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Students Union shop

  • 17-01-2005 2:28pm
    #1
    Evilution
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    The SU shop(s) are supposed to be good value, right? Went in there this morning to pick up one of those little sleeves or folders you use to put CVs and things in (2 hard paper backs and a plastic spine). They normally cost 75 cents in Reeds on Nassau street but the SU shop is charging a whopping (kind of) 1.69 for them. I don't really call that value.


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  • #2
    Crash
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    I would call a 70 pack of crisps for 55cent, a newspaper for 70 cent etc. good value though.


  • #3
    ApeXaviour
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    Reads tend to undersell a lot of their items. Why I always buy my stationary there..


  • #4
    Evilution
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    ApeXaviour wrote:
    Reads tend to undersell a lot of their items. Why I always buy my stationary there..

    Yeah, me too. Its always funny on freshers week, the place is jammed with 1st years buying a couple of tree's worth of paper.


  • #5
    Chick
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    Well there was 10 A4 pads for like €6 or something :)


  • #6
    Time Magazine
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    ApeXaviour wrote:
    Reads tend to undersell a lot of their items. Why I always buy my stationary there..
    Isn't that illegal? Any law students here?

    Does underselling "a lot" of their items make much fiscal sense?


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  • #7
    ApeXaviour
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    Maybe not underselling as in from cost price, but certainly underselling their competitors to almost cost price. And it's a lot, not the majority, they make their money cos everybody goes there because of their deals. See what chick said, also have you seen their big ass ring-binders going for 2 euro? You can't get that anywhere else.


  • #8
    Kevin_rc_ie
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    big ass ring-binders going for 2 euro? You can't get that anywhere else.

    how about every other country in europe?


  • #9
    Crash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,196 ✭✭✭✭Crash


    pfft, europe. what did europe ever do for us?


  • #10
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    built us all our nice roads!


  • #11
    ApeXaviour
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    Kevin_rc_ie wrote:
    how about every other country in europe?
    Kev if you want to go abroad to buy ring binders that's fine. I hope you don't mind if the rest of us have a bit of sense though.


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  • #12
    Chick
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    Hey you could get one of those 50cent flights! ;)


    although youd still get stung for the €27 tax...


  • #13
    John
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    Or just incorporate folder buying into your next trip. I'm accepting ring binder orders until 26th March. You have a choice of German, Austrian or French binders.


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