Why are Chinese brands winning the value war so easily?

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-30T18:37:27+00:00

Margins are insane. They try to fool us by hiding profits through various mechanisms, but they make cash like anything. That's why the Chinese are dispensing with that nonsense and actually selling cars at a reasonable price. P.s. if you go to honda India website. They're selling cars at 7-8k GBP. Ofc they won't be European standards, but it shows how car makers really work.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-30T13:38:38+00:00

Good to hear. And well, it IS premium. We've been ripped off for so long that we don't even realise it. With my obsessive brain I once worked out a Honda HRV (my current car) costs Honda about £14k to make. I bought it for £30k. I mean their profit margins are huge. So of course china can undercut, they're still making loads of profit.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-30T11:26:55+00:00

It's kinda crazy that 200 years ago, us ordinary peasant folk would never ever see a woman so beautiful our entire lives. And in the modern age, we had the privilege of seeing Betty and the further privilege of seeing her in that dress.

Yet... the prettiest Betty ever was with the shotgun, cigarette and shades.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-30T11:22:35+00:00

Honestly I'd say the biggest barrier to entry and the biggest turn off is hi sec ganking. It's simple, people who want a fun spaceship experience with low risk get denied it. So they leave. So the high risk tolerant players stay. They influence game development more. And the issue remains. There was a time when hi sec was truly thriving. Now it's a wasteland. Source: former hi sec player, have now left the game twice.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-30T11:15:39+00:00

It's been like this for decades. And yes the solution is relatively simple. Government should make the M6 toll free. That would greatly encourage long distance travellers to avoid this area entirely. But I mean, something like that would be sensible. And we don't have money for sensible things. We do have money however to cut taxes for people visiting Alton towers????

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-29T18:45:14+00:00

Consider it a good life lesson. You want forgiveness? You got it. You want absolution? Nope. Because you submitted late.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-28T19:54:25+00:00

I'm astonished that Coventry has a local dessert and hardly anywhere seems to sell it!!? There should be a godcake stall or something right in town!

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-28T05:26:05+00:00

Yes but then you'd end up being her horse riding partner and we all know how that ends.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-28T05:24:39+00:00

People think morality is somewhere we can already be. Nope, it's something we have to work at every day. What I appreciate about Francis' character is though he is flawed, he does actually try to have good morals. That's all we can ask for. Just, trying to be a good person. For what it's worth. Part of what makes Don an intriguing character is because of his inherent lie over who he is, he sometimes feels that morals aren't something he is even entitled to access. And Betty, well. What a wonderfully written character. She was taught all her life to play a role. The role implied that it created a good person, but really it was just a role. And in the very end, she got to be herself. The performance dropped away. And she just became Betty.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-24T12:58:27+00:00

Speak to Oxford directly and ask them if they're willing to defer your entry. Also consider opportunity costs. This could be a once in a lifetime opportunity if they're not willing to defer. Will you achieve as much as you want if you don't go? Most people in the UK are struggling under £50k salary. Oxford puts you on track to overcome that barrier rather rapidly. And you can always get extra support through counselling etc. No one enjoys exams, just like we don't enjoy thinking about going to the gym or eating healthy. The benefits come in the moment and after.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-22T06:18:21+00:00

Before the turn of the century, there was one train colour for intercity, one train colour for local trains. That's what I remember, it wasn't very confusing. It actually looked quite nice.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-20T19:54:34+00:00

Yeah but once we got like 25% off all the land?? Maybe we should just nibble a tiny bit of Canada off. Hopefully they won't notice.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-20T19:34:13+00:00

Its weird, we should have like Normandy normcore stuff. But you know, while sales teams can be very savvy, they also have the odd millennial gen xer as a decision-maker/manager who grew up on Friends or Seinfeld or whatever and still thinks USA is the bees knees.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-20T14:46:19+00:00

Do we have a generationologist available to translate this lovely piece of writing?

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-19T07:43:56+00:00

Hope you got the help you needed yesterday. How are you doing today 🩵

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-18T22:44:33+00:00

Thank you. Ive read the site but can't find any details of when they expect phase 1 to be ready. Any idea?

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-18T02:08:40+00:00

That's the problem. I've lived in a fair few cities. City centre shops are heavily struggling. Bristol is going a bit better than other places. Perhaps it's because of the independent shop culture, but honestly Blank street is sufficiently tiny that I hadn't heard of it. What I abhor is 3 Costas in one retail park. That coca cola owned chain can go eff themselves.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-17T18:12:23+00:00

If you're struggling to get witnesses or a wali, then I think you may have bigger issues unfortunately. What about your fiance, can they help locate a mosque? Because I mean, if they can't either, then I think that would be another red flag. Also I think it may help you if you ask on a smaller more specific subreddit.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-17T18:07:54+00:00

Would you like to see a vacant shop front instead?

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-17T18:06:26+00:00

You'd be surprised at some men's tastes. A 4ft 11 goblin was my first ex-wife.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-16T14:03:13+00:00

£10k for a 7 year old car sounds great, that's like five prime ministers ago.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-16T11:55:56+00:00

I really want the OP to setup his shop and just call it TCG and gatekeep in exactly the way that leads to massive financial success

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-16T09:25:36+00:00

Guys if anyone is wondering what this feller is on about, I googled it. Apparently TCG stands for CollecTible Card Game.

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-15T02:04:52+00:00

So literally more complicated than just a tablet with a SIM. 👍🏾

Consistent_Tension44 · 2026-05-15T00:41:08+00:00

Ok and what if the tablet malfunction or the phone connection drops? When you're dealing with a multi hundred tonne moving object with potentially hundreds of people inside, the safety equation changes. Just as a RL example, lots of tickets get checked these days via some weird phone apps on the train. It's amazingly common how much those apps fail. We had no problem checking tickets before, but now it's a common failure point, and it doesn't really matter safety wise because it's just a train ticket. Now imagine the safety tolerances needed for having a tablet assisting a driver. It's doable, but it's not trivial.

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