R rabbit Guest 9 Apr 2008 #21 paperclip said: i knew at the time that this didn't sound right, but wasn't sure how much i was ripped off til now.... £18 is actually €22.76 so that's a mark up of almost 25% (is that right?) ..... that's really taking the...... Click to expand... As Gay Byrne used to say in the eighties ...ye wanted yer independence, now ye have to pay fer it.
paperclip said: i knew at the time that this didn't sound right, but wasn't sure how much i was ripped off til now.... £18 is actually €22.76 so that's a mark up of almost 25% (is that right?) ..... that's really taking the...... Click to expand... As Gay Byrne used to say in the eighties ...ye wanted yer independence, now ye have to pay fer it.
S stir crazy Guest 9 Apr 2008 #22 Re: shops that rip off with £ to € conversion moneygrower said: I know of a case where a product sold more when the price was increased so Irish people have only ourselves to blame. Click to expand... is that Baileys Irish cream or something else ?
Re: shops that rip off with £ to € conversion moneygrower said: I know of a case where a product sold more when the price was increased so Irish people have only ourselves to blame. Click to expand... is that Baileys Irish cream or something else ?
U ubiquitous Registered User Messages 3,782 10 Apr 2008 #23 moneygrower said: I know of a case where a product sold more when the price was increased so Irish people have only ourselves to blame. Click to expand... The technical term for such a phenomenon is a Veblen good. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good
moneygrower said: I know of a case where a product sold more when the price was increased so Irish people have only ourselves to blame. Click to expand... The technical term for such a phenomenon is a Veblen good. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good