The little things that cost too much

Capt'n Midnight

jessiejam wrote: »

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

Well at least Starbucks pay their taxes.

Ghandee wrote: »

Packet of old el paso fajitas.

Nearly a fiver for.

wait until they are on special for €2 and stock up

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!

Place in Thomas Street up past Lidl does hair cuts for a fiver




The price of soft drinks in a pub really does my head in :mad::mad:

Precious flower

Getting tea in a restaurant or café. Costs around 1.70 (where I go in university) when a whole box of teabags costs 2/3 euro.

Skid

Richard Hillman wrote: »

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

Bargain. Can't beat a nice bag of chips.

Grayson

juan.kerr wrote: »

You mean 50,000%.

It's ok. It's magic popcorn.

MadsL

Duff wrote: »

Razor blades.

Doing it wrong tbh. Come over to the Facial Hair and Hats forum for some edumacation.

spankysue

500ml bottles of Coke, €1.65 in my local shop yet you can buy a 1 litre share size bottle for €1.50... fcuking ridiculous.

KKkitty

For my 2 boys who are both under 7 years old to get a haircut in a salon it's €10 each. It barely takes 5 minutes each to cut both their hair.

Celly Smunt

Boards.ie subscription.

The sex forum is a huge let down.

eth0

Anything in Maplin

9.99e for a few meters of shrink tube.

65e for a battery that should only cost 20.

and everything else in there as well

BillyMitchel

A fanny?!!

100% with the razor blades.

meoklmrk91

The NCT.

Going into the pub and not drinking, minerals cost just as much.

Getting a sandwich in O Briens or anywhere like that, you would be better off going to McDonalds.

Also they charge 20c for a cup of hotwater in my college, 20c bloody cent!

Max Power

Air. €1 in a Topaz in Dublin. :eek:

admiralofthefleet

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Paid 80c for a Capri Sun the other day.

200ml, they need to make bigger sizes.

euroshop again, 10 for €2

are people afraid to shop there?

9959

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Air. €1 in a Topaz in Dublin. :eek:

Hot Air. Literally, Millions. Leinster House, Dublin.

admiralofthefleet

Pensions in Bastard AIB

im closing my account with them in the morning

Faith+1

JayEnnis wrote: »

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.

The pretentiousness of these coffee shops is unreal for a f*cking black coffee.

cade

Nice sunglasses, a bit of plastic or flimsy wire and a €100 price tag :eek: (Still got them though :rolleyes:)

€2 for air in the petrol station :mad:

cantdecide

cade wrote: »

Nice sunglasses, a bit of plastic or flimsy wire and a €100 price tag :eek: (Still got them though :rolleyes:)

€2 for air in the petrol station :mad:

I paid €650 for mine last time. The frames were €150 and the rest was for the lenses. The price of being half blind.

Sinfonia

Faith+1 wrote: »

The pretentiousness of these coffee shops is unreal for a f*cking black coffee.

How so? Americano is a term that originated in Italy when the American soldiers during WW2 would add water to espresso because they were more accustomed to filter/drip coffee.
If you ordered a 'black coffee' somewhere, it would tend to be understood as a filter coffee, rather than an espresso with hot water added to it.

admiralofthefleet

cantdecide wrote: »

I paid €650 for mine last time. The frames were €150 and the rest was for the lenses. The price of being half blind.

yeah my wife's glasses are upward of a grand and a visit to the mater private laser eye suite is €220 each time

theoneeyedman

Duff wrote: »

Razor blades. Condoms.

Never together surely :-!

candy-gal1

+1 on the chocolate bars/sweets etc in local shops! 1pound used to get a choc bar, crisps.popcorn and a cheap magazine, and maybe even have change after back when i was in my early teens, paying over a euro for a choc bar just seems wierd and wrong tbh now tbh!


Plastic bags, yes i know theyres sometimes in some places a lot less litter because of this, but still imho we should be allowed one plastic bag free of charge and then pay if extra are wanted, thats just me though.
Some places are cool with it though!


Magazines, I remember an expensive magazine being 2e/2.50 at most, now its like 5/6e! :eek: the reason why my consumption of them has gone wayyyyy down!

gurramok

Taxi fares. Only use taxi's when i'm really really stuck, pity they rip you off courtesy of the Taxi Regulator. :mad:

Shane732

kneemos wrote: »

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

You'd be better trying to shave with a sharp stone.

68Murph68

gurramok wrote: »

Taxi fares. Only use taxi's when i'm really really stuck, pity they rip you off courtesy of the Taxi Regulator. :mad:

Taxi Regulator only sets the maximum price taxis can charge.

Nothing stopping a taxi driver charging less to get business.

As such blame the taxi drivers who charge the maximum possible price.

confusedeire

kneemos wrote: »

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

Ya good close shave, nearly shave ya to the bone. Never again

dgt

Those cfl bulbs that cost nearly €10 a bulb :mad:

Manc-Red

Confectionery/Soft-drinks in Irish Cinemas.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I'll assume someone's already said a pint, so I'm going to go with cross-coutnry train tickets.

Munstermissy

Bog Rolls, € 3.25 + for 4 rolls of Andrex, etc....

MadsL

Shane732 wrote: »

You'd be better trying to shave with a sharp stone.

Quite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PJYSP46tGI

On the other hand...I prefer sharp pieces of steel i don't have to throw away.
More here.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1103

Ah_Yeah

Ryanair's "admin" fees

Sam Kade

KKkitty wrote: »

For my 2 boys who are both under 7 years old to get a haircut in a salon it's €10 each. It barely takes 5 minutes each to cut both their hair.

For the price of the two haircuts you could buy a hair clippers and give them several haircuts for €20. Number 4 all over is simple to do.

SafeSurfer

One hundred euro for the privilege of filling in a form.

Because thats all on offer from the household charge.

bodhrandude

The Electric Picnic timetable schedule as well as the price of the festival ticket.

Bipolar Joe

My two least favourite were all ready mentioned, the price of public travel and Maplin. I do a lot of DIY electronics, and it's WAY cheaper to order bulk online, including the shipping. I can't believe they get any business at all here. I went to one up North a few years back and it was a lot cheaper. No idea if it still is.

I really do think public travel is fucking extortionate.

gobnaitolunacy

Food/drink on trains, planes.

The pathetically small yogurt type drinks that are supposedly good for your guts or something.

Newspapers.

Car valeting.

Hotel wi-fi that you have to pay for, screw that.

Soft drinks in pubs.

Quilted Luxury bog roll made from kittens and puppies.

bgrizzley

television licence for a broadcaster you havent watched for years...

admiralofthefleet

bgrizzley wrote: »

television licence for a broadcaster you havent watched for years...

but you pay for the signal, not the channel. its just a shame the government gived the money to RTE

MaxSteele

Delis who offer 3 to € 3.50 lunchtime offers for chicken fillet rolls with any filling of your choosing......

50c extra for cheese :mad:

Fu*ck off you're alright.

skeptik

benwavner wrote: »

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

not if you live where I do, the tap water is poison

wandatowell

Ya tap water in laois is horrendous stuff. I cant stand it but the old chap loves it.

Each to their own

MaxSteele

Repeat exam papers in colleges.

Yeah I'm sure it really costs €70 in admin fees for some fat aul wan in the department office to press her sausage fingers on a mouse click no more than five times when she's supposed to be there working anyway.

Gillington

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

euroshop again, 10 for €2

are people afraid to shop there?

I think they are alright,same with Lidl/Aldi.Fajita kits for example are €1.99 and are the exact same things that people are saying are near a fiver in other shops

bonzodog2

dgt wrote: »

Those cfl bulbs that cost nearly €10 a bulb :mad:

Here in Galway, Woodies DIY had 11W CFL bulbs for eur0.59 recently, and may still have.

The_Mask

Munstermissy wrote: »

Bog Rolls, € 3.25 + for 4 rolls of Andrex, etc....

Andrex 24 pack for e7.99 in Buylo, Royal Liver Retail Park, Bluebell, Dublin

JustAThought

Local county councillers.
They are only allowed to ask one question per month at council meetings.

Ffs.
Why have them at all.

45k + costs + expenses each + pension for life, per year.

Lenin Skynard

Koka noodles! Paying €3.80 for five packets of curry-flavoured nostalgia nearly kills me. The Aldi alternative only cost 20c a pack but aren't the same. Koka were 25p per packet when they first came out :mad:

jsd1004

spankysue wrote: »

500ml bottles of Coke, €1.65 in my local shop yet you can buy a 1 litre share size bottle for €1.50... fcuking ridiculous.

You can get 1000 litres of coke for 250 euro..fcuking ridiculous remember the overheads and if you can beat it get in there and do it.

Larianne

MaxSteele wrote: »

Repeat exam papers in colleges.

Yeah I'm sure it really costs €70 in admin fees for some fat aul wan in the department office to press her sausage fingers on a mouse click no more than five times when she's supposed to be there working anyway.

It's more than that. They have to then organise and set up the repeat exams, have people invigilate the exams and then have people correct the exams and see to any appeals there after.

I'm sure the hefty fee is also meant to work as a deterrent.

No repeat fees in Trinners though! :pac: