What sells during a Recession??

Sparks43 · 02-10-2011 09:45PM

Rope

Amirani · 02-10-2011 09:46PM

Repairs of stuff in general. People tend to try get things repaired rather than replacing them.

Car mechanics because people will hold on to their cars for longer thus requiring extra servicing.

Sam Vimes · 02-10-2011 09:51PM

Places that sell closing down signs

Abi · 02-10-2011 09:53PM

3rdDegree wrote: »

When people go back to cloth nappies, the recession will have hit very hard indeed!

kelle wrote: »

I somehow can't see a return to cloth nappies and plastic pants, own brand nappies are much cheaper and harder to justify the toil of washing and drying nappies (though I did it myself for 2 years....)

You'd be surprised. With threats of electricity, gas, and god knows what else to go on the increase, not to mention water charges supposedly to kick in, SW threatening to reduce payments - theres going to be a lot on arses against the wall. Newer versions of the cloth nappy would seem like thriftier option with those barely able to make it from one week to the next.

+1 on the breast-feeding though, reckon a lot of mothers will try stick it out.

cjmcork · 02-10-2011 09:56PM

Spread wrote: »

They're now banned

not according to the motors forum...........worth checking, I know I've seen stuff about those and part-worns

bnt · 02-10-2011 09:59PM

4leto wrote: »

Actually the debt collection and repo industry is doing very well.

and I suppose they are selling a service to someone.

Loan sharks are doing well too - though these days they appear legitimate and go under such nuce names as "payday", "emergency" or "short-term" loans.

In-between programs on the Discovery channel, I recently saw an ad for a loan service, which looked all nice and friendly until I saw the following: "Representative APR 1573%". In other words: borrow €100 today, pay back €1573 if you're dumb enough to not pay it back for a year. :eek:

For Forks Sake · 02-10-2011 09:59PM

Sparks43 wrote: »

Rope

Old rope?

dj jarvis · 02-10-2011 10:00PM

Lies

The Saint · 02-10-2011 10:02PM

Dutch Gold and Buckfast.

Bobby Baccala · 02-10-2011 10:08PM

nooses.

ilovesleep · 02-10-2011 10:09PM

There was a program on rte last year about this. I think it was aired around xmas.

Many people are looking for comforts so they so they go back to what was available to them as a child when there was no stresses and strains and worries on them. I don't know if anyone else has found this to be true but I think it is.

Just last week I had a conversation with a woman I know and she was saying that she would love to go back to the days of drinking buckfast in fields. Something she did as a teenager.

As for what sells in a recession and taking in what I wrote above:
Soup - remember the day you would arrive home from school to have a bowl of soup ready for you? Its inexpensive too.

As for comfort foods:
Jelly and dream topping
Bakery food as someone else wrote here.

For activities:
Board games, lego
(this is very much true in my case - I've taken to going back to some childhood activities).

Now just to gather up some adults willing to play red rover with me!

mrsdewinter · 02-10-2011 10:10PM

kelle wrote: »

I somehow can't see a return to cloth nappies and plastic pants, own brand nappies are much cheaper and harder to justify the toil of washing and drying nappies (though I did it myself for 2 years....)

I agree.

People always say that cloth nappies are cheaper in the long term but I'm not sure ordinary mums are in a position to make the time commitment they entail. Plus, once water charges come on stream, I think the cost of washing and drying (only people with small children can justify switching on the tumble dryer) terry nappies will make people reconsider the merits of own-brand disposables.

pow wow · 02-10-2011 10:11PM

Misery. I would have said hope but there is none

SafeSurfer · 02-10-2011 10:22PM

What sells during a recession?

ESB, Coilte, Bord Gas, Aer Lingus.

Basically any publicly owned company in order to pay the debts of the privately owned.

Abi · 02-10-2011 10:23PM

mrsdewinter wrote: »

I agree.

People always say that cloth nappies are cheaper in the long term but I'm not sure ordinary mums are in a position to make the time commitment they entail. Plus, once water charges come on stream, I think the cost of washing and drying (only people with small children can justify switching on the tumble dryer) terry nappies will make people reconsider the merits of own-brand disposables.

I agree with you on the tumble dryer, clothes horses are going to be a big seller too. With regards to washing, I'm the eldest of our lot and I recall (the others wouldn't) my mother washing a heap of cloth nappies in the bath. She had a bucket to steep them in, and then rinsed them off in the bath.

With regards to the time and the commitment though - to be fair, there are far smaller families now, for most. A lot of women (and men) are finding themselves at home now due to lost jobs. My grandmother had 16 kids, and it was bloody tough. I don't mean you personally, but I think when money was about it made people lazy, and quite frankly, snobby.

So long as you don't live outside your means (i.e. massive houses and expensive cars you couldn't ordinarily afford) then with some savvy, you can survive a recession. My belief is, a lot of people need to come down a peg or two five.

languagenerd · 02-10-2011 10:25PM

Toilet paper! (no-one's gonna give up on that)

Bicycles/public transport tickets

Own-brand products

Sonnenblumen · 02-10-2011 10:33PM

Soup kitchen supplies are on the up:eek:

4leto · 02-10-2011 10:34PM

Economists and their garble, they seem to be the new celebrity chefs, both here and the UK.

Fkucen idiots if you ask me!!!!

ko4jm6y9iwv2lc · 02-10-2011 10:37PM

Flights to Australia.

Rockery Woman · 02-10-2011 10:41PM

Frozen Pizzas
Dunnes Stores Jeans
Hair Dye (DIY) like Nice and Easy etc...
Illegal cigarettes
Cheap Beer
Flagons of Cider:D

the groutch · 02-10-2011 10:43PM

Cheap coke, and even cheaper hookers

Archeron · 02-10-2011 11:01PM

Tumbleweeds

4leto · 03-10-2011 12:00AM

Supermarket and off licence drink.

hal9000 · 03-10-2011 12:12AM

hindsight seems to be very popular these days!

General General · 03-10-2011 12:17AM

hal9000 wrote: »

hindsight seems to be very popular these days!

Never trust a HAL 9000.

allthedoyles · 03-10-2011 12:23AM

cattle , sheep , pigs .

Farmers were never as well-off as now .

60% of their income is coming through the post in cheques .

Sell to farmers .

Saila · 03-10-2011 12:24AM

shares

JupiterKid · 03-10-2011 12:27AM

Comfort foods like soup, chocolate and tinned foods like baked beans, marrowfat peas etc.
Cinema tickets - cinemas become very popular as a form of entertainment in recessions.
Own brand products.
Repairs for shoes and clothes - just yesterday I saw a new shoe repair stall in the Jervis Centre and thought to myself "sign of the times."
Board games, DVD rentals, video game rentals.
Clothes airing racks.
Cheap paperback novels.
DIY and self assembly products. I imagine Ikea are doing a graat level of trade.

And hopefully, for many people, a dose of reality, manners and humility.

Reamer Fanny · 03-10-2011 03:45AM

I was thinking of becoming a pet rock salesman I think in these time pet rocks would be very popular

Saila · 03-10-2011 03:53AM

houses!

What sells during a Recession??

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