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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellraiser" data-source="post: 298741" data-attributes="member: 1657">hi david, my example can be very extreme which in my opinion, the best example...sometimes. but coming back to what you've just shared.ie.to buy lesser. i really don't think this  will necessarily equal to lower prices due to lower demandi'm of the opinion that this is not possible cos there are certain basic necessities we cannot do without, example, rice, cooking oil, flour, etc. the price of rice has gone up and are we eating less rice? or do we use lesser cooking oil? now everything has gone up, so what do we do?previously, the price of sugar would go up $0.10 per kilo but the mamak restaurants would immediately raise the prices of teh tarik $0.10 per glass. I really don't remember using 1 kilo of sugar in my cuppa but they continue to raise prices as they like. similar to the price of flour and the roti canai's.another example, every time the government announces additional monies to government servants, the first thing to go up are food prices at the local markets and it has never gone down....we can cut cinema trips from 4 to 2 per month and even buy the pirated DVD's but for certain basic needs this is not possible. to cut down on accessories and entertainment, this is possible.end of the day, our consumer rights are very weak and we get screwed left, right and centre by those who are supposed to protect them. just my opinion, bro.</blockquote>