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Christmas market 2016

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    #302
    topcat77
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭topcat77


    €4 just for chips


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    #303
    Milly33
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Milly33


    Ah sorry i see twas the cheese and chips stale, my bad... Next question now did you measure the chips against the ones you got in Mcid D's :) Im sorry in advance... Everything at places like this are normally around the same price. We got a mulled wine with a shot of Brandy in it for €5 and I was thinking feck they are getting a good come back on it, but then sure a shot of brandy would be around €4.50 anywho..


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    #304
    topcat77
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭topcat77


    Loved the market the first year and i think the last number of years haven't been close to crating the same experience. I've had my look and will not be going out of my way to return this year but i hope other people enjoy it and have a good time.


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    #305
    pure.conya
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭pure.conya


    topcat77 wrote: »
    €4 of a tray of chips from the cheese and chips stall!!!. i took a stroll to McDonaghs and had a plate of chips for €2.80 instead.

    surprised?
    Milly33 wrote: »
    So you saved €1.20 and didnt get cheese!!! why are people so negative about the market

    because it's pure crap! the traders are the 1st to be ripped off for the pitch, then they pay seperately for electricity, this is turn means they need to charge extrotionate prices for their wares


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    #306
    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    pure.conya wrote: »
    the traders are the 1st to be ripped off for the pitch, then they pay seperately for electricity, this is turn means they need to charge extrotionate prices for their wares

    So is your gripe with the market itself, or the organisers who (by proxy) are to blame for the prices?


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    #307
    sentient_6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    Personally I was delighted with my curry cheese chips for €5, they were better than most.


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    #308
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Why can't the City Council just decorate the entire city centre really nice and encourage everyone to shop in the shops that are there all year round rather than encouraging over priced temporary stalls?
    (Am I getting into the Galway City boards spirit right?)


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    #309
    Milly33
    Registered Users Posts: 8,651 ✭✭✭Milly33


    so so angry over it all :)


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    #310
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    flazio wrote: »
    (Am I getting into the Galway City boards spirit right?)

    And what about the cyclists? You didn't even mention the cyclists. Typical.


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    #311
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,398 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    boardzz wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsuIxftdiqE

    The soundtrack on that sounds like a woodpecker with a hangover.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #312
    Zzippy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    The ferris wheel is pretty cool, great views over the city and the bay. Looks great lit up at night too...


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    #313
    [Deleted User]
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    Corndogs. That's all I care about. Is the corndog guy back? It's not a Christmas market without the corndog guy.

    corndogs.


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    #314
    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Corndogs. That's all I care about. Is the corndog guy back? It's not a Christmas market without the corndog guy.

    corndogs.

    Brah....







    ... Nah! :(


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    #315
    pure.conya
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭pure.conya


    Redhairedguy wrote: »
    So is your gripe with the market itself, or the organisers who (by proxy) are to blame for the prices?

    well, the market itself as has been pointed out by others has been getting progressively worse as the years go by, i feel the organiser is very greedy and my views on the grass getting so badly damaged that the iconic square in the centre of our small city was wrecked for longer periods every year didn't help. one of the simplest pleasures in life comes on a nice day when lots of people find 5 mins spare time or during their lunchbreak to sit on a patch of grass and watch the world go by, read a book or pull out your laptop/tablet and get some work done in the fresh air while soaking up the nice day


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    #316
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,950 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    pure.conya wrote: »
    well, the market itself as has been pointed out by others has been getting progressively worse as the years go by, i feel the organiser is very greedy

    You do know that it's a different organiser this year, don't you ... and that it's a local company this year?

    What evidence do you have of their greed?



    fyi, The grass thing is very tired: 1/3 of it was undamaged an open for sitting upon all summer. But shure never let the facts get in the way of a good moan.


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    #317
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »

    fyi, The grass thing is very tired: 1/3 of it was undamaged an open for sitting upon all summer. But shure never let the facts get in the way of a good moan.

    You don't exactly pass up many opportunities to mention it yourself. In your haste to photograph a sick old man to get a dig in a few pages back you seem to have assumed they didn't place a tonne of Ferris wheel on the grass because of people being obsessed with the grass. Which is pretty ironic.


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    #318
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    [quote="
    fyi, The grass thing is very tired: 1/3 of it was undamaged an open for sitting upon all summer. But shure never let the facts get in the way of a good moan.[/quote]

    This is simply untrue, have you a link to this fact?
    Think every poster agreed except you that 90% of the grass was damaged last January through to July


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    #319
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    Some of the grass was damaged, some people cared, some people didn't. Could we not all just agree on that and not start with the christing percentages again.


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    #320
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    This is simply untrue, have you a link to this fact?
    Think every poster agreed except you that 90% of the grass was damaged last January through to July

    Well can you link to your 90% claim?


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    #321
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    J o e wrote: »
    And what about the cyclists? You didn't even mention the cyclists. Typical.
    Doesn't that yoke at the top of the square look like a big bicycle wheel. It should be removed immediately.


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    #322
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    Where's it supposed to go, the Ferris wheel lanes in Galway are a f*ckin joke


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    #323
    Rainman16
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Rainman16


    The tight bastard in me can't get over the overpriced hot dogs and burgers. The whole thing is a money grab. I'd rather give my business to Galway retailers rather than to this lot who will be packed up and gone in a few weeks.


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    #324
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,950 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Rainman16 wrote: »
    The tight bastard in me can't get over the overpriced hot dogs and burgers. The whole thing is a money grab. I'd rather give my business to Galway retailers rather than to this lot who will be packed up and gone in a few weeks.

    Is that the Charcoal Grill stand you're talking about? They are a local retailer - maybe someone could do a price comparison between their in-shop prices and market prices? (I've never felt the urge myself, so not the one to do it.)

    Or do you mean the Adare Farm stall? I'd expect them to be a premium brand compared to CG, and so to cost more


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    #325
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    You do know that it's a different organiser this year, don't you ... and that it's a local company this year?

    You do know it's Same organiser has been doing the market this year and since 2014. Here the fact:
    http://milestoneinventive.com/da/markets/galway-continental-christmas-market/


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    #326
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users Posts: 12,144 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Is that the Charcoal Grill stand you're talking about? They are a local retailer - maybe someone could do a price comparison between their in-shop prices and market prices? (I've never felt the urge myself, so not the one to do it.)

    Or do you mean the Adare Farm stall? I'd expect them to be a premium brand compared to CG, and so to cost more

    I think that the Charcoal grill thing is just a name for their particular Plot/stall/space,and nothing to do with Galways charcoal grill takeaways. None of the Turkish lads have ever worked in them as far as I can see and ive never heard of a link between them. If it is them then I'm surprised the food isn't better or th we recommend aren't any Turkish type options.


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    #327
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Is that the Charcoal Grill stand you're talking about? They are a local retailer

    Nothing to do with the local Charcoal Grill businesses. I've seen these guys at markets all over the country.


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    #328
    J.pilkington
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭J.pilkington


    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Think every poster agreed except you that 90% of the grass was damaged last January through to July

    This is simply untrue, have you a link to this fact?


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    #329
    bobbyss
    Registered Users Posts: 5,228 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    Zzippy wrote: »
    The ferris wheel is pretty cool, great views over the city and the bay. Looks great lit up at night too...

    How much did it cost?


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    #330
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    J.pilkington wrote: »
    This is simply untrue, have you a link to this fact?

    Why not submit a FOI request


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    #331
    J.pilkington
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭J.pilkington


    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Why not submit a FOI request

    I'm confused, you made a statement about boards users having a specific opinion and that 90% of grass was damaged, I questioned where you got the "facts" but you will only disclose if I send a FOI request to you?


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