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Cost of caravan/camping parts & equipment here Vs UK

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  • 14-05-2010 10:31am
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    Betsy Og
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭


    On 2 separate occasions I was able to buy online from the UK and save about 10 - 15%, and that was even after the fairly hefty postage charges (c€15) & of course the exchange difference.

    So all in all Irish stuff seems to be at least 20-25% dearer than the UK. Is this justifyable??, is it the old rip off Republic?? I'd prefer to buy locally, which I do a fair bit, but for bigger purchases its disappointing to see such a gulf in prices and that Irish shops dont appear to be giving a fair deal and are losing out on business because of it.

    Any opinions on this? I deliberately didnt name any of the relevant shops but theres only a handful of them in Ireland anyway, and to date I havent seen much price differences between them.


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    paddyp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,927 ✭✭✭paddyp


    Betsy Og wrote: »
    On 2 separate occasions I was able to buy online from the UK and save about 10 - 15%, and that was even after the fairly hefty postage charges (c€15) & of course the exchange difference.

    So all in all Irish stuff seems to be at least 20-25% dearer than the UK. Is this justifyable??, is it the old rip off Republic?? I'd prefer to buy locally, which I do a fair bit, but for bigger purchases its disappointing to see such a gulf in prices and that Irish shops dont appear to be giving a fair deal and are losing out on business because of it.

    Any opinions on this? I deliberately didnt name any of the relevant shops but theres only a handful of them in Ireland anyway, and to date I havent seen much price differences between them.

    20-25% dearer thats cheap! :-p

    Try ebay I average at least 50% cheaper on everything from injectors to transistors to kids shoes and baby grows.

    I'm loving the best offer thing on ebay, just picked up a clutch for £10 getting it collected by courier for £13.49 + vat


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