wasn't hugely impressed with this dealz place......thoughts?

constantg

wasn't hugely impressed with this dealz place on william street, the new super big pound shop place. was in there friday and the place is big, but didn't really see anything to set it apart from any of the other pound shops....

skyguy19

they were like vultures in there on friday, according to the people shopping there , there are grreat bargains to be got, I didnt see them to be honest

aN.Droid

Cherry coke. 4 for 1.50. Good in my book!

Cherrycoke

Limericks wrote: »

Cherry coke. 4 for 1.50. Good in my book!

Me too and the Scampi/Bacon fries multipack..nom nom

Most of the food products are cheaper than Dunnes/Tesco

3litres of milk for €1.49..haven't seen it as cheap as that anywhere

aN.Droid

In fact if they only sold cherry coke I would frequent there often! It is my favourite drink

SoCo2009

Cherrycoke wrote: »

Me too and the Scampi/Bacon fries multipack..nom nom

Most of the food products are cheaper than Dunnes/Tesco

3litres of milk for €1.49..haven't seen it as cheap as that anywhere

I take it you like cherry coke then?

Cherrycoke

SoCo2009 wrote: »

I take it you like cherry coke then?

Was it my username that gave it away? :cool:

hightower1

Cherrycoke wrote: »

Was it my username that gave it away? :cool:

"Who loooooves orange soda cherry coke?"

BESman

What the hell is cherry coke???!

aN.Droid

BESman wrote: »

What the hell is cherry coke???!

JONJO THE MISER

Picked up 4 cans of Pepsi 1.50 and a 8 bag of frisps for 1.50 plus 4 bars of choclater (2 bounties and 2 kitkats) 1.50, not bad at all.

RonMexico

Too many euro shops in the city. It will probably close down two of the smaller ones.

eclectichoney

Yeah was in there today and it was jammers. Felt sorry for the €2 shop next door which was practically empty

mgbgt1978

Don't forget that this place is massive in the Uk where they are called Poundland.
Everything over there is £1 (funnily enough) while here they are charging €1.49 for the same stuff.
Just another UK chainstore charging more over here than at home :rolleyes:

Poxyshamrock

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

Don't forget that this place is massive in the Uk where they are called Poundland.
Everything over there is £1 (funnily enough) while here they are charging €1.49 for the same stuff.
Just another UK chainstore charging more over here than at home :rolleyes:

At €1.49, you could hardly complain about the prices now!

eclectichoney

In fairness, the cost base here is also very different to the UK (wages, insurance, rates etc.)

TheInquisitor

You can when comparatively it should be about €1.25, or to cover the increased cost of business over here maybe 1.35. But a full 20% difference in price....

constantg

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

At €1.49, you could hardly complain about the prices now!

.....and yet apparently he/she is!


I only gave a wander in around it being honest. I was pressed for time and it was like the end of days inside there.

aN.Droid

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

Don't forget that this place is massive in the Uk where they are called Poundland.
Everything over there is £1 (funnily enough) while here they are charging €1.49 for the same stuff.
Just another UK chainstore charging more over here than at home :rolleyes:

Higher wages, Higher vat, most of there stock is English so higher transport costs. So, for €1.50 you can't complain.

counterlock

So shop elsewhere if you don't like it

goat2

i was in one of these dealz shops on friday, bought toothpaste, soap, reading glasses, and many more items, delighted with my lot, i think i made big savings thanks to dealz

TestTransmission

eclectichoney wrote: »

Yeah was in there today and it was jammers. Felt sorry for the €2 shop next door which was practically empty

Me too, were you that scary looking cat lady?

eclectichoney

TestTransmission wrote: »

Me too, were you that scary looking cat lady?

Indeed! I really keep meaning to post a picture in the 'Know your limerickans pics' thread... Here I am!

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eclectichoney wrote: »

Indeed! I really keep meaning to post a picture in the 'Know your limerickans pics' thread... Here I am!

Here's your chance so..

I would link you the thread but I'm way too lazy to go find it

the drifter

best thread derailment ever....€1.49 cherry cola...ugh...too expensive..uh cat lady...oh picture thread...ugh lazy...

anyways....i suppose ill check this place out when im in town again...what are the chances of it stocking large quantities of high quality mean for 1.49?

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the drifter wrote: »

best thread derailment ever....€1.49 cherry cola...ugh...too expensive..uh cat lady...oh picture thread...ugh lazy...

Do your job and link the thread so :P

jsd1004

TheInquisitor wrote: »

You can when comparatively it should be about €1.25, or to cover the increased cost of business over here maybe 1.35. But a full 20% difference in price....

The exchange rate is 1.30. We have higher minimum wage, higher VAT here amongst others. 1.50 sounds about right

TheInquisitor

www.xe.com

The exchange rate is 1.17138. I was giving lots of leeway with 1.25.

Forfas calculated in 2010 there 5% was the maximum justifiable price difference there hould be. Include now the 2% vat rise and it 7%.

Working on the correct exchange rate Poundland has a 27.35% price difference

eclectichoney

The exchange rate is more like 1.19 in real life - i.e. nobody actually manages to get the rate from xe.com - there is a markup from the banks. Also the rate was 1.50 - what is to say the euro won't depreciate against sterling over the next few months, so 1.30 or so say? This could easily happen and do you expect dealz to be repricing every few months to reflect this? The cost would be prohibitive. Some cushion needs to be built into the price and one would hope it would work both ways.

Also just a thought, are forfas going to be completely objective / independent on this, or do they have an interest in getting firms to be more competitive? Also, should we really still trust the research output and analysis from Irish state and semi-state agencies these days? :rolleyes::rolleyes: (Is that 3.6 bn down the back of the couch like?)

Berty

Ok Folks don't shop in HMV, Boots, New Look, River Island and many many other stores because they are UK owned.

It's €1.49 and it is good value.

holy guacamole

Best thing about the place imo is the cds/books section.

Some decent albums in there (not really to my taste but still) at the ridiculously cheap price of 1.49 , mostly chart stuff but some indie stuff also.

The books section is great too, once I managed to fight my way through the throng I spotted books by Harlan Coben, Ian Rankin, Bernhard Schlink (wrote The Reader) and several autobiographies. Plenty of Christmas present material for the people you don't particularly like and only consider worth 1.49 of your money.