Comment on HMRC puts 200 billionaires on UK tax crackdown hitlist

• Fluke@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That tat you buy from Amazon or eBay is bought from AliExpress and sold at a huge markup, just FYI.

  If you really do need whatever it is, might as well get it from the source.

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• idealism_nearby@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There are very few options for UK replacements, even Argos is partially owned by Qatar or something like that.

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  • matelt@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It goes to show the best solution is to not buy any shit. With the relentless manipulative marketing that everybody is exposed to it’s a bit hard unless you go full hermit mode I guess. Something to strive for imo

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    • idealism_nearby@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I would advise every ody learn how to repair their appliances are part of the Reuse part of that, it means you don’t have to buy as much shit

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