sambo rip off

thebaz

just finished a plain, tasteless ham and cheese sambo .. after slapping it up to me with an unfreindly grunt ... i was charged 4.50 euros for this specimen from a city centre Centra .

anyone else feal ripped off by some shops greed, i don't mind paying 4.50 for a decent nicely served fancy bap , with fresh veg and tasty salads ... but 4.50 for a plain and frankly horrible cheesee and tomato .. do me a favour Centra ..

P.S. much better value for sandwichs outside City centre , really feal we get ripped off if you work or live around Dublin city.

Creamy Goodness

the problem is not the shop, it's the people who actually pay for it tbh.

if people don't pay the rip off price, they'll be brought down, but it also just so happens that there is a lot of people who have just lost the value of a euro totally.

scojones

Centra is a rip off anyway man, everything there is over priced.

Lothaar

Just don't go back there again. I boycotted O'Briens a few years ago after I was charged 6.50 for a tuna sandwich (well, that was the last straw in a haystack of incidents)! They had put a measly bit of tuna on so I asked for more. When the dude rang it up on the cash register he charged me for two portions of tuna. The thing is, there STILL wasn't enough tuna in the sandwich. I refused to pay and walked out, never to return.

The Spar on Leeson St is excellent. There's a little deli opposite The Long Stone that does good food too.

mikemac

Marks & Spencers are the best shop around

Most sandwiches are under €2.50 and they're lovely

abetarrush

sjones wrote:

Centra is a rip off anyway man, everything there is over priced.

Oh my god! I had a dream last night that I was in Centra and they charged me €1.45 for a packet of Rolos, so I nicked a little mint bar as revenge


But yeah, its ****in stupid, the sambos are rotten, cos the bread is half stale and the cheese is floatin in whatever was in that tub before

And yeah, the only reason they're still like that is cos people pay

Lets be hippies and not buy stuff anymore

Ruu_Old

Thats a fair bit to pay for a sambo. Is Dublin airport still as bad anyone?

thebaz

i used to think the Centra was cheap for sambos, i knew they were tasteless, but my sandwich today was both overpriced and wretched ... i work in a City centre business park , so along with another shop, they have complete monopoly on what sandwiches we get , and more importantly what we pay . rip off rip off ...

Idgeitman

M&S Prawn is the best, Good quality and cheap!.

~ idgeitman

dubtom

I used to be a regular in the swedish food company when i worked in town.
Chicken and stuffing with coleslaw,mmmm. That was a few years ago and even then it was expensive but worth every penny. There used to be a cafe on georges street called marks brothers, they did the biggest most tasty sambo's anywhere, the bread was different to anything I had or have seen anywhere since. I have no idea why I told you lot my sambo memeories.

thebaz

As i try to rid myself of the horrible auroma of packaged and processed cheese and ham, i have decided to have a word with the manager tomorrow ... maybe i'll chicken out ... read there expensive mags and papers for free instead !!

abetarrush

Just bring yer own sambos!

or go t Dunnes.... they're rolls are cheap enough, and noyce! and ye can cheap Pizzas in 5 mins too


Spit on Centra!

Wishbone Ash

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DOLEMAN

dubtom wrote:

I have no idea why I told you lot my sambo memeories.

LOL

It is only now (age 28!) that I can finally value money. No longer will I let the ripper off-ers rip me off...

projectmayhem

spar or dunnes are cheaper i believe....

abetarrush

Spar and Dunnes are completely different!

i get Evian in Dunnes for 67c, and they charge ye 1.40 for the same bottle in Spar!

Mossy Monk

Cremo wrote:

the problem is not the shop, it's the people who actually pay for it tbh

indeed

why complain when the sandwich was paid for. say no if it was a rip off

thebaz

Mossy Monk wrote:

indeed

why complain when the sandwich was paid for. say no if it was a rip off

After 4:30 , the Centra is the only shop within walking distance of my work, serving sambos/takeaway , most decent sambo shops close before 5 pm . As i'm going out tonight wanted something to eat beforehand , i still resent paying excessive prices , or in other words being ripped off, for a plain old cheese and tomato sambo - that was not very nice in to the bargain.

daRobot

Spars are great for rolls I find.

Three fiddy for a majorly filled baguette aint too shabby at all.

Hobbes

Just make your own at home and bring it into work? You will save a bundle.

ArthurDent

dubtom wrote:

I used to be a regular in the swedish food company when i worked in town.
Chicken and stuffing with coleslaw,mmmm. That was a few years ago and even then it was expensive but worth every penny. There used to be a cafe on georges street called marks brothers, they did the biggest most tasty sambo's anywhere, the bread was different to anything I had or have seen anywhere since. I have no idea why I told you lot my sambo memeories.

Go to Simon's place at the George's arcade - run by the guy who ran Marks Bros - same salads too and magic cinnamon buns mmmmmmmm

RoadSweeper

Spar on Camden St. is the best place ever to get a sambo or roll, they put love into it!

pm.

Hobbes wrote:

Just make your own at home and bring it into work? You will save a bundle.

I can't agree more i'm on the road a lot and my wife makes my sambos for me. I got one of those little fridges for 10 euro the price of 2 sambos, i plug it into the cigarette lighter of the car keeps the sambos nice and cool and saves 50 euro a week or 2600:eek: a year for the 2 of us, thats the price of a nice holiday and some spending money.

Creamy Goodness

RoadSweeper wrote:

Spar on Camden St. is the best place ever to get a sambo or roll, they put love into it!

yes they are great, but this love you say, that isn't contained in the white bottles of "sauces" they have there?

RoadSweeper

lol ffs, taste it...

Anti

I went to the pub for lunch today. uluru in waterford. 6.50 for a ham + cheese.
Cafe lucia in waterford city 8.90 for a ****ing sambo. rip off !!

zAbbo

It's only a rip off if you pay it.

I make my own, much healthier.

Töpher

RoadSweeper wrote:

Spar on Camden St. is the best place ever to get a sambo or roll, they put love into it!

Very true! They've got me out of a hungry patch on many many occassions!

Misticles

ye i always go there when im in college.. i was in portmarnock a while ago.. in teh spar i think it was... it was the worst made sambo evr.. myself and two mates went. i tried to avoid the worst one... she was makin a chicken fillet roll... she butchered the fillet.. then she wrapped it up funny and it all fell out and she jus dumped in the bag.. it was funny but extremly bad. needles to say i didnt go for chicken fillet!

Gary ITR

All sambos are rip off. I'm a rep for a very well known company who supply to convenience stores and i can see the margins these guys make on sandwiches and rolls. They always complain that the margins aren't high enough, then they drive to their stately homes in their Merc's

TerrorFirmer

Ah the cheap canteen in work.....2.50 for a chicken roll with salad and crisps, and its lovely to boot.

But I agree with everyone else, no point opening your mouth after you've paid for it, just learn your lesson and don't go back.

jimmycrackcorm

Id I was in the Opspositoin -I'd go in a few times and get that sandwich made up and then leave it on a shelf somewhere with a note for staff to find that would say ... would you pay that amount for this?

What can you do - after all you asked for a sandwich that reflects the price and don't have to accept a substandard product.

Kintarō Hattori

Fair enough guys, if it's that expensive you shouldn't pay for it, they'll elarn their lesson and you won't feel agreived. That's just nonsense. The fact is that €4.50 for a simple ham and cheese sandwhich is too much. The shop is simply being greedy by charging that much.
I'm sure the OP has learnt his lesson and won't go there again, but let's ease off on the rightousness? here and agree that it is a rip off price.