that’s across the board unless you switch to selling energy lol
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In reply to Post #722
Better than a bream or a kick in the ******** 
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Bait