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  • 23-09-2008 1:59pm
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    fatboypee
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    I know, done to death, this, but still, never fails to amaze..

    Just booked a car rental for the weekend.

    Irish site: 115.71 Euro
    UK site: 66 pounds (equivalent at todays exchange of 82.9757 Euro)

    same company. same car, same everything.

    Even allowing for the VAT difference, it surely don't add up to 32 euros difference (if my maths don't deceive me, thats a markup of +30%)...

    simply astonishing really.... just shows the contempt some companies have for their customers.

    FBP.


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    Climate Expert
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    Its always the same. What is the car company?


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    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,251 ✭✭✭ongarite


    You haven't factored in VRT (which they don't have in UK), higher insurance & wage costs.


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    Climate Expert
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    ongarite wrote: »
    You haven't factored in VRT (which they don't have in UK), higher insurance & wage costs.

    But the rental is in the same country.


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    Guy:Incognito
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    I assume if/when the Euro takes a dive against the pound we will have rafts of threads saying how great it is we get stuff cheaper than the uk?


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    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,251 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Climate Expert wrote: »
    But the rental is in the same country.

    Apologies, I read it as renting car in UK v Ireland


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    fatboypee
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    Stekelly wrote: »
    I assume if/when the Euro takes a dive against the pound we will have rafts of threads saying how great it is we get stuff cheaper than the uk?

    By your quote, I take it that you believe the Euro against the pound difference to make up an excess of 30% difference in the price between here and the UK for the SAME service from the SAME company then ? Ok, if that is the case, why is the price on the french site of the same company coming in at 88 Euro and not the 115 euro ????

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    fatboypee wrote: »
    I know, done to death, this, but still, never fails to amaze..

    Just booked a car rental for the weekend.

    Irish site: 115.71 Euro
    UK site: 66 pounds (equivalent at todays exchange of 82.9757 Euro)

    same company. same car, same everything.

    Even allowing for the VAT difference, it surely don't add up to 32 euros difference (if my maths don't deceive me, thats a markup of +30%)...

    simply astonishing really.... just shows the contempt some companies have for their customers.

    FBP.

    Ugghhh ....... And?

    I Booked a ferry with Stena Line from the Hook of Holland to Harwich a few months ago

    I booked on the UK site and paid in Sterling, saved me 80 euros as the Irish site and the Dutch site for the same product were more expensive.

    Book it in Sterling


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    fatboypee
    Registered Users Posts: 958 ✭✭✭fatboypee


    craichoe wrote: »
    Ugghhh ....... And?

    I Booked a ferry with Stena Line from the Hook of Holland to Harwich a few months ago

    I booked on the UK site and paid in Sterling, saved me 80 euros as the Irish site and the Dutch site for the same product were more expensive.

    Book it in Sterling

    I did.. My point is simply amazement that they have such contempt as to do this, knowing full well that some (albeit maybe a minority) people will check different sites. just bad business practise imho.


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