Was at the Christmas Craft Fare at the RDS yesterday. Good to see rip-off Ireland is still going strong and showing no signs of abating. After paying €26 in (2 adults @ €10 plus €6 to park), which we knew in advance and were happy to pay (Well, Mrs Quinno was anyhow!), we went to get a sandwich.
One stall in there was looking for €12 for a ham roll (consisted of a vac packed roll, butter, ham) or if you liked a measly slice of quiche (same price). Both came with salad on the side (coleslaw, potato salad, etc). No where to sit and eat this - there were common areas that were packed. So you were expected to pay this and eat it off a paper plate, standing up. No signs of any pricing whatsoever - plenty of boards explaining all their products were 'gourmet'. I found out the price just as the lady in front of me was paying, nautuallly I wasn't going to pay this for a ham roll. When I queried the extortionate price at the till, gourmet or not, the arrogance of the guy there beggared belief.
It's probably too late to do anything about this now (the show finished yesterday), but anyone had any success of shopping guys like these to the Consumer Association? The fact that they didn't have prices displayed is probably one count. It would be nice to teach him a lesson in value and manners for future events. I have purposely not put his name here.
One stall in there was looking for €12 for a ham roll (consisted of a vac packed roll, butter, ham) or if you liked a measly slice of quiche (same price). Both came with salad on the side (coleslaw, potato salad, etc). No where to sit and eat this - there were common areas that were packed. So you were expected to pay this and eat it off a paper plate, standing up. No signs of any pricing whatsoever - plenty of boards explaining all their products were 'gourmet'. I found out the price just as the lady in front of me was paying, nautuallly I wasn't going to pay this for a ham roll. When I queried the extortionate price at the till, gourmet or not, the arrogance of the guy there beggared belief.
It's probably too late to do anything about this now (the show finished yesterday), but anyone had any success of shopping guys like these to the Consumer Association? The fact that they didn't have prices displayed is probably one count. It would be nice to teach him a lesson in value and manners for future events. I have purposely not put his name here.
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