ubiquitous
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Why? Comparing a convenience store to a large supermarket is comparing chalk with cheese in my opinion
So your gripe is with the stupidity of their labelling rather than the prices they charge?
I understand that they can't sell products for the same prices as the large multiples, but that pricing is just ridiculous.
What I don't understand is why they can't produce labels specifically for ROI, they can screw me price wise all they want, but I'd prefer not to know, can management not grasp this simple concept??
There is a big difference between paying, of your own volition, clearly displayed/divulged "high" prices - and maybe then switching to lower cost providers - and being ripped off.
The best Ive seen is my local shop onpening the giant bags of crisps and selling them individually!!!! Selling a 25g bag for the same price as a 45g bag (the bigger bag) - it obviously wasnt noticed by many people. Rip off how are you!!
You can get "real" butter (maybe not Dairygold) for €1.85/lb in Aldi/Lidl/Tesco if I recall correctly. I would have expected Dunnes to be priced similarly.My local Spar charged me €2.25 for 227g of Dairygold butter recently, as opposed to the €2.15 I would have had to pay for 454g of same in Dunnes (another 1/2 mile away).
The assumption by many people that retail item prices should convert directly as on the likes of XE.com etc. is facile.I also had the normal M&S stg exchange rip-off recently, I purchased an item for €14.50 in M&S Dundrum, only to see £9.50 on the other side of the label, now, my according to XE.COM the current rate in €0.81308, so even allowing for a bit charging etc this should have come in around €12.50 at most. When challenged, staff said that costs are more expensive here than the UK. What I don't understand is why they can't produce labels specifically for ROI, they can screw me price wise all they want, but I'd prefer not to know, can management not grasp this simple concept??
I doubt that they are breaking any law in selling items from multi-packs individually as long as the price is displayed correctly. Such "not to be sold separately" notices are from the manufacturer and have no legal/statutory basis as far as I know. The manufacturer might be annoyed with the retailer but I doubt that the NCA has any legal remit here.Did you report this abuse to the ODCA or National Consumer Agency?
I totally disagree but you can read my many existing posts on this topic rather than me wasting my time repeating myself again.Not really.
Rip-off can be described as 'daylight robbery', 'overpriced', 'bad deal' or 'charging an unfair price'.
Whether you pay for it or not, it remains a rip-off.
Books are nearly always cheaper on Amazon, plus they do a lot of special offers. When Im in an Irish bookshop I make notes of titles Im interested in and then go home and order them off Amazon
True, but you get raped with postage charges so not always worth it
True, but you get raped with postage charges so not always worth it
the only paper i buy is the sunday business post as i just love reading the sunday paper with a cup of coffee on a sunday. no way would i buy a paper during the week, its just a complete rip off.
Why? Comparing a convenience store to a large supermarket is comparing chalk with cheese in my opinion
So your gripe is with the stupidity of their labelling rather than the prices they charge?
it is also facile for staff in that store to attribute the difference to higher costs in this country rather than the UK.
With an economy of 4m consumers as opposed to 60m in the UK we don't enjoy their economies of scale.
Amazon have reduced their postage charges considerably in the past couple of years, I only buy when cost of item + postage is cheaper than what Ive seen in a shop in Ireland. There is the added convenience of the items arriving to your door of course but I dont feel that warrants paying over what Ive seen in a shop in Ireland.
I dont tend to buy books in 1s though, so perhaps I benefit from cheaper postage charges over a number of items?
Is there not another phrase you can use other than raped?
Good diet will do more for your heart than rubbish spreads that have minimal impact marketed at the stupid.Flora pro-active almost €8 per small tub.Dairy gold heart almost €6
Only the wealthy can do something about the cholestoral
Corportation tax is lower, you have no idea whether or not rent is more expensive (on a store by store basis, we can't tell whether or not subsidies are being granted by developers to large prestige anchor tenants, but one would presume that they are), yes, average wages in Ireland are higher, but we can't tell whether or not that is the case in instances of UK firms having branches here, if anything salaries here may be lower given that staff are more likely to be new recruits with not only lower starting salaries, but probably no access to company pension schemes etc.Why?
Wages, govt charges & VAT are all a lot higher here. With an economy of 4m consumers as opposed to 60m in the UK we don't enjoy their economies of scale. Which, to get back where we started, is why the Irish Independent don't have the resources of the Financial Times and RTE don't have the resources of the BBC.
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