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Shopping up north

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  • 06-12-2012 12:38am
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    dwainec
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭


    Is it still worth it to go up North to shop or whats the story?


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    jmorrisey
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    dwainec wrote: »
    Is it still worth it to go up North to shop or whats the story?

    Yep


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    dwainec
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭dwainec


    jmorrisey wrote: »
    Yep

    could you elaborate? I want to go to Blanch or up North, up north in Newry seems to have a great selection of shops and all, just wondering is it better value up there for what i want. Clothes, aftershaves, and alcohol


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    paddy147
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    dwainec wrote: »
    Is it still worth it to go up North to shop or whats the story?


    Funny you should mention this.

    2 economists on RTE this evening both saying this harsh budget would drive people back up north and over the border to do their shopping.


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    Nonoperational
    Registered Users Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Nah


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    Armaghmagic
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    I live slap bang between Dundalk and Newry (just in Co.Louth) and I would rarely go to Newry.....Damn all of a difference for me so can't see anyone coming from Dublin/Meath/Kildare/etc making it worth their while.


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    dwainec
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭dwainec


    Thanks for the replies lads maybe Blanch is the option


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    paddy147
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    dwainec wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies lads maybe Blanch is the option


    Whats on the shopping list??.......and maybe we can help you out here.:)


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    dwainec
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭dwainec


    paddy147 wrote: »
    Whats on the shopping list??.......and maybe we can help you out here.:)

    Clothes (Jeans, Hoodies, T shirts, Track bottoms, shirts, Runners, Astro boots, football boots)

    Xbox Games
    PS3 Games

    Beer

    Aftershaves


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    paddy147
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    dwainec wrote: »
    Clothes (Jeans, Hoodies, T shirts, Track bottoms, shirts, Runners, Astro boots, football boots)

    Xbox Games
    PS3 Games

    Beer

    Aftershaves

    Dundrum,Blanch or Liffey Valley


    For Dundrum get the Luas or bus,as when we went there in the car last week,it was mental in the multi storey carpark.:eek:


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    Fuh Q
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    Driving for hours, waiting in traffic to park, standing in line to get served, getting bumped around by rude ignorant brain dead sheep (shoppers), paying over the odds because you are in a shop, getting cold and wet and tired, why bother.
    This year I have done most of my shopping online and Im saving money, no frustration, and its nice a cosy beside the fire which makes the beer even nicer.


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    dwainec
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭dwainec


    Fuh Q wrote: »
    Driving for hours, waiting in traffic to park, standing in line to get served, getting bumped around by rude ignorant brain dead sheep (shoppers), paying over the odds because you are in a shop, getting cold and wet and tired, why bother.
    This year I have done most of my shopping online and Im saving money, no frustration, and its nice a cosy beside the fire which makes the beer even nicer.

    what onlines sites do you use, i'm using mandmdirect but not sure of others?


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    Mad Benny
    Registered Users Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Mad Benny


    I'm very lazy when it comes to shopping. In recent years I have bought what I can on Amazon. I am finding more and more that it's cheaper to buy in a shop in Dublin.

    Smiths for Toys. Electric goods in the usual shops in Dublin. My local bike shop is cheaper now too.

    Shop local boss.


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