Six Dublin pubs hiked prices during Ireland-Scotland match

dod

This is nothing short of a thundering disgrace. We really should be voting against these pubs by not drinking in them.

(Yes I did drink in Doheny & Nesbitts the night of the match)

Six Dublin pubs hiked prices during Ireland-Scotland match
The Director of Consumer Affairs has criticised six Dublin pubs for raising their prices during last Saturday’s rugby match between Ireland and Scotland at Lansdowne Road.

Carmel Foley said her inspectors uncovered the price hikes during visits to 10 pubs in the vicinity of the stadium.

The inspectors compared prices displayed on Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27.

Ms Foley said the largest increase was found in Maguire’s on Lower Baggot Street, where a price of stout increased by up to €1 during the match.

The other pubs that raised their prices were Doheny and Nesbitt’s, Larry Murphy’s, Waterloo House, The Wellington and The 51.

Ms Foley said none of the pubs broke any laws as they clearly displayed the new prices.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0401/consumer.html

Pubs slammed for rugby match price hikes
he Director of Consumer Affairs, Carmel Foley, has criticised the raising of drink prices by some pubs near Lansdowne Road during last weekend's Six Nations rugby match.

A survey of ten pubs was carried out in the area on Friday and Saturday, finding that six of them substantially raised their prices on the day of the game between Ireland and Scotland.

The largest increase was €1 on a pint of stout in Maguire's of Baggot Street, bringing the price to €4.90 last Saturday.

Ms Foley said that while there was no breach of legislation, consumers should be aware of the practice.

Paulw

Maybe it's time to let the pubs in Baggott street know, and stop drinking there for one week. If they were empty or very quiet for a week, they'd quickly understand.

ErinGoBrath

This was a disgrace. I was in the 51 and all drinks, pints and bottles alike, were €5.

Sleipnir

but, people paid €5 so the publicans now know that people will pay €5.

Doctor J

Why don't people vote with their feet when they're being charged €5 for a drink?

Just say "No, I'm not paying that much for that drink, I will take my custom elsewhere" and leave.

Obviously, these pubs were in cahoots with each other, they wouldn't do it individually, lest people head to a competitor, so they do it as a pack. F*ck em.

Mighty_Mouse

There has to be some way of combatting this. Maby an online poll and try get four million people to sign it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doctor J

There is and it's very, very easy.

You write a letter to the manager of each of the pubs involved, saying how disgusted you were by their cynical price hike and how you will never go there again. You get everyone you know to do it too, everybody send their own letters, go for quantity. Nobody reads petitions. One letter for every person, that'll get their attention. Then you never go to any of those pubs again. Seriously.

If you go back after a week, what does that say? You rode me up the ass, but I forgive you and now you know I'll let you do it again. That's what.

When these pubs receive sackfuls of letters and no customers for months other pubs will think twice before doing this sort of thing again.

Civilian_Target

What really bemuses me is why people are surprised? They're businesses after all, their purpose is to make money. They're allowed charge what they want for a pint, and if they can get €5 a pint then why shouldn't they do so? If you don't like it, there's plenty of pubs in Ireland.

ErinGoBrath

Well after the queuing 20 mins for the first overpriced round, a mate and I went around to Tesco and purchased 72 bottles of wifebeater (Stella) brought then home (we live directly opposite the 51) and put them in the fridge. For the rest of the night we were back and fourth with bags of Stella for all our mates.

Worked out quite a cheap day in the end!

Serves them right for overpricing...

Sarky

A good, hard recession will make those of you looking for a drink more careful of exactly where you spend your "hard earned" money. And leave the less careful begging on the streets.

Paulw

It's a case of consumer beware.

I drink in 3-4 pubs around town, and know the price of a pint in each. I also know when there's a price increase, and have said it to the bar staff on one or two occasions.

You just have to know what you're paying for a pint, and if it's too high ... WALK !!

Hairy Homer

First of all: Well done to Carmel Foley and her gang for bringing this to everybody's attention. Those who say: 'It's the free market. If you don't like it piss off to Cuba' should remember that the Free Market depends on freely available information and this is what the Director of Consumer Affairs has done by gathering and presenting this data.

Second, well done to the pubs in the area that DIDN'T up their prices. Especially the likes of the Beggars Bush which has some of the lowest prices around anyway.

Thirdly, totally agree with the calls by others here to vote with your feet and your wallets/purses by not patronising pubs who gouge their customers in this way. What sort of ponce wants to drink in the pretensious dive now known as the Wellington, formerly Cheers, formerly Dessie Hynes', formerly the Meeting House, formerly the Crooked Bawbee (have I missed out one?) anyway?

Fourthly, and maybe slightly off topic, when the publicans start to complain about the smoking ban eating into their profits they should be reminded of gouging actions like this and made to reflect that these do as much harm as banning smoking, which only a minority of people do anyway.

I know my pub visits have decreased dramatically over the past 12 months and its got nothing to do with smoking, which I don't do, and everything to do with overpriced, oversized, over noisy and over officious (I won't go into pubs who have bouncers on the door as part of their marketing policy) pubs which sadly predominate in inner city Dublin today.

PS
Carlsberg (4.0% alcohol) was on sale in SuperQuinn in Blackrock for 1.09 yoyos for a half litre can yesterday. I reckon they made a mistake. Get in there fast before they realise it. It's over two euros in the local Spar.