Has Anyone experienced being "fleeced" yet during Race Week

Tony Almeida

Egg on my face

swe_fi

Lapin wrote: »

I don't know which is the most bewildering.
The fact that the cafe attempted to charge €9 for this, or the fact that someone would order such a mundane meal in the first place.

Look, it really annoys me that the chicken fillet and a scoop of beans cost €9, but that someone would order this (!) and then have the energy to go on about it annoys me more, it is perhaps not rational but it really does. I would have thought you need to eat more then that to have such energy.

Chicken is obviously something Galwegians are very passionate about (the KFC thread...classic)

Also, spare some thought for the poor chicken. Imagine how rejected that overpriced chicken felt.

charlie_says

Will someone please think of the chicklets!

Head The Wall

swe_fi wrote: »

Look, it really annoys me that the chicken fillet and a scoop of beans cost €9, but that someone would order this (!) and then have the energy to go on about it annoys me more, it is perhaps not rational but it really does. I would have thought you need to eat more then that to have such energy.

Chicken is obviously something Galwegians are very passionate about (the KFC thread...classic)

Also, spare some thought for the poor chicken. Imagine how rejected that overpriced chicken felt.

I know of a bride that had chips and beans on her wedding day, are you saying that people don't have a right to eat what they want. I think they should

It's like giving out to a junkie for only taking heroin when he could also have mixed in coke to give him more energy while he is on the gear. Ridiculous notion

dolphin city

swe_fi wrote: »

Look, it really annoys me that the chicken fillet and a scoop of beans cost €9, but that someone would order this (!) and then have the energy to go on about it annoys me more, it is perhaps not rational but it really does. I would have thought you need to eat more then that to have such energy.

Chicken is obviously something Galwegians are very passionate about (the KFC thread...classic)

Also, spare some thought for the poor chicken. Imagine how rejected that overpriced chicken felt.

I did spare a thought for the chicken - i throw it back into the pen

I'd hate to see what you would have for your lunch if you thought that was a meagre lunch.

Lapin

Head The Wall wrote: »

It's like giving out to a junkie for only taking heroin when he could also have mixed in coke to give him more energy while he is on the gear.

No its not.
And you know its not.
Stop being silly.

dinneenp

A friend of mine is a farmer and he had 3 sheep fleeced this week....:D

Lapin

dolphin city wrote: »

I'd hate to see what you would have for your lunch if you thought that was a meagre lunch.

A piece of breaded chicken and a spoonful of beans hardly constitutes what most people would regard as lunch. Let alone the makings of a balanced diet.

Elevator

Lapin wrote: »

A piece of breaded chicken and a spoonful of beans hardly constitutes what most people would regard as lunch. Let alone the makings of a balanced diet.

well for €3 I'd be happy with it for a snack/lunch to get me thru my day at work

I've ate worse daily and spent more money while I was at it too

fair play op

if it was me I would have been livid with the guy, really hating this town and the country more and more with each passing day!!

AssertiveAction

A Pint at the races is 500ml €4.20 not 568ml the correct Pint measure. This is all most 12% less and is just mean and will really p-off the British tourists.

What is welcoming about Irish people any chance to rip somebody off they take it. And tourists are beginning to know it and avoid this country. Or is this us just becoming more European that eventually we will no longer serve the traditional pint.

swe_fi

Head The Wall wrote: »

I know of a bride that had chips and beans on her wedding day, are you saying that people don't have a right to eat what they want. I think they should

It's like giving out to a junkie for only taking heroin when he could also have mixed in coke to give him more energy while he is on the gear. Ridiculous notion

I think everyone should eat what they want, but I can still find it (very) strange. I am probably biased though because I hate beans. Your junkie point does make sense apart from the fact that heroinists are not really that open to criticism i find.

And trust me, I would have loved to have been at that wedding.

Does anyone know by how much pubs in general raise the price of beer / booze during this week, or do they at all?

Greaney

BrokenArrows wrote: »

he never mentioned he didnt eat it..apart from the second post.

a business has the right to change their prices when and how they please.
If they believe people are willing to pay the price they set then so be it.

No everyone is going to like it

Actually, it's against the law, a lot of pubs have been busted and fined in Galway for doing this during the races, and pubs in Dublin during an international match. Inspectors are sent around to check before and after big events.

This does not apply to hotel rooms however. They can legally fluxuate with demand (hight season and so on)

Dolphin could report them, I'm not sure who the agency is that does this, it could be a state sponsered consumer rights body.

civis_liberalis

Head The Wall wrote: »

It's like giving out to a junkie for only taking heroin when he could also have mixed in coke to give him more energy while he is on the gear. Ridiculous notion

WTF?

Where the hell did that come from?

Head The Wall

Lapin wrote: »

No its not.
And you know its not.
Stop being silly.

What bloody right does Swe_Fi have to tell the OP what he should and shouldn't eat, none what so ever. I just quoted a similar example

civis_liberalis wrote: »

WTF?

Where the hell did that come from?

See above

dolphin city

Lapin wrote: »

A piece of breaded chicken and a spoonful of beans hardly constitutes what most people would regard as lunch. Let alone the makings of a balanced diet.

ok, I'll go for an extra large mcdonalds double cheesburger meal next time.

Xiney

actually, I think a chicken fillet (no mention of it having been breaded) and a spoonful of (what I assume are) green beans is a perfectly fine, balanced, light lunch. It's around 200-250 calories, high in protein, low in fat, with some complex carbs from the beans, throw in a piece of fruit for desert and it's perfect, nutritionally, if bland.


It can be difficult to eat healthily when out, nevermind when on a budget. I think the OP had a pretty good solution going here, until the price was tripled on him.

Fair play for him for walking out, and fair play for eating such healthy food.

biko

Stick some tabasco or jalapeno sauce on top for extra kick, doesn't have any fat or calories.

dolphin city

yes, I thought so too guys - it was actually baked beans not green beans, so there wasn't even any cooking on them - just dumped into the serving dish
i thought it was quite a balanced lunch myself - some low calorie protein and some beans which are quite healthy compared to other fibres and can fill you up for quite a while.

And after all it was just lunch - if you eat three balanced meals per day, this is more than enough for lunch.

dolphin city

biko wrote: »

Stick some tabasco or jalapeno sauce on top for extra kick, doesn't have any fat or calories.

chilli flakes in the beans is my trick.

Xiney

dolphin city wrote: »

chilli flakes in the beans is my trick.

ooh, must try that!

Blinking_Badger

Bravo to the OP!

It's great to see someone saying a big fat NO to being blatantly ripped off.

GO YOU!

BB

Megatron_X

I think the price of the races bus is a bit over the top. I decided to get the 3 instead of the races coach (€3.20 versus €9 return).

I didn't think the short walk to the side entrance from Briarhill was worth an extra €5.80... and I could be very wrong but I couldn't see any coaches leaving the race course during the day, which gives me much more flexibility if I want to leave early with the 3 or 9.

[-0-]

Good man OP. Fair fecks to ya. This sort of thing should be on the front of the Galway Advertiser, along side a story of the pints not being 568ml. "Welcome to BallyRIPOff!"

It would be a good idea to set up a sub page on Rip Off Ireland's website with the price list from all local bars, restaurants and hotels prior to the races and then during the races.

This sort of thing is ridiculous and it's just one item on a huge long list of things that is wrong with this country.

Discodog

Galway can be one big rip off. I have just bought a new item from a main supplier via ebay. The supplier was selling the item for £7. Exactly the same item is in a Galway shop at €40.

Instead of trying to cream it from festivals Galway businesses should look at providing decent good & services at a reasonable price to any person & at any time of the year.

If I were a tourist in Galway I would get seriously upset at finding that locals get a discount & tourists get a rip off. Ireland's reputation is in tatters. We need to be building it up not making it worse.

Btw well done OP !

Mrs OBumble

Discodog wrote: »

If I were a tourist in Galway I would get seriously upset at finding that locals get a discount & tourists get a rip off.

I've been a tourist (in Galway and elsewhere),and I pretty much expect that I'm (well was) a cash-cow, and that businesses will have ways of giving locals local prices.

They might not actually advertise a "local" price, but here are ways and means: where I come from, there's a cable-car that is both a tourist attraction and a massively-easier-than-walking way to get the university. Ten-trip tickets were LOT cheaper than ten times the price of a single ride. In some cities, showing your library card gets you a BIG discount at various city council (etc) facilities.

Elevator

dolphin city wrote: »

chilli flakes in the beans is my trick.

we do this all the time, funkin delicious

Blinking_Badger

dolphin city wrote: »

chilli flakes in the beans is my trick.

Sounds like an explosive mix!!!!!!!!!!

BornToBe?

So Is "Lynches Cafe" the ONLY place then?

dolphin city

yes I am sure there are other examples - anyone care to share

HardyEustace

Megatron_X wrote: »

I think the price of the races bus is a bit over the top. I decided to get the 3 instead of the races coach (€3.20 versus €9 return).

I didn't think the short walk to the side entrance from Briarhill was worth an extra €5.80... and I could be very wrong but I couldn't see any coaches leaving the race course during the day, which gives me much more flexibility if I want to leave early with the 3 or 9.

It's 9 EURO FOR THE RACES BUS? What an utter rip off. That's TERRIBLE. Should be 4 MAX.

just checked on-line 9euro return - 5euro single. Still a rip off.