borofergie said:
I went to Boots recently and innocently asked for a bottle of Enos. I was greeted with blank stares by the 14 year old shop assistants dressed in crisp white coats, mascerading as professionals, who after conferring, boldly stated they had no idea what I was alluding to. I made my excuses and left hurriedly. Finally, I bought some from Amazon, in its familiar blue and white bottle. The price seemed vaguely inflated but what price a nights sleep? It works for me, with its uncomplicated formula, as it has for many, over decades. Old, pricey stock? Maybe but who cares? I don't.Like many people here, I am on several types of medication, of which all have a stated side effect of potential stomach upsets. It's not a major issue at all, and to bring things quickly back to normal, a quick glass of sparkling Enos sorts me out. I use it maybe 2/3 times a week, and also find it a very refreshing drink in its own right.
However, it use to be sold in 218g jars - GlaxoSmithKline have now discontinued the jars and now in the UK have decided that it will only sell it in sachet form.
My main objection to this is price! A 218g jar use to cost £3.99, 50g (10 x 5g) of sachets cost £2.25
The maths are that per gram this is nearly 150% more expensive!! Commonly known as a 'rip off'.
I've considered, after a lifetime of use, to defect to Andrews, but the taste is vile, and for some reason it is loaded with sucrose, not a great addition to a diabetic diet.
Does anyone else regret GlaxoSmithKlein's decision, or am I on a very lonely soap box
Hi Stephen,Wow, this is indeed a very lonely soapbox, but I suppose I should have guessed as such.
In this country, we are all amazingly cushioned from the real cost of healthcare by the NHS. If we had to go to Boots every month and hand over £85 for a Byetta pen, or £100 for a months Metformin (60g), many of us would not only be incapable of paying such sums, but would be horrified if the price then suddenly rose by 150%.
The NHS is so huge, and unwieldy, it allows drug companies to take advantage and arbitrarily set the price to basically whatever they can get away with. Last year alone, in one of the toughest recession years in living memory, GlaxoSmithKline made £8.7Billion in 2009!!
That’s nearly £9,000,000,000 PROFIT! Which I find impossible to comprehend.
(or nearly 900,000 x £10,000 cars!)
(or nearly 200,000 doctors/year!)
Yes, I know, raising the price of Enos to the consumer by 150% is very small change in the grand scheme of things, but the lack of anger, passion, or indeed ‘who gives a ****’ from people is overwhelming. No wonder pharmaceutical companies screw us over on a daily basis.
If petrol went up tomorrow by the same amount, it would then cost £3/liter (that’s £13.60/gallon - £140 to full up an average car).
I’m guessing there would be rioting in the streets, wouldn’t there? Or would we just sit down and say, oh well, lets eat more chips, I believe we can use the leftover oil to run our cars.
There, rant over, I'm away for a nice refreshing glass of Enos
Hi @Melgar , to be honest I drink it more for the taste rather than a indigestion remedy
. I love that fizziness and taste it's got. If you want some then have a look on Amazon and just do a search for Eno. I would have posted the link but as I'm new to the forum I think you have to have made three posts otherwise your message is regarded as SPAM by the system (or something like that). I guess this will be my second post in replying to your message so nearly there
I just looked Nik K, I can get here in Canada.Hi @Melgar , to be honest I drink it more for the taste rather than an indigestion remedy
Sorry, just to clarify, did you say you CAN get it in Canada or CAN NOT get it there?
