Whats the most daily item you've seen at a crazy expensive price?

Professey Chin

Raze_them_all wrote: »

Last breakfast roll I got, 3 sausages, 3 rashers, 2 hash browns and an egg for 3.50, ****in delish too

Havnt had a breakfast roll in many many weeks.......ohhhh the temptation

Raze_them_all

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Havnt had a breakfast roll in many many weeks.......ohhhh the temptation

I get one every 3-4 weeks. They're so good, but only with crispy rashers.......... ah **** i want one now

OPENROAD

thetonynator wrote: »

Part of the problem in Ireland with high prices is wages and rent. A coffee shop on a busy street is going to have astronomical rent, and have to pay staff €8.65 an hour, so at €3.50 they're probably not even making much.

Oh fully agree, but that is our problem, it is absolute madness that a coffee in a city like London is cheaper than Dublin.

Professey Chin

Raze_them_all wrote: »

I get one every 3-4 weeks. They're so good, but only with crispy rashers.......... ah **** i want one now

Fcuk it im gettin 1 this week.Oms

Agonist

caprilicious wrote: »

SMA babyfood, normally €9.69 for 900g in Tesco/Dunnes - €16.99 in a Maxol garage :eek:

Biggins wrote: »

€7.60 in Tescos today.
(Bought one for my youngest.)

Serves you right for feeding crap to your babies

gebbel

I think there is a lesson in this thread for most of us: check the price before buying something.....not afterwards. I was always told that a fool and his money soon parts.

meathawk

RE: Hdmi cables. I know the premise of this thread is to show how much of a rip-off places can be but it seems people are generally paying far too much for them. I bought mine off eBay for 2.50 incl. shipping and it's gold-plated and just very functional.

TirEoghain

Zovirax is something that seemed to be very expensive in Dublin!

Suppose it's not a daily item, but it seems that whenever you need it, the one you had from the last time is no good. You always have to buy a new one.

amybabes

Havent read all replies so apologies if this has been mentioned.

But in Australia, bananas are $13.99 a kilo here the last couple of months due to the cyclone in Queensland wiping out most of the crops.

Works out around $2.50 a banana, or E1.80
Crazy sh*t!

ArphaRima

In China here.

35 euro for a normal pot of jam in the supermarket. Noodles are cheap though.

TirEoghain

amybabes wrote: »

Havent read all replies so apologies if this has been mentioned.

But in Australia, bananas are $13.99 a kilo here the last couple of months due to the cyclone in Queensland wiping out most of the crops.

Works out around $2.50 a banana, or E1.80
Crazy sh*t!

That must explain why some of the times I go shopping are so expensive! Must start looking at the receipts to see what is costing all the money and what isn't.

Biggins

fluffer wrote: »

In China here.
35 euro for a normal pot of jam in the supermarket...

:eek: Ouch!

JustAddWater

meathawk wrote: »

RE: Hdmi cables. I know the premise of this thread is to show how much of a rip-off places can be but it seems people are generally paying far too much for them. I bought mine off eBay for 2.50 incl. shipping and it's gold-plated and just very functional.

I got mine in the €2 shop

And yes, it's gold plated!

obliviousgrudge

Sure roll on deodorant - €3.16 in Costcutter. Its about 1.50 in most places.

anto2

amybabes wrote: »

Havent read all replies so apologies if this has been mentioned.

But in Australia, bananas are $13.99 a kilo here the last couple of months due to the cyclone in Queensland wiping out most of the crops.

Works out around $2.50 a banana, or E1.80
Crazy sh*t!

Cant remember the last time i had to buy a banana .They grow like weeds here in Northern Thailand .They are all along the side of the road in most places .

cock robin

Doyler92 wrote: »

I seen a bottle of water in Superquinn for €45.

Link

Why ? in ****s name would anyone buy a bottle of water when for the majority of the time in this country it falls out of the sky for free.

Biggins

cock robin wrote: »

Why ? in ****s name would anyone buy a bottle of water when for the majority of the time in this country it falls out of the sky for free.

As the saying goes "Fools and their money are easily parted" - and lord knows there is enough of them!

Paddy Cow

Toiletries such as shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, toothpaste etc. I get them all from the €2 shop now. Much cheaper

phasers

nicorette gum is crazy expensive. A box of 105 pieces costs 27 euro here, in the UK it's less than a tenner!

cock robin

The

price of petrol versus Printer

Ink


All

these examples do NOT imply that petrol is cheap; it

just illustrates how outrageous some prices

are....

You will be really shocked by the

last one!
(At least, I

was...)


Compared

with petrol......


Think

a gallon of fuel is

expensive?





This

makes one think, and also puts things in

perspective.


Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ... $10.32 per

gallon


Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz

$1.19 ..........$9.52 per gallon



Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per

gallon



Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 ......... $10.00 per

gallon



Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ...... $33.60 per

gallon



Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 ... $178.13 per

gallon



Pepto


Bismol 4 oz $3.85 .. $123.20 per

gallon



Whiteout

7 oz $1.39 ....... . $25.42 per

gallon



Scope

1.5 oz $0.99 .....$84.48 per

gallon




And

this is the REAL

KICKER...


Evian

water

9 oz $1.49..$21.19 per gallon! $21.19 for WATER and the

buyers don't even know the

source

(Evian

spelled backwards is

Naive.)


Ever

wonder why printers are so

cheap?

So

they have you hooked for the ink.
Someone calculated

the cost of the ink at...............
(you won't

believe it....but it is true........)
$5,200 a gal.

(five thousand two hundred

dollars)

muletide

^^ Jesus, that was painful to read.

Did you throw the words at the screen?

nice1franko

At least he took out the FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: >>>>>>>>>>>>> RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: >>>>>>>>> FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

cock robin

muletide wrote: »

^^ Jesus, that was painful to read.

Did you throw the words at the screen?

It was a rush job apologies

Archeron

In my local petrol station they had Vienettas in the fridge with a big sticker on the box saying special offer, £1.39 (Sterling). I found the sticker on the fridge advising the euro price and it was €5.79.

I know that special offer may have been UK only, but blatant rip off in the price difference. I had a vienetta free evening.

skinsseries3

Toilet Roll!-some brands are outrageously priced, considering what it'll be used for....

Il Trap

Bulmers cider! €5.90 for a pint bottle of it in Quinns, Drumcondra recently. Bleedin robbing house that place. €4.50 for the same bottle in a spot I drink in outside of Dublin. Cans of Bulmers are ridiculous too. Average around 2.30€. Same cans across the border are around €1.60.

Cans of Guinness aswell. Guiness is one of the cheapest pints in a pub usually, yet cans cost around €2.10 nearly everywhere.

Others: fruit in canteens and convenience stores. The canteen in my college charges 85c for a f*ckin apple!

This is a service, rather than an item, but one would definately have to be driving lessons. How the hell can an instructor justify charging 40-45 euro for a driving lesson? Christ, do they even have to have much of a qualification. I give grinds to secondary school kids and I feel slightly embarrassed charging €25 per hour lesson!

New-release video games - they just take the p!ss.

Again, not an item, but 'entrance' to the Cliffs of Moher - €3 per person on a coach! B*stards!

michelledoh

I will never pay more than €1 for a can of a fizzy drink but beside my office all the cans of coke, 7up etc are like €1.50 and i have seen them for €2! Bringing my own drinks to work! Madness!

Blazer

Maplins...went in to buy a CR123A battery for my tactlight...

Maplins price for some generic brand- €11.99 for one.

Ebay price? 12 x Duracell = €11.95 with free shipping.

Great to see Rip off Ireland alive and well..or should that be
Rip Off UK Companies trading in Ireland

JustAddWater

Sc@recrow wrote: »

Maplins...went in to buy a CR123A battery for my tactlight...

Maplins price for some generic brand- €11.99 for one.

Ebay price? 12 x Duracell = €11.95 with free shipping.

Great to see Rip off Ireland alive and well..or should that be
Rip Off UK Companies trading in Ireland

i've also noticed maplin to be selling cheap chinese crap too the last time I was in there. No effort to reduce the prices, cheap chinese junk at maplins rip-off prices. Sometimes that company has no shame...

Paddy Cow

skinsseries3 wrote: »

Toilet Roll!-some brands are outrageously priced, considering what it'll be used for....

I like to be cool and edgy and only use black toilet roll for my derriere. It's a bargin! Don't be jealous now

gent9662

2 litre bottled water in petrol stations, saw a 2l ballygowen for €3.40

Samba

One can of baked beans taken from a multi-pack - €3.50

Raze_them_all

Text messages. Especially for those that don't have unlimited free texts. What they charge you and what they actually cost is a nice profit.

Biggins

phasers wrote: »

nicorette gum is crazy expensive. A box of 105 pieces costs 27 euro here, in the UK it's less than a tenner!

Thats just mad - how in gods name can that be justified!

goose2005

Can't imagine why anyone pays a fiver for 4 single-use batteries. You can buy a charger and 4 rechargeable ones for about 15, and they're good for dozens of uses.

ceekay74

Not sure whats the worst i've ever seen, but these often overpriced...

Razor blades

Newspapers (the content is free online!)

Pints in the city centre

Nike / Adidas / etc. (aren't they made for pennys in china?)

Screws, nails, etc in B&Q

Easter eggs

Birthday cards

Plants / flowers

Cigarettes

Taxis

Haircuts

Solicitors

superelliptic

fedor.2. wrote: »

Water will eventually become the new champagne

Because we can no longer afford champagne....

Top up your Bollingers Ballygowan, for you ma'm? :pac:

neil_hosey

free range feckin chickens boobies! why the hell are they so pricey?

superelliptic

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I like to be cool and edgy and only use black toilet roll for my derriere. It's a bargin! Don't be jealous now

I think those are rolls of Duck Tape....

http://www.vikingdirect.ie/catalog/catalogSku.do?id=04613-22


I dont think adhesive has much in the way of 'poo removal' qualitys.

:pac:

Raze_them_all

neil_hosey wrote: »

free range feckin chickens boobies! why the hell are they so pricey?

Buy them in a butcher. 1e a go, not bad value.

goose2005

dclane wrote: »

2 litre bottled water in petrol stations, saw a 2l ballygowen for €3.40

In Italy, the typical price is under 20 cents...

Biggins

Some of the price gaps have honestly shocked me. Cheers for pointing some of them out so far.
I'm making note of a few of them to look out for in future.

Jev/N

Iarnród Éireann fares

ladypip

Pepsi raw 35 euro for 6 of the tiny cans in tesco about a year ago! Its been pulled from the market no bloody mystery why!!

7sr2z3fely84g5

Anybody still using inkjet printers,just dump them,the local office/computer store would rip you off on colour laser printers,but amazon/ebay/harvey norman give great deals on good make of colour laser printers for under €100,amazon offers free shipping,for ink toners "inkmaestro" gives cheap prices,setting the printer to draft mode can save a bit of ink too,i printed off 1000 pages before need to replace the toner.


Boots pharmacy gives good prices on packets of gilette/wilkson sword razors,average of 7-8 euro for packet of twenty.

Voodoomelon

I paid $35 for a double vodka and redbull in a stripclub in Vegas. Twice. Worth every penny.

Paddy Cow

Jev/N wrote: »

Iarnród Éireann fares

They're a complete joke. It's almost €50 for a return from Galway to Dublin but if you get City Link or Go Bus, it's €20 return. The bus takes less time and runs more regularly.

gosuckonalemon

phasers wrote: »

nicorette gum is crazy expensive. A box of 105 pieces costs 27 euro here, in the UK it's less than a tenner!

105 for 27e so 20 for less than €5.50.

Cigarettes are 20 for €8.60 or whatever.

Pros:
-cheaper than cigarettes
-no carcinogenic chemicals
-no damage to lungs
-you no longer smell disgusting

Cons:
-?

Yes it's crazy that they are cheaper in the UK but still worthy buying..

Biggins

Paddy Cow wrote: »

They're a complete joke. It's almost €50 for a return from Galway to Dublin but if you get City Link or Go Bus, it's €20 return. The bus takes less time and runs more regularly.

I've taken that bus at 9.45am a few weeks ago.
Cost me a fiver (booked over the net and the 10am bus was supposed to pick me up but the 9.45 bus driver let me on his. Decent of them too.).
A fiver to Galway and same back, costing less then it would to get a taxi from one side of my home town to the other side!
Great price by City-Link.

Paddy Cow

Biggins wrote: »

I've taken that bus at 9.45am a few weeks ago.
Cost me a fiver (booked over the net and the 10am bus was supposed to pick me up but the 9.45 bus driver let me on his. Decent of them too.).
A fiver to Galway and same back, costing less then it would to get a taxi from one side of my home town to the other side!
Great price by City-Link.

I can't remember if it's City Link or Go Bus but one of them also does random offers of €1 each way. You need to book a good bit in advace but if you were going on holiday, they're worth watching out for.