Friday, 23 February 2007

Wine Markups

The petition is entitled limit the outrageous mark-ups that restaurants currently allowed with wine-lists and the explanatory notes say
"It is a scandal that leisure/cultural pursuits are so expensive in London. Without a shadow of doubt, one of the most guilty is the criminal mark-ups that restaurants are allowed to the sale of wines. Bottles of £3.99 wine should not be allowed to be resold at £20.00 - unlike most politicans - many of us actually have to foot the bill themselves"

Actually, I don't suppose the markups on wine are nearly as outrageous as those on other products. I bet that at the restaurants in question, you won't get change from £2.50 for a half-pint of Coke - which will have cost the place pennies.

But even if that is the most outrageous example in the world of scandalous over-pricing, you have a choice, Mr Petitioner. Don't buy the wine! If you must have it, buy it for £3.99 in Bottom's Up and drink it at home!

If you want to live in a society that isn't a free-market economy, on the other hand, campaign for that as a whole - and I think I'll take up campaigning against you, because, well, as a system it seems to work reasonably well.

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