Keep It Local But Keep The Price Down
Published:
12:20 PM August 26, 2009
Updated:
11:24 AM November 1, 2020
I WAS interested to read about your Keep it Local campaign. I live just outside Ely, but work in Huntingdon and have recently been buying small bags of building sand at �1.43 per bag from one of the large DIY stores there, on my way home from work. Last
I WAS interested to read about your Keep it Local campaign. I live just outside Ely, but work in Huntingdon and have recently been buying small bags of building sand at �1.43 per bag from one of the large DIY stores there, on my way home from work.
Last week I was at home and I needed two more bags so popped into a builder's merchant in Ely where I was charged �3.28 per bag. It would have been cheaper to drive to Huntingdon or Cambridge, which I will do in future.
KEVIN ADAMS
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