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Condom prices

  • 20-12-2003 10:22pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭


    Condoms are quite expensive - I paid 13 euros for a box of 12 today and that was the cheapest type they had in the pharmacy. This strikes me as being a bit pricey - in other words, you pay more than a euro every time you have sex!

    Are prices as high in other countries?

    More importantly, is there anywhere they can be bought more cheaply?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Condoms are considered a luxuary item and so are taxed at a rate of 21%


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Could also try http://www.durex.com/ie/

    Not 100% of prices but surely gota be better then the shops


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Originally posted by bazH

    __________________
    cabaal != PPC

    Sheep + Strat = PPC

    Your sig makes no sense, surely your not trying suggest I'm PPC?
    are you bloody crazy?

    We all know TheSonOfBattles is


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,564 ✭✭✭Typedef


    For diversity of choice (which is the bedrock of protecting the consumer economy), try "Condom Power", ye olde infamous "Justin Casey"[1] shope.


    [1] The name of Bishop Eamon Casey's son.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭mr_angry


    Originally posted by Thaed
    Condoms are considered a luxuary item and so are taxed at a rate of 21%

    :D I would have thought of them as anti-luxury...

    €4 for 2 last time I purchased. Outrageous...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kell


    Heard recently that the new organisation set up to act as an advisory service for crisis pregnancies are going to exert pressure on government to have the price of rubbers dropped.

    K-


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    Hmm, I wonder if we could throw some figures together of single parent benefit paid out by the government each year because of unplanned pregnancies?
    Weigh that against the tax brought in by crazy-price condoms. Especially those #*!$ Avantis :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    Originally posted by simu
    I paid 13 euros for a box of 12 today and that was the cheapest type they had in the pharmacy.

    em... its 4 for 2 in a vending machine...

    2 quid a shag, i think the government is pimping all the women in ireland :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,513 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    Condoms are just as dear in the UK. Eg a pack of 12 Durex Fetherlites is £9 from Boots which is around 13 euros. And Avantis are very expensive - £4.50 for 2 or around 6.60 euros.

    BrianD3


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    After six years, he's either found cheaper condoms, or is raising several children by now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭redpanda26


    you can buy a pack of 3 for €2 in the €2 shop, therefore you can get 12 condoms for €8.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    simu wrote: »
    Condoms are quite expensive - I paid 13 euros for a box of 12 today and that was the cheapest type they had in the pharmacy. This strikes me as being a bit pricey - in other words, you pay more than a euro every time you have sex!

    Are prices as high in other countries?

    More importantly, is there anywhere they can be bought more cheaply?


    Its alot cheaper than child maintenance


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Theres something about the €2 shop condoms I couldn't trust...after watching Channel 4's "The Fake Trade" I'll stick to good 'ol Durex (genuine ones!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    I actually find durex to be very unreliable, from personal experience.

    Condomi and Trojan, are both much better if you can find them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭redpanda26


    majiktripp wrote: »
    Theres something about the €2 shop condoms I couldn't trust...after watching Channel 4's "The Fake Trade" I'll stick to good 'ol Durex (genuine ones!)

    Fair enough, I actually haven't gotten them myself so I couldn't tell you what quality they were but had seen them for sale in there and if someone wanted to get them for cheaper, its a place to keep in mind.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 IrelandRocks


    You can get 12 condoms for £5.99 from Mojo Condoms website, 99p delivery to Ireland. Use the voucher code MOJO4U to get a 20% discount (I know the owner who is Irish). British Kitemark quality certified same as all the major brands.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭lau1247


    boots quite often do 2 for price of 1.. just stock up then

    West Dublin, ☀️ 7.83kWp ⚡5.66 kWp South West, ⚡2.18 kWp North East



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭friday1


    lidl's have 12 for around 6.50. Gave them a try, seem ok. Packaging on the box look stupid but the condoms are grand. There only cheap cause there is no money spent on marketing etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25 bogview


    simu wrote: »
    Condoms are quite expensive - I paid 13 euros for a box of 12 today and that was the cheapest type they had in the pharmacy. This strikes me as being a bit pricey - in other words, you pay more than a euro every time you have sex!

    Are prices as high in other countries?

    More importantly, is there anywhere they can be bought more cheaply?

    if they were the right size and comfortable it wasnt too bad cheep to0 tight and not comfortable is the pits do


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭CathalMc


    Sorry for digging this thread up, but I am delighted to confirm all suspicions:

    The worlds most expensive places to have sex.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,732 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    It's €2 for a pack of 20 in petrol stations here (VAT @ 19.6%). Might be worth setting up an import business.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,375 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    I'll always recommend Condomerie.

    It's a Amsterdam condom shop that has for pretty much every size and style you could wish for. May not be the cheapest one out there but having a condom that fits and feels nice >>> price; at least to me and they ship world wide (it's a interesting shop to visit if you're ever in Amsterdam as well) :). They have sample packs for most types as well allowing people to test and try to see what they prefer before buying a specific brand/type/size.

    Think my last order was around 85c per condom including shipping but they where not a mainstream one so no major surprise there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭Blue_Wolf


    I think they are considering the price of a child.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    Is VAT charged at point of entry ?:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    majiktripp wrote: »
    Theres something about the €2 shop condoms I couldn't trust...
    Yes, best stick with good quality ones, I like mine to be electronically testeo

    sku_18886_1.jpg

    about 6cent each!
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.18886


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    simu wrote: »
    Condoms are quite expensive - I paid 13 euros for a box of 12 today and that was the cheapest type they had in the pharmacy. This strikes me as being a bit pricey - in other words, you pay more than a euro every time you have sex!

    Are prices as high in other countries?

    More importantly, is there anywhere they can be bought more cheaply?


    So you've never paid more than a euro for sex??!! :D

    Seriously though, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, herpes, crabs, & and a baby would all cost you well more than €1 - so stop complaining!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭sharms


    yea I believe in Vegas the average price for sex is 2grand..hahaha count yourself lucky


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭sharms


    when i was on a cruise in italy they had condom machines EVERYWHERE i thought Oh My God they must be obsessed they were durex and they were cheap and all tehy government subsidises them or somehting but not many underage pregnant kids around because of it aswell as the fact that young people are ashamed to go into a shop and buy them so it's just a better system for them i guess. Wouldnt exactly work in town though would it.. you would have kids running after you with penis shaped balloons :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    sharms wrote: »
    when i was on a cruise in italy they had condom machines EVERYWHERE i thought Oh My God they must be obsessed they were durex and they were cheap and all tehy government subsidises them or somehting but not many underage pregnant kids around because of it aswell as the fact that young people are ashamed to go into a shop and buy them so it's just a better system for them i guess. Wouldnt exactly work in town though would it.. you would have kids running after you with penis shaped balloons :D

    Once they're not running after you with balloon shaped penises, I wouldn't mind!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 272 ✭✭Salvelinus


    Did anyone mention inflation?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 42 bigaid1


    chughes wrote: »
    Is VAT charged at point of entry ?:D

    scary thought, customs and excise watching you shag


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    If I am not mistaken,

    It is €5 for a pack of 3 in outlet shops and €4 for 2 in vending machines.

    On a recent trip to Greece, it was €2 for 5.

    Its outragous pricing for an item that should be encouraged for young people ( and all people) to avoid infections,disease and unplanned pregnancy.

    I heard a lol comment a recent bar where a bloke at the bar said to his mate

    " you use a raincoat?"
    "**** no man, €4 in the jax for two, bollox, I bought another pint instead, she got it bareback"

    If people are genuinely going to take the risks, it needs to be looked at, and pricing is the obvious one.

    That Tayto bag and elastic band rumour might actual start getting tested now: /


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭porte


    Do what i do and recycle.

    Only messing EBAY is the way to go you get dick loads for only a few euro.
    I used to use lidl jonnys omg talk about strangled it was like wearing a shagging marigold.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭fermoycailin


    simu wrote: »
    Condoms are quite expensive - I paid 13 euros for a box of 12 today and that was the cheapest type they had in the pharmacy. This strikes me as being a bit pricey - in other words, you pay more than a euro every time you have sex!

    Are prices as high in other countries?

    More importantly, is there anywhere they can be bought more cheaply?


    Check out www.mojocondoms.com. A pack of 12 condoms €7.02 each or €8.18 delivered to your door (in a non marked, discreet envelope). A much better price!


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