The little things that cost too much

twinytwo

like for example match programmes for 5 euro.....

Praetorian Saighdiuir

A "tenpenny" sweet bag that costs €2.

With 12 sweets in it, one of which has already been pre chewed and the others are stuck together with the residual saliva from the pre chewed one.

juan.kerr

A euro for a chocolate bar.

CreepingDeath

babies

keith16

Children's clothing.

juan.kerr

Diamonds?

Duff

Razor blades. Condoms.

wyndham

Garlic sauce in takeaways. €1.50-€2 in some places. For 10c worth of sauce.
Ditto bacon on your burger.

admiralofthefleet

juan.kerr wrote: »

A euro for a chocolate bar.

a snickers is €1.19 in easons in arklow, literally next door 5 snickers are €2 in the euro shop. i know where i go for my chocolate

on topic, i used to be a manager in roches stores. the watch batteries that cost €8 to fit were bought in for 10cent

TheBody

Hures!!

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Bottled water..........tap is just as good.

jessiejam

Coffee in restaurants. Got a large and medium latte in starbucks last week €7.20:eek:

Remmy

red bull and other energy drinks. They are over priced for what they are.

MadYaker

Razor blades for shaving, 12 quid for 4!

PizzamanIRL

€20 for 11 litres of petrol.

Larianne

benwavner wrote: »

Bottled water..........tap is just as good.

It's yellow in some parts of Mayo...

Ghandee

Packet of old el paso fajitas.

Nearly a fiver for.

Wraps
Spice mix
Salsa.

I'm in the wrong business.:cool:

jessiejam

Surprised no-one has mentioned coke and hookers yet:D

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Larianne wrote: »

It's yellow in some parts of Mayo...

Jesus Christ!

What's up with that!

shopaholic01

Prescription and non-prescription meds. Doctors visits too, €50 for a couple of minutes - you barely get to sit down before you're ushered back out to pay.

The Big Red Button

jessiejam wrote: »

Surprised no-one has mentioned coke and hookers yet:D

I'm not. Because it's not that funny ...

Ghandee

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

€20 for 11 litres of petrol.

Not as expensive as bottled water in topaz

One litre bottle is €2.

22€ for 11 bottles :cool:

juan.kerr

Larianne wrote: »

It's yellow in some parts of Mayo...

Coincidentally so is urine...:eek:

repsol

Food and beverages in Cinemas.Popcorn has about 500% markup

juan.kerr

repsol wrote: »

Food and beverages in Cinemas.Popcorn has about 500% markup

You mean 50,000%.

9959

Politicians

Rigol

Small size fruit juices.
Those smoothies..about 200ml ..can't think of the name..mental price, not so great either.
Flapjacks...90% oats. E1.20

repsol

juan.kerr wrote: »

You mean 50,000%.

No.That is the figure including bag,electricity,labour etc.Saw Heston Blumenthal on a programme where he was trying to get the largest cinema chain in UK to replace popcorn with healthier option and they quoted that figure and basically told him to **** off (in a nice way of course)

juan.kerr

Rigol wrote: »

Small size fruit juices.
Those smoothies..about 200ml ..can't think of the name..mental price, not so great either.
Flapjacks...90% oats. E1.20

Innocent? 180ml x 4 for over EUR4.00 I think.

Rigol

juan.kerr wrote: »

Innocent? 180ml x 4 for over EUR4.00 I think.

Thats them. The fruit better have been manually pressed between the breasts and flaps of the Hawaiian tropics girls for that price.

MistyCheese

Boards

I know Boards is great but a €75 deposit to join and then €50 a month is expensive. The annual newsletter helps, I suppose...

juan.kerr

Rigol wrote: »

Thats them. The fruit better have been manually pressed between the breasts and flaps of the Hawaiian tropics girls for that price.

With the video thrown in.

UglyBolloxFace

jessiejam wrote: »

Surprised no-one has mentioned coke and hookers yet:D

Nobody has mentioned it because we have all moved on. Except you of course.

Richard Hillman

Chips. Over 2 quid for no more than 2 large potatoes.

Rayne Wooney

Paid 80c for a Capri Sun the other day.

200ml, they need to make bigger sizes.

james142

Apple Products. (Iphone, macs, ipad etc..)

deelite

Tayto Park

kneemos

MadYaker wrote: »

Razor blades for shaving, 12 quid for 4!

Aldi's three blade razors 3.50 for ten,much better razors.

syklops

benwavner wrote: »

Bottled water..........tap is just as good.

Not if you live in Galway.

UCDVet

Soft drinks at restaurants....

It's absurd and the main reason why I don't go out more often. 3-4 euro a coke; then I see them open a can and pour it into a glass. I can get the same can at retail prices and pay .50

Drives me crazy. No reason for it other than people seem to accept it as normal.

Fighting Irish

UCDVet wrote: »

Soft drinks at restaurants....

It's absurd and the main reason why I don't go out more often. 3-4 euro a coke; then I see them open a can and pour it into a glass. I can get the same can at retail prices and pay .50

Drives me crazy. No reason for it other than people seem to accept it as normal.

:rolleyes:

UCDVet

Fighting Irish wrote: »

:rolleyes:

?

Gotya

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Paid 80c for a Capri Sun the other day.

200ml, they need to make bigger sizes.

They do make bigger ones. http://www.capri-sun.co.uk/our-drinks/330ml-juice
And they also charge a bigger price.

You'd be better off buying the ten pack of 200ml. They are always on sale in dunnes, 1.79 for ten was the last i seen them i think.

UCDVet

Fighting Irish wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Dicky Pride

UCDVet wrote: »

In fairness do you expect them to charge what they paid for it? And let you enjoy their seating, electricity, waiters and experienced chefs for nothing? Maybe they should sell you the food what they paid for it too?

UCDVet

Dicky Pride wrote: »

In fairness do you expect them to charge what they paid for it? And let you enjoy their seating, electricity, waiters and experienced chefs for nothing? Maybe they should sell you the food what they paid for it too?

Of course not.

I'm saying the mark up is *outrageous* compared to similar menu items and that it's only accepted because people think it's normal. Remember, the .50 can I purchase from Tesco also includes things like shelf-space, staff, electricity, etc....and you can hardly credit the chief with having anything to do with a soft-drink.

In other countries, you can walk into a restaurant and pay ~1 euro and get a large glass (larger than a single 330ml can) and all the refills you want. And *that* price still includes overhead costs.

To support my claim: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/09/08/top-5-food-mark-ups-where-restaurants-make-huge-profits/

1. Non-Alcoholic Beverages
This would include all soft drinks, coffee, and tea. The cost for restaurants in this area is literally pennies on the dollar. This is why many restaurants and chains switched to "free refills" without worrying one bit about their bottom line. These items cost the restaurant between 5 cents and 20 cents per serving. Keep that in mind the next time you want to order a $2.50 Coke. Soda is so cheap that paper cups, when used, represent a bigger expense than the soda itself.

dagdha

I had a few hours to kill last week so I went into Dundrum town centre and I decided to have a cup of tea at one of the places in there. I seen on the sign that a cup of tea was €2.20 and when I was in the queue I seen some butternut squash quiche so I decided to have a slice, I went up to pay and the guy at the till said "That'll be €10.05 please". €7.85 for a tiny slice of quiche :eek:

Max Power

A haircut. I pay €10 every month for 10 minutes use of a scissors and a clippers.

Also, anything to do with dentistry is a rip off!

JayEnnis

jessiejam wrote: »

Coffee in restaurants. Got a large and medium latte in starbucks last week €7.20:eek:

Although I agree it's expensive and I don't order coffee when I'm out, what you're paying for is the whole process it takes to make that coffee. It's not as simple as adding boiling water, sugar and milk. The coffee is ground, pressed, the water is filtered through it, the milk is steamed etc.. If you don't want to pay through the nose then just order an Americano and stay away from starbucks.

JayEnnis

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

A haircut. I pay €10 every month for 10 minutes use of a scissors and a clippers.

Also, anything to do with dentistry is a rip off!

Could you cut your hair better yourself?

And have you went to college for the amount of time it takes to become a dentist? You're paying for the experience and the fact that the person has invested a lot of money and years of their life to get into this profession. It's not nice to pay but you have to understand where its coming from. Why would they bother if they were receiving the same pay as a job that doesn't require years in college?

Latchy

Thread only endorses why whenever I travel city to city ,I take my own home made sandwiches ,snacks and beverages ie, tap water , diluted blackcurrant / orange and flask of coffee .The effort is so much cheaper and healthier .