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Internet shopping versus the high street.

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  • #52
    youreadthat
    Registered Users Posts: 761 ✭✭✭youreadthat


    SuperInfinity wrote: »
    Don't talk about people with a "chip on your shoulder", or "amazed if you can walk in a straight line".

    I have no side at all in that argument, but it seems to me like he was trying to have a legitimate discussion and you started to personalize it and attack his character. He was talking about the discussion, you were making comments about him personally saying "oh you must be this", "obviously you're that", you have no idea about him.

    What you're saying is totally plausible, however in this case that guy really does have a large bag of oven chips attached to his shoulders.


  • #53
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,031 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    SuperInfinity wrote: »
    I have no side at all in that argument, but it seems to me like he was trying to have a legitimate discussion and you started to personalize it and attack his character.
    So, you missed the bit where he accused another poster of being a ' "British Isles" unionist ' then? If that's "legitimate discussion", then I think I missed a meeting somewhere. It was also totally off-topic, so congratulations to all of you, haters of anything vaguely "British"-sounding, for derailing yet another AH thread. Are you sure your keyboards are set up correctly? Looks to me like you're typing in "English", after all ... :rolleyes:

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  • #54
    dpe
    Registered Users Posts: 520 ✭✭✭dpe


    Emeraldy Pebbles wrote: »
    No it's not.

    In Dublin it definitely is. I've been living here five years and I've never heard the phrase "Main Street". I would have assumed that was an Americanism. And a quick look on Google shows High Streets in Dublin, Cork City and Galway City, but Main Street is only in Cork (there is a Main Street in Dublin but not in the city centre).


  • #55
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,450 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    dpe wrote: »
    In Dublin it definitely is. I've been living here five years and I've never heard the phrase "Main Street". I would have assumed that was an Americanism. And a quick look on Google shows High Streets in Dublin, Cork City and Galway City, but Main Street is only in Cork (there is a Main Street in Dublin but not in the city centre).

    It can be used as a generic term for a towns shopping areas I would have thought.


  • #56
    dpe
    Registered Users Posts: 520 ✭✭✭dpe


    kneemos wrote: »
    It can be used as a generic term for a towns shopping areas I would have thought.

    I'm sure it could, but certain people seem to be contending that "High Street" = "evil Brit cultural Imperialism, man the barricades, 800 years, Fields of Athenry etc.", and Main Street is the proper "Irish" term. Which is bollocks.


  • #57
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭Rabidlamb


    We get our weekly shop on Tesco online, about a fiver for delivery.
    Better than the missus trying to haul 3 kids under 5 into town during the week, paying for petrol & finding parking.
    Never had any problem with the quality of hand picked stuff.
    It's a bloody marvelous service & I'm surprised it's not more popular.

    Online shopping just removes all the hassle.
    Last week I need 2 seatbelt extenders for the kids booster seats & a UHF ariel for Saorview.
    Amazon & tvtrade.ie hooked me up far cheaper than Halfords & Expert electrical could have, over 50% saving in fact.
    The previous week I needed a replacement lamp from Ikea that was going to cost €35 with their mad delivery, got it on ebay through an Ikea reseller for the same price but only €5 delivery.
    Everything arrived within 3 days & was exactly what I ordered.
    High Street sellers don't have have to fight for 99.9% customer satisfaction ratings & it shows.


  • #58
    token101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,050 ✭✭✭token101


    Dangerous Man wrote: »
    I don't know why Irish people feel the need to parrot what goes on across the water. Weird.

    He says as he types in English :pac:


  • #59
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Dangerous Man wrote: »
    I don't know why Irish people feel the need to parrot what goes on across the water. Weird.

    Like having sex before marriage and eating something other than potatoes? Bejaysus that's not us at all.


  • #60
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Seanchai wrote: »
    Why would somebody go over to Britain to do their shopping when the internet is much cheaper and faster?
    Nonsense:
    http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults&keywords=%22high%20street%22&filter=dateasc
    http://www.independent.ie/search/?q=%22high+street%22

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  • #61
    iguana
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    kneemos wrote: »
    It can be used as a generic term for a towns shopping areas I would have thought.

    Traditionally 'High St' refers to either a the main street of a town or the main shopping street of an area that used to be a town or village but is now a suburb of a large city. So Rathmines Rd and O'Connell St in Ennis would be high streets whereas O'Connell St in Dublin would be considered an elevation above that as in the past a main city street would have been filled with large department stores and the flagship stores of national chains.


  • #62
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    krudler wrote: »
    What are YOUR opinions on it?

    one of the worst rules ever


  • #63
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Rabidlamb wrote: »
    We get our weekly shop on Tesco online, about a fiver for delivery.
    Better than the missus trying to haul 3 kids under 5 into town during the week, paying for petrol & finding parking.
    Never had any problem with the quality of hand picked stuff.
    It's a bloody marvelous service & I'm surprised it's not more popular.

    That Tesco online shop is an appealing idea alright, but is there a delivery charge, and if so how much?


  • #64
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,450 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    iguana wrote: »
    Traditionally 'High St' refers to either a the main street of a town or the main shopping street of an area that used to be a town or village but is now a suburb of a large city. So Rathmines Rd and O'Connell St in Ennis would be high streets whereas O'Connell St in Dublin would be considered an elevation above that as in the past a main city street would have been filled with large department stores and the flagship stores of national chains.

    I've also heard news reports where they would say high st sales were up,for example.


  • #65
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭Rabidlamb


    LordSutch wrote: »
    That Tesco online shop is an appealing idea alright, but is there a delivery charge, and if so how much?

    From memory it costs somewhere between €5 to €8 depending on which delivery slot you choose.
    http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/

    If it was €20 I'd still pay it for the convenience.
    They even carry it into your house & put it on the kitchen table for you.
    If you're nice like me you could help them.


  • #66
    dpe
    Registered Users Posts: 520 ✭✭✭dpe


    The Tesco site is OK, and better than SuperValu (not great), SuperQuinn (not great) and Dunnes (non-existent), but unfortunately it does feel like a slightly brain-damaged version of the UK site from a functionality perspective, and there are still quite a lot of issues with stock and substitutions. Its a common problem with a lot of .ie sites, the level of investment isn't there.


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  • #67
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,474 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    We live in an age where for 80c you can have magic beans delivered to your door

    http://www2.buyincoins.com/new_en/details/5-pcs-magic-bean-seeds-gift-plant-growing-message-word-product-5206.html


    For stuff that doesn't usually need repairing , doesn't come in different sizes and colours and arrives in a shrink wrapped box it really doesn't matter where you get it.


  • #68
    Emeraldy Pebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 787 ✭✭✭Emeraldy Pebbles


    dpe wrote: »
    In Dublin it definitely is. I've been living here five years and I've never heard the phrase "Main Street".

    I lived in Dublin from 2002 to 2010 and never really heard it used. 'Main Street' is more a small town thing, but 'high street' doesn't replace it in Dublin.

    Main Street isn't an Americanism, there are Main Streets in towns up and down the country.


  • #69
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Emeraldy Pebbles wrote: »
    I need to do my own food shopping, to make I get the freshest bread, milk, whatever. I don't trust them to do this. But then, I suppose if the food deliveries were crap, people would stop getting them so they must be ok.

    They're fine. I was given short dated milk once, but I gave it back to the delivery guy. It's a huge time saver for me & between petrol and parking charges, it actually saves me money as well as time.


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