Shopping trip to Newry - 2008 advice?

Does anyone know if shops like river island and next will accept euro and if they do is there an exchange rate there or will they match the euro to sterling ?

thanks

Gemma
 
Gemz89 said:
Does anyone know if shops like river island and next will accept euro and if they do is there an exchange rate there or will they match the euro to sterling ?

thanks

Gemma
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Don't know for a fact if River Island do but I'd be astonished if they didn't as practically all outlets in Newry do. You'll probably get sterling change though. Unsurprisingly, they don't do you any real favours on the exchange rate but it's OK.
 
Could you not move some dosh to your VISA and use the visa in the shops?
Or just withdraw sterling on a northern bank machine

i.e. you pay the live bank exchange rate?
 
A few colleagues of mine have gone up and they said that a few places accepted euro and matched it to sterling if thats true thats some savings !
 
Gemz89 said:
A few colleagues of mine have gone up and they said that a few places accepted euro and matched it to sterling if thats true thats some savings !
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Only if they're not charging paddy prices in the first instance
 
I found that lots of the shops in Newry had a weird selection of items - not what you would find currently on the high street. Eg: Clarks was like a Clarks reject store with styles from the 90s.

I went up with family and found that they bought lots of stuff that they didn't actually need because they had made the trip - I doubt they actually got anything they were looking for. Good for shopaholics. Haven't found it so practical for specific items.
 
I travel to Donegal every week now as my mum is unwell, so I dip in and out of Derry/Strabane/Newry.

Booze is the biggest saving, as well as Mach 3 razors.
Dog/Cat food also have huge savings, as well as I her Baby stuff.

If your near Strabane, BettaDeals is worth a visist for Toilet Roll, washing powder etc.

The worst thing for me is my in laws here in carlow think I am a courier service
 
I've heard a rumour that Sainsbury's in Newry are matching €1 for £1. Does anybody know for certain if that is true?
If it's not true than does anybody know what exchange rate they are offering at the checkouts in Sainsbury's? (assuming they take euro's at the checkout)
 
Thinking bout heading north on Monday next. From people's own experiences wd I be better off (traffic wise) to go to Newry or Enniskillen. Wd be shopping for groceries/drink/jewellery/childrens clothes. I would be leaving Navan at about 11.30am so wd be arriving around lunch time in case arrival time might make a difference as to where to go.
 
Last night Sainsburys in Newry were offering 0.867 exchange rate. Great savings on wine and other bits and pieces!
 
I haven't read all the posts on this but I cannot see the advantage of travelling vast distances, queuing for parking spaces to save 40 Euro on the weekly shop. There is a cost to travel, time and stress that should be factored in before you travel from say Kerry to Newry. It of course makes sense for people on the border and those going on a once off for say alcohol for a party where the savings may be substantial. I'm delighed ye are all going North if it means I'll find it easier to park and shop in Dublin.
 
I just bought Colemans mustard in Limerick Dunnes €1.89. I checked online and its £0.93 in Asda. I am going to collect my receipts for a while and head north for a weekend and do some shopping on the way home. I will have the research done and bulkbuy small non perishable items (like the mustard example above, toothpaste, razors, washing powder etc.) I reckon the savings will largely subsidise the cost of a weekend away.
 
I went to newry last weekend and skipped the one hour back up traffic on the way into newry by taking M1 exit for Carlingford instead of Newry. This adds about 10km onto your journey but halves your time as there is no traffic on this road. We also stopped off in Carlingford for lunch on the way and discovered some great little boutiques with pre-christmas sales on. We also found that the later in the day you hit sainburys the better as most people are getting there early and leaving early so your chances of getting parked anytime around lunchtime are small.
 
went up to newry this morning left wicklow at 6 was parked and in the shopping center without a bother by 8 45, well worth it i thought the savings were huge for me !! and my petrol for the trip up and down ?? €25 not bad !!! got my petrol for 99.9 cent just before the border
 
Re: parking in Newry - 2008 advice?

if i go to to newry mid week weres the best place to park the quays car park or sainsbury car park and do they charge,

also is it worth going to the outlet i dont know which to do first any clues ?????????
 

Shopping in Dublin is an absolute nightmare. I'm most familiar with Swan Centre Rathmines, Dundrum Town Centre and Swords Pavillions. Relaxed they are not. Fair enough, there may be stress in going North but you are going to have stress either way.

If money were no object, I'd use Tesco online and not worry about the prices and go nowhere near supermarkets. But it is an object and the thousands of people driving North each day are not deluded.
 
i have been shopping in newry for the last 12 years and saved enough money to take hubby and 3 kids to the sun each year.even when the exchange rates were bad the savings were still there.i would go to iceland more so then sainsburys but both are good and there is an offlicence across from iceland called curlys its got all the booze you will need and good prices and no crowds
 
Have to say shopping in newry is hell on earth these days. It takes hours to get in to it and its jammed when you are there.

You might not think its worth it.
 
mullary said:
i have been shopping in newry for the last 12 years and saved enough money to take hubby and 3 kids to the sun each year.even when the exchange rates were bad the savings were still there.
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I sincerely doubt this. I have shopped in Enniskillen for donkeys years because I live quite near it, but until a 15-18 months ago there was little discernable price difference, except on random products, eg items sold below cost in NI. In fact one of the major benefits of the town in those days was that it was quieter than places like Athlone. Had the price differences been that big, it would have been a lot busier, as it was for a while in the 80s and is again these days.
 
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