The little things that cost too much

maninasia

maninasia wrote: »

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!

80c for Marlboro Reds where I live :-p Or 40c for the cheap ones.

Can't get over the prices in this thread.. Makes me realize it'll be a long time before I go home. Like I pay about 10c for a glass bottle of coke in the corner shop next door.

Edit: 208 bottles of coke for an hour's work.

uberalles

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....

More people should do this if the price is a piss take. Staff relay to management that people are price sensitive that way.
I would nt take pleasure in it. I'd be rightly pissed off to have to do it.

uberalles

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:

Lung surgery and medical bills for smoking related I'll health in years to come ......

Give the coffin nails up FFS.

/ awaits backlash

maninasia

No you are right, making smokes and junk food too cheap is a false economy. It's well known ratcheting up the price is the best way to make people quit. I don't smoke so I can't even take advantage of the cheap prices...which wouldn't be so cheap as soon as I got lung cancer.
50 Euro to see a doctor is ridiculous though.

dodzy

Joe Duffy motors service dept. Anything.

9959

Deleted User wrote: »

80c for Marlboro Reds where I live :-p Or 40c for the cheap ones.

Can't get over the prices in this thread.......

Where do you live, South Armagh?

Plazaman

M three wrote: »

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

Everything chocolatey seems to be reducing in size or getting more expensive. I'm looking at tins of Cadbury Roses sweets and they're reducing in size every year. The price has reduced but per volume, I'm sure it's more expensive.

2006 - 1.46kg net (1.5kg with wraps)
2007 - 1.26kg net (1.3kg with wraps)
2008 - 1.018kg net (1.05kg with wraps)
2010 - 943g net (975g with wraps)
2011 - 826g net (850g with wraps)
2012 - Haven't checked the tins yet....

fasttalkerchat

Remember the prices we paid for printer USB cables 10 years ago? What idiots we were!

bgrizzley

E500 to Western Union to release $10,000,000. shocking...

fasttalkerchat

9959 wrote: »

Where do you live, South Armagh?

He's in Asia. South Armagh prices are €3 for branded cigarettes or €2.20-2.50 for chinese ones.

fasttalkerchat

longshanks wrote: »

Broadband.

Broadband is essentially free up North if you get it in a bundle with TV (assuming you would pay for TV anyway). Once fibre optic comes about in the Republic prices will drop to match.

fasttalkerchat

supernova84 wrote: »

Shaving cream/foam

LIDL shaving foam (not the gel) is better than the branded foam, and much kinder to dry skin... pity the same can't be said for their disposable razors.

JupiterKid

I am staying in a lovely, modern four star hotel on the Dutch coast.

My room is huge, it has wi-fi (the reason I'm on here now), an indoor pool, a full bar and restaurant with a good selection of grub and a night's stay including breakfast is €75. Dinner in the restaurant is €20 for three courses and a glass of wine.

Now how much would I be paying for equivalent service in Ireland?

Let's face it - Ireland, despite 5 full years of a crippling recession, is still a total rip off.

NegativeCreep

maninasia wrote: »

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!

Asia? Im moving there so :L

james142

kneemos wrote: »

80c for a packet of crisps

*air

Mellio

Choc Dips. €1.40-1.60 each in most centra's.

All your really paying for is a plastic tub.

The chocolate dip and sticks must cost 15 cents to make.

Cienciano

Pint bottles of bulmers. I do like it on a warm day, but can't justify paying so much for a class of apple juice. It's about €1.50 more than a normal pint of beer.
Motor tax is a painful one to pay too. Old big cars are almost worthless cos the motor tax is so high. Even if you're retired and want a nice car for the odd trip, you need about €1,500 a year just to have it sitting outside your house.

MistyCheese wrote: »

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...

Worth it to get a custom avatar. And to join the sex partys that El Weirdo organises on the Sex and Sexuality forum.

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

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

They can have the poxy signal. I wish it was optional, it was scrambled and you get a card when you get your tv licence that unscrambled it.

Capt'n Midnight

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

The NCT.

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Air. €1 in a Topaz in Dublin. :eek:

Guess who found out that 15 minutes before the NCT :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Capt'n Midnight

eth0 wrote: »

Anything in Maplin
...
65e for a battery that should only cost 20.

Which battery ? (just to see if we can find it for even less )

MaxSteele

randylonghorn wrote: »

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.?

You're right they don't work for free.

That's what that tiny sum of 2,250 euro I paid is for. "Admin costs". The same sum which pays for the aul biddies wages whether they sit in the office or sit in in front of exam students.

No difference really, same job they do everyday.

MaxSteele

166man wrote: »

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.

Sorry, I know what you mean and all, but the highlighted bold part is complete and utter bollox.

You've never struggled with a certain subject/module academically or needed extra assistance ?

Using the, "you're too lazy and slow, that'll be 100 euro" approach doesn't change a thing. We're not all on grants just passing the time.

And that tiny sum of 2,250 euro I pay states it covers "admin costs".

MadsL

dodzy wrote: »

Joe Duffy motors service dept. Anything.

Tis' terrible, Joe.

Capt'n Midnight

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

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

You don't pay for the signal, you pay for the privilege of possessing a piece of equipment that could potentially receive any one of a number of signal types, even if said equipment is in need of repair and even if the signal is of a type that will only be transmitted in Donegal for the next fifty odd days.

Gillington wrote: »

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

no they aen't the same. Tesco kits are vile too salty and exactly teh same as either lidl/aldi (can't remember which one)

M three wrote: »

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

TBH I haven't seen anything in a fruit and veg shop cheaper than the stuff in the super six thread in bargain alerts

and a lot if not most of the fruit and veg sold here in supermarkets is bought in local markets

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Remember the prices we paid for printer USB cables 10 years ago? What idiots we were!

I can remember £30 for a parallel printer cable :mad:

twirlagig wrote: »

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

And they can't blame the VAT rate either

Turtwig

JupiterKid wrote: »

My room is huge, it has wi-fi (the reason I'm on here now), an indoor pool, a full bar and restaurant with a good selection of grub and a night's stay including breakfast is €75. Dinner in the restaurant is €20 for three courses and a glass of wine.

That is one amazing room.

ilovesleep

Empty promises.

Would it be too much to stick to your words. It's foul in the early days of dating. There's usually a meaning left unsaid. Why say things if you don't mean it and stay the fcuk away from dating if you don't know how to communicate honestly.

NegativeCreep

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

He's in Asia. South Armagh prices are €3 for branded cigarettes or €2.20-2.50 for chinese ones.

Sorry, what??
Smokes are that cheap up north? :eek:

NegativeCreep

uberalles wrote: »

Lung surgery and medical bills for smoking related I'll health in years to come ......

Give the coffin nails up FFS.

/ awaits backlash

If only it was that easy :L

Capt'n Midnight

F***ing Eircom F***ing €25.78 per F***ing month Line F***ing Rental :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I'm paying UPC €33.49 for phone line, a few analog TV channels and internet.
So my broadband is costing me €7.71 (and that's only because they hiked prices recently) for speeds up to 40 times faster than some Eircom customers I know.

And the reason it costs that much is because UPC don't have to worry about eircom offering any realistic competition on speed or cost.

and eircom don't have to worry because half the population has no choice at all and the government are paying for several hundred thousand lines at €22 per month :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

fasttalkerchat

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Sorry, what??
Smokes are that cheap up north? :eek:

The under the counter ones... Country of Origin "South Armagh".

PickledLime

As already said to the folks (rightfully) giving out about the price of razor blades, you're doing it all wrong.

Invest in a decent double edged safety razor (got mine for €35, should last a lifetime) and never look back. Not only is it a cleaner, more satisfying shave, the blades are ridiculously cheap. The ones in the link are what i use, and yes, that's €14 for 100 blades. Over 2 years worth of shaving for that money.

http://www.shaving.ie/products/100-Astra-Superior-Platinum-DE-Blades-Carton.html

Mrs Garth Brooks

I was in a pub's bathroom and the tampon dispenser asked for 2 x 2 euro. Thats 4 euro for a box of 3 tampons. The robbing cnuts. Taking advantage of a lady thats obviously desperate to pay 4 euro. Cheaper to buy a box in any chemist.

Remmy

Soft drinks in restaurants. The markup on them is nearly always taking the piss .

AgentOraiste

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I was in a pub's bathroom and the tampon dispenser asked for 2 x 2 euro. Thats 4 euro for a box of 3 tampons. The robbing cnuts. Taking advantage of a lady thats obviously desperate to pay 4 euro. Cheaper to buy a box in any chemist.

Awh, looks like you were out of luck!

Rantandrave

Duff wrote: »

Razor blades. Condoms.

Razor blades... Like why the hell are they so feckin expensive

randylonghorn

MaxSteele wrote: »

You're right they don't work for free.

That's what that tiny sum of 2,250 euro I paid is for. "Admin costs". The same sum which pays for the aul biddies wages whether they sit in the office or sit in in front of exam students.

No difference really, same job they do everyday.

No, it isn't, I'm afraid.

Invigilators are hired by the hour to cover exam periods, they're not the permanent staff who these days are chasing their tails due to cut-backs to cover the basics.

Don't get me wrong, I have every sympathy for someone who has to repeat despite genuinely working hard, and I know there are lots of students like that, most repeats aren't dossers in fairness, but repeats do throw up a fair few extra costs.

And the €2,250 is the Student Contribution Fee and it's literally that ... a student contribution. I don't know what course you're doing or in what college (any lab subject costs a fair bit more, for instance) but the minimum full economic fee for even a non-lab subject would be at least 5,500 in any college, the state pays the balance.

That's not counting the core grant paid by the state to each HEI which funds the basic costs not attributable to specific courses, which would work out at several thousand more per student if it was levied on them.

I know it's no fun trying to find that €2,250, let alone be hit for another repeat fee when you're already fed up with having to repeat in the first place, but that 2,250 doesn't go anywhere near actually paying for your education.

kraggy

Here in Korea there's a weird pricing structure.

For example, one large red apple is €2 while you can get a pint (500 ml) of Korean beer for €1.60. In a pub.

niallo27

JupiterKid wrote: »

I am staying in a lovely, modern four star hotel on the Dutch coast.

My room is huge, it has wi-fi (the reason I'm on here now), an indoor pool, a full bar and restaurant with a good selection of grub and a night's stay including breakfast is €75. Dinner in the restaurant is €20 for three courses and a glass of wine.

Now how much would I be paying for equivalent service in Ireland?

Let's face it - Ireland, despite 5 full years of a crippling recession, is still a total rip off.

I got a two night weekend stay in athlone for 89 euro with breakfast both mornings and dinner on the saturday night. Plenty of value to be had in this country too.

Cavehill Red

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:

I switched to vaping. Cost 70 euro up front for two personal vaporisers and some nicotine juice. Made that back in the first week. Have since spent another 30 quid on juices. I now have enough stock to keep me going for six months. Estimated cost of my nicotine habit has come down from 70-80 euro per week to around 1.80. And that's without factoring in the health benefits.

maninasia

niallo27 wrote: »

I got a two night weekend stay in athlone for 89 euro with breakfast both mornings and dinner on the saturday night. Plenty of value to be had in this country too.

Do they still charge per person instead of per room there?

Run_to_da_hills

Button batteries in chemists, You can get a complete card full of them in the Euro shops with as many as 60 in them while a chemist or jeweller will charge as much as e6 each for them. I have never had a problem with using the cheaper ones.

gnfnrhead

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Button batteries in chemists, You can get a complete card full of them in the Euro shops with as many as 60 in them while a chemist or jeweller will charge as much as e6 each for them. I have never had a problem with using the cheaper ones.

Are those the one's you can use in gameboy colour games? I was looking for a few not long ago but couldnt find anything cheap enough to make it worthwhile. Didnt think it was worth paying nearly €20 for four batteries. They wouldnt be used that often.

If they are the same one's I'll have to pick up some of them next time I'm near a Euro shop.

Pippy1976

2 things:

entrance fee to local GAA matches (rip off)

and

Prescription medication. (in NZ it's about $4 to get a supply of antibiotics, here it's about e20 - or more probably)

0325422

Pippy1976 wrote: »

2 things:

entrance fee to local GAA matches (rip off)

and

Prescription medication. (in NZ it's about $4 to get a supply of antibiotics, here it's about e20 - or more probably)

16p for for a box of paracetamol up in the north

Pippy1976

0325422 wrote: »

16p for for a box of paracetamol up in the north

My goodness, that's mental... and sure it's only up the road. Always surprises me that we don't shop up there more often, it being only 2 hours away and all.

smash

Midget prostitutes.

gnfnrhead

Pippy1976 wrote: »

My goodness, that's mental... and sure it's only up the road. Always surprises me that we don't shop up there more often, it being only 2 hours away and all.

Petrol isnt cheap. Border county, fair enough. But if you're any further away it probably isnt worth it unless you are stocking up for a while.

emul8ter25

Weed

DebDynamite

Changing a name on an airline flight is a complete rip-off. Perhaps someone in the know could enlighten me, but is it not just a matter of overwriting the original name on a computer with the new name?

billybudd

Maybe posted before, but razor blades, good ones cost like 12 quid, wtf.

RATM

Definitely agree with razor blades, however it has been many years since I fell for Gilette's marketing spiel so I just tend to buy disposables these days, much cheaper especially from Aldi/Lidl

Otherwise chocolate- my local Topaz hiked it again last week and now every single bar on their shelves is €1.19 and some may be even more. No way am I paying €1.19 for something that is 70-80c in other EU countries. So I just buy a Chomp for 25c which does the trick for my sweet tooth as well as any other bar.

Somethings have come down in the recession in that there are a lot of good offers on hotels, restaurants, etc. But the price of drink in pubs hasn't really taken any hit, except for a minority of premises who put on happy hours, but these are often at unsuitable times and only of use to the lads who spend the whole day there.