Shoppers urged to "resist bargains"

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Thomas_S_Hunterson

The government's just being silly to be honest, although they do, I think, have our best interests at heart.

We're never going to see more reasonably prices if people feel some sort of moral duty to pay whatever is asked of them.

A little bit of competition will do business in Ireland good. Companies will become more efficient or else go under.

mike65

There is a bit of a campiagn afoot from pundits, politicos and even presenters to make the hard pressed shopper feel like a heel for seeking out value. Someone suggested a departure tax be applied at the border, but they may have been joking. Or possibly not.

Of course peeps have been shopping for bargins for years via the interweb but as thats invisible no one in power complains.

Mike

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spadder

If this is their solution to the problem, we are f**ked.

Why don't the gobsh'tes look at a vat rebate or an urgent vat drop.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

donegalfella wrote: »

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I agree 100%, but unfortunately people aren't very willing to 'shop around' when it comes to finding a government and public sector they are happy with, as it means leaving the country:D so the public sector is, I think, always going to be a bit of a mess.

Victor McDade

**cancels weekend trip to Newry and pulls on '90 Ireland top

Blazer

So lets get this...retailers are ripping us off and start of the year Mary Harney advises us to shop around for the best bargains.
Consumers do so,,trips to NY, the north etc and now they're complaining?
some cheek:mad:

genericgoon

mike65 wrote: »

There is a bit of a campiagn afoot from pundits, politicos and even presenters to make the hard pressed shopper feel like a heel for seeking out value. Someone suggested a departure tax be applied at the border, but they may have been joking. Or possibly not.

Of course peeps have been shopping for bargins for years via the interweb but as thats invisible no one in power complains.

Mike

Sure, we should bring back the checkpoints since the auld 80s nostalgia is all the rage these days.

spadder

When the sheriff comes to repossess your house, tell him that you bought your groceries in the ROI, he will understand.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

spadder wrote: »

When the sheriff comes to repossess your house, tell him that you bought your groceries in the ROI, he will understand.

It's the bailiffs you want to watch out for:p

Mizu_Ger

Has the goverment ever tried to carry out an analysis of why prices here are so high. Greedy businesses? Generally higher wages? Less competition? Higher VAT? etc etc. i still don't understand why everything is so much more expensive here.

mike65

Its a mix from transport costs to distributor price gouging to "shoulder shrug" attitude of shoppers who put up with it.

Mike

chops1990

our so-called "government" is a piece of ****ing ****!!!!! They havent got a clue. **** em!!! Why dont they spend more of their 200,000 a year salary. *****! the pay cut they took recently is pathetic! 200,000 - 30,000 = 170,000. oh my what a big difference. they have big coushy jobs and urge people to make sacrifices while making none theirselves!! they are ment to have the greater good of the country at heart not their pockets!!!!!!!

*sigh* I had to get that off my chest

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simu

Step away from the mike, minister!

Nodin

genericgoon wrote: »

Sure, we should bring back the checkpoints since the auld 80s nostalgia is all the rage these days.

...and unapprove a few roads too, for the buzz.

Shoppers should spend more money in the run up to Christmas to help fund the health and education systems, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan said today.

Mr Lenihan has previously urged shoppers to do their “patriotic duty” and resist the urge to avail of bargains in the North.

The Minister said today the situation whereby consumers are pouring into Northern Ireland to take advantage of currency differences and the recent lowering of VAT rates in the UK was having a detrimental effect on the Irish economy.

“When you shop in the State, you do help the taxpayer,” he told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland programme today.

.......I'd imagine everybody who lost cash up there when the North used head South had a few choice words to say to that one.......

VERYinterested

Very hypocritical advice from the Govt! They use ad agencies in Norn Iron to develop their advertising for Enterprise Ireland! Then there's the Road Safety Authority, also developed and booked from the North!

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super_furry

Hang on, wasn't it only a few months back the government (Harney) were telling us to shop around?

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super_furry

Ahhh, so we're to shop around, but no too much.

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kmick

Its time to shop around for a new government. Idiots - patriotic duty - wtf?

mikemac

super_furry wrote: »

Hang on, wasn't it only a few months back the government (Harney) were telling us to shop around?

That's was a few years ago.
Back when she was Enterprise, Trade & Employment minister so that's saying something.

Everyone is going on about this one comment but it's nearly 5 years old at this stage

jmayo

donegalfella wrote: »

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A wasted talent
With times getting hard and not being allowed to shop across the border you may get few quid as a writer for Louis Walsh and his latest protegees.

micmclo wrote: »

That's was a few years ago.
Back when she was Enterprise, Trade & Employment minister so that's saying something.

Everyone is going on about this one comment but it's nearly 5 years old at this stage

Yeah she said f*** all useful and meaningfulsince entering the Dept of Health.
Just ask some of the families of the dead. :rolleyes:

gandalf

micmclo wrote: »

That's was a few years ago.
Back when she was Enterprise, Trade & Employment minister so that's saying something.

Everyone is going on about this one comment but it's nearly 5 years old at this stage

Yes what it says is that people warned we were over priced back then and that was the reaction from the so called Government of the day.

Now when everyone heeds the advice they talk about patriotic duty and paying over the odds.

Pathetic is the only word to describe the current bunches reaction to the economic crisis. Just waiting for them to trott out the famous "Tightened your belts" line from the 1980's to cap it off.

Deedsie

I wonder would the EU leaders be peed off to see the government openly telling Irish Citizens to ignore the free market.

Bring the prices down and we'll shop in Ireland. Do they think people like travelling away from there localities to buy groceries up North, you'd swear they think people are out to intentionally finish off the economy.

Its the government who allowed our economy get in such a state, and now that its on the ropes its the average joe getting accused of furthering this recession by shopping up North or in Britain or France or wherever we get value.

If this is the height of there attempts at addressing this issue, then they should be ashamed of themselves. Drop the VAT to 16.5 and announce retail competition review board that will actually review something of the greed, shop owners say transport of goods is to expensive, is it to much to expect them to shop around also in the interest of themselves and there customers?

And do it now, before Christmas and save the economy the extra pressure this haemoraghing of Irish money out of the Republic is going to cause.

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Liam Byrne

Can we have a look for some politicians while we're up there ?

Even the shower that refuse to take their seats in Stormont are better than our shower of idiotic wasters....

Christ above; to think that this is the crowd that convinced people that we could trust them with the economy ????

Close down the Dail and let the country find it's own feet - we'd be better off than having a bunch of patronising, out-of-touch, useless money-wasters up there.

After hearing this rubbish, I'd almost deliberately start shopping abroad so that Cowen & Harney and all the others in this shower of useless idiots would have less of my tax to waste.....

Mr.Micro

Brian Lenihan diminishes IMO by the day. He is wretchedly woeful. I cannot belive that he thinks that hard pressed people will give up their money to rip off retailers and 21.5% vat here in Ireland when they can get fantastic value in the north. Has he lost the plot?