Going back to the point of this post, how many of you out there think that the cost of going to shows is becoming prohibitive now? At the NEC, the cost of parking your car has risen 25% in the past 3 years, from £6 to £8, and the cost of a senior citizen ticket has also shot up. I had thought of going this year, but other committments stopped me from going on Thursday or Friday. I spoke to others who had been, and not been very impressed with the show, complaining that all the stalls were much the same, apart from the odd one or two with good demonstrators. After a lot of thought overnight, I decided, with a little encouragement from my husband, that I wasn't going. Instead, I used the money I would have spent on car park, petrol and entry (and the allowance I would have spent in the show) to buy more of the goodies I really wanted.
With all the craft programmes on TV and the ease of shopping online (checking the prices from a comfortable chair with a hot coffee and cake beside me) is it now worth while going to the shows. For me, it is not worth while. What does anyone else think?
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