The little things that cost too much

jsd1004

bonzodog2 wrote: »

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

I bought them for 20p sterling in belfast but i guess they are being sold below cost.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

skeptik wrote: »

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

It's ok where I am anyway. Bottled water for you so.

jsd1004

MaxSteele wrote: »

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.

Have you bought cheddar cheese and do you realise how much it is. I think thats very reasonible. A breast of chicken is 1 euro, a baguette 50 cent..before you pay for the oven,electricity,staff,rent, rates ,napkins, tinfoil, vat, taxes, :rolleyes:

MaxSteele

Larianne wrote: »

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:

Ya whoores

All they have to do is type up names, a timetable and send a few emails. The lecturers are the ones who write them up and supervise. I'm talking about different departments for different faculties too.

Using money as a deterrent doesn't work either. Some people genuinely struggle with certain subjects. Heathens the lot of them !

KKkitty

Sam Kade wrote: »

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.

We've already started doing that. My fella's the hairdresser now. They can't waste €10 of electricity in 5 minutes surely?

MaxSteele

jsd1004 wrote: »

Have you bought cheddar cheese and do you realise how much it is. I think thats very reasonible. A breast of chicken is 1 euro, a baguette 50 cent..before you pay for the oven,electricity,staff,rent, rates ,napkins, tinfoil, vat, taxes, :rolleyes:

Have you ever seen a deli at lunchtime on a working weekday ? mobbed to the gills, well the one I use does be.

I don't think they need a minority of cheese eaters to cover the costs you mentioned.

:rolleyes:

TheUsual

All you people moaning about the price of haircuts for kids, and doing it yourselves with some nasty LIDL/ADLI shearer, please rethink.

We rely on tourism now so we don't want the whole country's kids running around looking like they have lice or mange.

Slunk

Any of the coffee or tea in delis or the likes. Same with coke etc. Like a previous poster said its an outrageous mark up. I can see cost prices where I work.

Coffee - 0.07c
Disposable Cup 0.10c
Selling price 2.20

Most stuff has a very healthy mark up but tea and coffee is where the money is made. Some of the bigger chains may even get it cheaper than this.

supernova84

Shaving cream/foam

Lenin Skynard

TheUsual wrote: »

We rely on tourism now so we don't want the whole country's kids running around looking like they have lice or mange.

What kind of tourism are you hoping for? The Gary Glitter type?

TheUsual

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

What kind of tourism are you hoping for? The Gary Glitter type?

Now then, now then.
Hows about that then.

*rattle rattle jewelry jewelry*

Sam Kade

KKkitty wrote: »

We've already started doing that. My fella's the hairdresser now. They can't waste €10 of electricity in 5 minutes surely?

They have rent, rates, esb, insurance etc. to pay.

Michael Weston

shopaholic01 wrote: »

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.

This !! And no matter what is wrong with me the doc almost always prescribes Augmentin !!

admiralofthefleet

jsd1004 wrote: »

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.

you can buy a keg as well but you also need the soda water and gas and mixers

Carroller16

I cant believe it hasn't been mentioned yet!

Printer Ink

Siuin

Duff wrote: »

Razor blades. Condoms.

If your condoms are 'little things' then you're not just wasting your money, you're wasting your time :P

166man

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.

The price of repeats is so high so to encourage people not just casually fail exams... Hardly rocket science there tbh. I think it's a great system, the decent students who aren't just wasting Government resources don't pay.

As for whoever said drinks in restaurants are expensive. They are pricey relative to the meal that you buy, but as someone who works in a hotel, there's nearly no money in the sale of food. The only money is in the drinks, and this has to cover all costs that a hotel has and leave a small margin in it for them. When you look at it that way, it's not as ludicrous as it might seem.

In my opinion, McDonalds is ludicrously expensive for what you get. You pay near €8 and get a miserable burger, some skinny fries and watered down coke. You could nearly get a main course in some places these days for that.

Clamping is one thing that makes me want to die inside, the sheer cost to get someone to take something off your own car drives me insane especially when the clamp is a close call too. Bastads...

eth0

Siuin wrote: »

If your condoms are 'little things' then you're not just wasting your money, you're wasting your time :P

He'd be wasting his time using them on you anyway. Unless he had a roll of carpet in beside it

KKkitty

Sam Kade wrote: »

They have rent, rates, esb, insurance etc. to pay.

Per client in any given 5 minute period does it really cost that much?

The_Gatsby

The bus! It's €2.65 to get into town from where I live. And the service is ****e as well, buses every half hour. They should be coming every 15 minutes at least and there should be a flat fare of €2

166man

Lukebray wrote: »

The bus! It's €2.65 to get into town from where I live. And the service is ****e as well, buses every half hour. They should be coming every 15 minutes at least and there should be a flat fare of €2

Try driving/taking a taxi/walking/cycling into town for that little and come back to us. I doubt you're going to find a cheaper route somehow.

NegativeCreep

Smokes!! 8.90 for my beloved superking blacks!
It's made me start rolling my own although I'd say they'll hike up the price of rolling tobacco soon too :rolleyes:

KKkitty

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Smokes!! 8.90 for my beloved superking blacks!
It's made me start rolling my own although I'd say they'll hike up the price of rolling tobacco soon too :rolleyes:

John Player does cigarettes you make yourself. Around €15.50 for 60 cigarettes in dosette form and the shells are around a euro for 100 of them.

gingernut125

Fresh fruit and vegetables, I don't live near an aldi or lidl

molly09

totally agress with the Irish rail tickets......
Shampoo/conditioner and other comestic products
magazines are totally marked up here also
mobile phone network charges
fuel
parking in some cities

ArtSmart

For a while now, I've taken pleasure in taking an item to a counter, asking the price, then saying 'nah, too expensive' and leaving it there.

it's the little things....

Mr_Spaceman

Newspapers.

Isn't it now €2.20 for the Irish Times? Buy that and, say, another paper or so at the weekend and it's pretty steep. You'd think the marketeers would try and curry favour with lapsed readers to lure them away from online reading.

In NI, the Irish Times actually works out cheaper at £1.20, although any sales there are regarded as a bonus.

M three

gingernut125 wrote: »

Fresh fruit and vegetables, I don't live near an aldi or lidl

Cheaper veg in a fruit & veg shop or at your local market. Or better still if you can grow your own.
Fruit & veg is cheaper in a fruit & veg shop than any of the supermarkets. And more chance of it coming from Ireland so you're supporting more irish jobs

leaveiton

166man wrote: »

Try driving/taking a taxi/walking/cycling into town for that little and come back to us. I doubt you're going to find a cheaper route somehow.

How exactly would walking or cycling be more expensive?

I agree that bus fares are too expensive. Taxis or driving costs are too expensive as well, so the bus costing less doesn't mean an awful lot really.

M three

Yorkie chocolate bars. Or any chocolate bars.
Was charged €1.15 for a yorkie a month ago in the applegreen in ashbourne.
Robbing baxtards. The bar itself is also getting smaller

NegativeCreep

KKkitty wrote: »

John Player does cigarettes you make yourself. Around €15.50 for 60 cigarettes in dosette form and the shells are around a euro for 100 of them.

I get around 30 smokes from a 12.5g pack of amber leaf for €4.75. I dont like having to make my own anyway. Id rather just take one out if a packet

KKkitty

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I get around 30 smokes from a 12.5g pack of amber leaf for €4.75. I dont like having to make my own anyway. Id rather just take one out if a packet

I hate rolling my own but these cigarettes are easy to make up. My fella smokes them and they are strong enough.

M three

ArtSmart wrote: »

For a while now, I've taken pleasure in taking an item to a counter, asking the price, then saying 'nah, too expensive' and leaving it there.

it's the little things....

Some poor minimum wage joe has to take that and put it back on the shelf.
You're not making any statement there, as they person at the checkout in the vast majority of cases is not involved in setting the prices.

Why dont you ask to speak to the owner or email their customer service if you think something is too expensive?

166man

leaveiton wrote: »

How exactly would walking or cycling be more expensive?

I agree that bus fares are too expensive. Taxis or driving costs are too expensive as well, so the bus costing less doesn't mean an awful lot really.

Walking from Bray to town would be far too expensive in terms of the labour cost. It would take hours therefore not feasible. Cycling is much the same, unless the poster is super-fit and has a very decent bicycle.

It means quite an awful lot that the bus is the cheapest actually... Taxi or driving your own car would be costing far more and with the bus you just pay the fare and it brings you there without any worries of parking or anything like that. You can buy a 7 days ticket for the bus or a leap card too which saves quite a bit on each fare too.

As someone else mentioned above, mobile phone charges are another thing that's a joke in this country. 13c to send one text is just plain ridiculous.

hardCopy

Larianne wrote: »

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

That's not a tap!

NegativeCreep

KKkitty wrote: »

I hate rolling my own but these cigarettes are easy to make up. My fella smokes them and they are strong enough.

I'll give them a go and see what the Craic is. 15 quid is still expensive though :L

KKkitty

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I'll give them a go and see what the Craic is. 15 quid is still expensive though :L

It's about €5 per 20 cigarettes if my maths are correct? Give them a try anyway.

leaveiton

166man wrote: »

Walking from Bray to town would be far too expensive in terms of the labour cost. It would take hours therefore not feasible. Cycling is much the same, unless the poster is super-fit and has a very decent bicycle.

It means quite an awful lot that the bus is the cheapest actually... Taxi or driving your own car would be costing far more and with the bus you just pay the fare and it brings you there without any worries of parking or anything like that. You can buy a 7 days ticket for the bus or a leap card too which saves quite a bit on each fare too.

As someone else mentioned above, mobile phone charges are another thing that's a joke in this country. 13c to send one text is just plain ridiculous.

Inconvenient is not the same as expensive, though. With somewhere like Bray then yeah, the bus would be the best option, I'm not disputing that. Simply saying that just because it's cheaper than taking the car, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's cheap.

166man

leaveiton wrote: »

Inconvenient is not the same as expensive, though. With somewhere like Bray then yeah, the bus would be the best option, I'm not disputing that. Simply saying that just because it's cheaper than taking the car, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's cheap.

Of course, but relative to the other options, it's the best choice he can make if saving money is a priority.

twirlagig

Tampax, Sanitary towels etc. A bit cheaper than they used to be, but still too dear for what are 'essential' items... :mad:

Faith+1

ArtSmart wrote: »

For a while now, I've taken pleasure in taking an item to a counter, asking the price, then saying 'nah, too expensive' and leaving it there.

it's the little things....

You really need a girlfriend.

Max Power

ArtSmart wrote: »

For a while now, I've taken pleasure in taking an item to a counter, asking the price, then saying 'nah, too expensive' and leaving it there.

it's the little things....

The staff don't set the prices. Bit of a cuntish thing to do TBH.

Spread

The last half inch!

Wacker The Attacker

Blow Jobs with no condoms.

They're looking for mad money these days

Run_to_da_hills

wyndham wrote: »

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

Just bring your own in a small bottle.... sorted.

Same with cheese slices for your burger.

One well known truckers restaurant at Three Ways Australia use to charge 50c for a sachet of vinegar and 10c for salt. :eek:

They could get away with it because the nearest supermarket was several hundred miles away.

longshanks

Broadband.

randylonghorn

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.

And the invigilators work for free, there's no cost for providing / heating a venue, or for corrections or externing or uploading marks etc. etc.?

Run_to_da_hills

longshanks wrote: »

Broadband.

Not as bad as it used to in Dial Up 56K days, it was charged by the minute, service was sh*te and people didnt stay on line for long. There was one Net Cafe in Ennis that use to charge about 5 old money for half an hour,

maninasia

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Smokes!! 8.90 for my beloved superking blacks!
It's made me start rolling my own although I'd say they'll hike up the price of rolling tobacco soon too :rolleyes:

Just thought I'd make you feel better and let you know decent smokes are 1.20 where I live. That's the good ones mind you!

kneemos

80c for a packet of crisps