Local ripoffs?

Ordered a hot chicken roll there a few weeks ago with cheese, onion, lettuce and coleslaw - €5.15 !

I asked the girl at the till was it a mistake and she said no as they charge €1.10 for the coleslaw which is what brought the price up so much.

I asked her for the manager and she said he wasn't there, so I said to tell him that he was ripping people off with prices like that.

I gave my roll back and took my business elsewhere.

I also had a packet of chewing gum - green extra, and she was charging me 85 cent for them !

These shops/garages etc are then moaning about the minimum wage being too high while they take the p!ss with crazy prices :mad:

siltirocker

As far as i know it is legal to put your prices up after midnight, but only if you're paying the bar staff time and a half at said times too. My uncle runs a pub and said so, but he made a strong point in telling me that it is consideed bad practice.

JONJO THE MISER

rarnes1 wrote: »

Ordered a hot chicken roll there a few weeks ago with cheese, onion, lettuce and coleslaw - €5.15 !

I asked the girl at the till was it a mistake and she said no as they charge €1.10 for the coleslaw which is what brought the price up so much.

I asked her for the manager and she said he wasn't there, so I said to tell him that he was ripping people off with prices like that.

I gave my roll back and took my business elsewhere.

I also had a packet of chewing gum - green extra, and she was charging me 85 cent for them !

These shops/garages etc are then moaning about the minimum wage being too high while they take the p!ss with crazy prices :mad:

I done THE SAME IN THE CENTRA DOWN IN Forster Street last year, i usually got my same regular roll there all the time and it would cost 3.60, then one day i goes in orders it and goes to the till and it was 4.10:eek: isaid there must be some mistake so i went back down to the deli to Inquire and this wan tells me thats the price i said it was always 3.60 and she said no it was always 4.10 and that maybe someone had entered the wrong price when i got it before, well i said ive been cominhg here about 5 months and it has always been 3.60 so dont even try and lie to me:mad: and you can keep ure stinking roll, sell it to some other mug:mad: havent gone back there since, now i just go to Lidl to get a nice sandwich for 2.20:)

Captain Darling

I had lunch in that restaurant above Zhivago on Shop Street (Lynchs Castle??) a few weeks ago.

I ordered the breast of chicken from the carvey. They re-heated it under a grill type thing, as i made my way to a till.

Paid a tenner for it and it tasted like sh1te, i should have complained, or handed it back. I was fcuking stunned that it was so bad. It was only after leaving that i realised that i'd been totally shafted.

Pure muck. Not going back there again.

gary82

rarnes1 wrote: »

These shops/garages etc are then moaning about the minimum wage being too high while they take the p!ss with crazy prices :mad:

But isn't their explanation for the high prices the high wage bill?

Nathan251

I didn't feel like drinking alcohol yesterday as I had been boozing the previous few days so i went for a cranberry juice instead...cost me 3.55 euros in the salthouse, a bit steep for a soft drink IMO

I usually get stung for stupid things like

A) getting a bottle of wine or something that is in a section where it says 9.99 or whatever but then it's 20 euros or something when I pay as they just placed it in a section with a cheap tag relying on the fact I wouldn't study the tag and just see the price, cheeky B**tards and also relying on my reluctance to cause a scene/seem like a tight git at the counter

some clothes shops again have tags but with the prices in british sterling, up you go to the counter thinking you have a bargain then you get stung/shocked when the guy/gal tells you the price in euros, again sometimes i don't want to cause a scene/seem like a tight git and end up paying it

I think often a lot of people whinge/whine about it afterwards more coz they are angry with themselves for not giving out more when it actually mattered in the restaurant/shop etc., thankfully lately i am being more assertive and telling these cowboys where to go albeit in a calm way, i am not really bothered what the fourteen people behind me in the queue think, i don't give them the evil eye when they take out 12 vouchers to pay for their yoghurt or whatever it is

moonflower

Captain Darling wrote: »

I had lunch in that restaurant above Zhivago on Shop Street (Lynchs Castle??) a few weeks ago.

I ordered the breast of chicken from the carvey. They re-heated it under a grill type thing, as i made my way to a till.

Paid a tenner for it and it tasted like sh1te, i should have complained, or handed it back. I was fcuking stunned that it was so bad. It was only after leaving that i realised that i'd been totally shafted.

Pure muck. Not going back there again.

The staff in there are very rude too, one day 5 of us were in there, 4 of us where eating and a man came over and asked the one who wasnt eating to leave. I havn't been back in there since. They keep putting the prices up as well.

Zzippy

Kudos to the people who actually do something about bad service or overpricing instead of just complaining on here. Wish more people did it. I did it recently in the newly reopened Racing Lodge, got the worst lunch of my life, not even a joke, complained to the barman but the manager wasn't available, got 2 lunches for the price of 1 and he didn't charge the drinks either, he was embarrassed as it was far from the first complaint they had.
Another one, I drink a half litre of milk every day with my lunch whenever I get a roll. Most shops 65-70c for 500ml. Topaz Newcastle charge €1.05 - 50% more than anywhere else! Only noticed when I got to the till, I used get a roll there all the time, one day I queried the price of the milk and told the shop assistant the price elsewhere, he just shrugged and said "well shop elsewhere then". Left the roll and milk on the counter and told him I would, haven't been back since...

JohnCleary

Zzippy wrote: »

Topaz Newcastle charge €1.05 - 50% more than anywhere else! Only noticed when I got to the till, I used get a roll there all the time, one day I queried the price of the milk and told the shop assistant the price elsewhere, he just shrugged and said "well shop elsewhere then". Left the roll and milk on the counter and told him I would, haven't been back since...

They also have what I consider the most expensive off-license in Galway. €2.85 for a can of Bulmers :eek: Out of principle I avoid that place anymore, even the petrol is damn expensive there (yet it's still always busy!)

moonflower

Zzippy wrote: »

Another one, I drink a half litre of milk every day with my lunch whenever I get a roll. Most shops 65-70c for 500ml. Topaz Newcastle charge €1.05 - 50% more than anywhere else! Only noticed when I got to the till, I used get a roll there all the time, one day I queried the price of the milk and told the shop assistant the price elsewhere, he just shrugged and said "well shop elsewhere then". Left the roll and milk on the counter and told him I would, haven't been back since...

Topaz in Westside is the same, I paid €4 for half a litre of milk, a half pan of bread and a galaxy in there the other night. I was tempted to just leave but nowhere else was open.

JONJO THE MISER

I have no shame at all, if i think im being ripped off ill comfront them, my sister now avoids going to the supermarket or shops with me:D because of the day i was inside in Tesco, i saw that there mini choc rolls were 1.52 up from 1.22, there were this price for at least a year but they upped them 25% the same week they announced that they were cutting prices, so i tackled up of the people working there over it, i said i wanna see the manager now and sure enough after 5 minutes waiting i did and i can tell you i let him have it in a firm but polite way.
But thats me i know the price of everything in the supermarket and if its gone up as much as a cent ill notice, the same way ill know if its cheaper in another supermarket.

cactus86

i agree that not paying for something if you're not happy with the price is the right thing to do, but giving out to the assistants that have no control over said prices..... the prices are not going to change because you had a go at the person behind the till.

coup1917

Clayton Hotel - €5 for a bottle of beer..........
That was before Race week, I'm sure they didn't drop it for last week anyway.........

siltirocker

moonflower wrote: »

Topaz in Westside is the same, I paid €4 for half a litre of milk, a half pan of bread and a galaxy in there the other night. I was tempted to just leave but nowhere else was open.

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