Is Rollier White a VIP pound shop

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But not ready to conceed yet betty that you we wrong to assume the shop is ripping people off with candles that are the same as the ones in the pound shop?

One of the manufacturuers of the candles that the shop sells Fox is French. They sell their candles direct to the public and the same price as the shop.

People forget that it's not just the ingredients that have a cost, but the labour to make them (I'm sure salaries in France are higher than China for candle-makers). Then there are all the business taxes and other running costs etc. Margins are never what people think they are.

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It is entirely possible that the pound shop is selling candles that are deliberately manufactured to look like the more expensive ones to dupe people into thinking they have a bargain. Several years ago I fell asleep with a cheap candle burning in the room - when I woke up everything was covered in a fine layer of soot, including my hands and face. I have no idea what toxic crap I had been breathing in. Since then I've stuck with better quality candles and haven't had the same problem.

[DulwichFox]

Why posh candles are money up in smoke

Fragrance expert Lawrence Roullier White puts some candles to the test

Is worth shelling out for expensive candles?

By Claire Coleman for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 00:27, 31 March 2014 | Updated: 15:04, 31 March 2014

So has the shop in Lordship Lane anything to do with Fragrance expert Lawrence Roullier White

or are they just using his name.

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Sales of scented candles are booming. Last year we spent ?91.4 million on them, an increase of almost 14 per cent since 2011. But does a pricier product get you a longer-lasting and more fragrant candle, or are you literally burning money?

Fragrance expert Lawrence Roullier White says that, on the whole more expensive ingredients do make for better candles but also points out that some unscrupulous manufacturers have all sorts of tricks to save money and seduce you into thinking you?re buying a better quality product. ?Some will just scent the top layer of the candle, or even the wick,? he says.

But can even Lawrence?s expert ?nose? sniff out a cheap candle? We asked him to compare some high-priced candles with cheaper alternatives . . .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2592997/Why-posh-candles-money-smoke.html

Have a read and make your mind up

DulwichFox

[DulwichFox]

And whilst we are on the subject of Candles..

http://most-expensive.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/expensive-candle1.jpg

A real snip at $5,000

http://most-expensive.com/candle

DulwichFox

[BargainBetty]

I surprised nobody can grasp the point I am making.The RW candles burnt with as much soot as some others that had been sourced from a pound shop. Hence the post!

It made me wonder whether this shop, which is new to me,specialised in repackiaging poor quality goods under their own brand ?

Has anybody tried their washing up liquid at ?6.95p ?

[DulwichFox]

BargainBetty Wrote:

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> Has anybody tried their washing up liquid at

> ?6.95p ?

No. I use Fairy Liquid at ?1.25 for 530ml.

I hand wash with no gloves and have done for decades.

Basically after washing and rinsing, who wants their crockery to smell of some posh scent.

I do not want them to smell of anything. Just to be clean.

DulwichFox

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BargainBetty - isn't this just how retail works? Primark routinely rip off designs from everyone from Topshop to Gucci and sell them for a fraction of the price. They save costs on design/store locations/materials/manufacture. Just because their prices are higher doesn't mean that TopShop are ripping anyone off - same with RW.

If you prefer Poundland candles good on you - maybe you've found yourself a bargain. But doesn't mean RW are rip off merchants.

[BargainBetty]

Dulwich Fox is spot on comparing an international established brand such as Fairy Liquid at ?1.25 with RW's own brand at ?6.95.

Agencies such as 'Which' have been established for years to point out poor value and to protect consumers and this post simply visits that territory and has at least generated a decent lively discussion at a time whn consumers are often seduced into wasting money by inscrupulous retailers.

A merry Christmas to all shoppers in East Dulwich. CAVEAT EMPTOR

Betty

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Ah so are we getting to the root of your issue Betty? Did you shell out for a ?15 candle?

Take a look at the manufacturers sites of the candles they sell Betty. And for heavens sake, stop trying to imply the shop you have targeted are rip off merchants and unscrupulous. They are selling products made by someone else, sold to them as premium products. You don't have to shop there ffs.

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Fox, you are bing a bit unfair to suggest that chemical based washing up lquid is suitable for everyone. It's not. I have to always use gloves because I get eczma. There are millions of oher people who do. And whilst I personally wouldn't pay 6.95 for washing up liquid, again taking a look at the product , it is completely free of any synthetic ingredient and not comparable to fairy liquid.