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Ancient NOS D'Addario Chromes from 1992.

#21
Lucas Augustine said:
OK, well they're £55 here, which is $94 Canadian, so I guess it's just us Brits getting ripped off again. (We famously pay way over the International average for a lot of stuff, despite having some International influence. Britain is still a world-beater at one thing: ripping off its own citizens | Aditya Chakrabortty)
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that is lousy...although I hear you have way better cellphone pricing
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Canadians continue to pay some of the highest rates for wireless service in the G7 and Australia, according to a study commissioned by the CRTC and released Thursday.

The study, which was carried out by Nordicity Group for the telecom regulator, found that Canadians looking for 150 minutes of monthly mobile service paid more than consumers in every other G7 country and Australia.

That entry-level wireless package costs an average of $41.08 a month in Canada. By way of comparison, the cheapest price for that level of service cost just $17.15 in Germany.

… At each of four … levels of higher-service options, topping out at unlimited talk and text and 10 GB of data, Canadians were paying the second-highest price among the eight countries the study looked at. The U.K. was the cheapest.
 
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Lucas Augustine said:
OK, well they're £55 here, which is $94 Canadian, so I guess it's just us Brits getting ripped off again. (We famously pay way over the International average for a lot of stuff, despite having some International influence. Britain is still a world-beater at one thing: ripping off its own citizens | Aditya Chakrabortty)
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Yep, even strings that are supposedly cheap we get ripped off on in the uk, i actually don't mind the price of TIs because they are not much more than most brands here
 
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Lucas Augustine said:
I wanted to try some flats on my new bass (I'm new to bass generally) and was aghast at the cost (£55 here in the UK) for a 5 string set.

Desperate for a bargain, I went on ebay and bagged a set of ancient (25 year old) Chromes from Canada, for a mere £25 delivered. Nobody else bid on them, which is perhaps worrying.

Was this a good idea? Will they be good still? Here's a pic or two. I recognise the packaging from buying guitar strings in that period.

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If sealed, should be ok.
 

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