800 Euro for a month ?!?!?!

Terry

TheGooner wrote:

Happy birthday you old slag

Is your phone sick?

yes. my phone is sick. i dropped it last week and it hasn't worked properly since.

MAJD, you're exactly right on the taxi thing.
were i to go into town (dublin), my fare would be €20 in a hackney and €25 in a taxi. it's easier to get a taxi from town, so that's what i would end up doing.
i suggest people find a beer they like and stick to drinking that. your stomach will fill up fairly quickly and you will end up drinking less and spending less money as a result.

Rb

Xavi6 wrote:

Ah so you're a patronising clown as well as a fool with money? Quite the person.

Whatever way you try justify yourself the simple fact remains that the amount you spend on a night out is ridiculous, although being as spoilt as you are I suppose you're parents are just as much to blame as you are.

Again, the nights in question were paid for out of my own pocket, it did not cost my folks a red cent and again, I'd ask you to please read the posts before replying, for your own sake, as you're coming off as extremely ignorant by apparently not doing so.

Stovelid wrote:

I cannot see how this could be spent in a single night in Dublin unless you were buying a rake of drink for other people, drinking to absolute excess or going mad in a casino or lap dancing club.

I'm not going to detail how every euro was spent, as I've outlined in a previous post a general view of the prices in question on the night. It is extremely easy to do and without drinking to the absolute excess.

Oh and none of the following were involved;

Drugs
Lap dancing/gambling
Paying for two meals/drinks, like a date
Day-night hard drinking.
Taxis to mad out of town locations

newestuser wrote:

The OP (or rb_ie) weren't looking for peoples opinions on their lifestyles. However, they choose to spend these amounts of money. You don't have to go drinking in cocoon, lillies, etc, you don't have to get taxis everywhere. You don't have to order expensive drinks.

Exactly. I had the cash at the time, I went a little mad as it wasn't going to put a dent in my bank balance. I had fun.
As I said before, nights out costing to the tune of €270 are a very rare occurance and its my money, my choice. Generally a night out does cost around €100 or so, which isn't all much in my opinion and as I've said, these days I'm only heading out on proper nights out on average once a week.

As the Op was trying to say (Heyes), drink is expensive in the city centre. The bars on the nights I seem to be consistently questioned over are perhaps a bit more expensive, but in general in town on the weekend, the price of a drink in the clubs is quite high. Theres also more costs associated with the night, taxi fare for examples (I live somewhere where walking to town for a night out is out of the question) are a rip aswell. Nights out, or at least nights out where you're not trying your best to keep it as cheap as physically possible, are quite expensive. That said it is our choice to go out and pay these prices, but whats the alternative?Stay in every single night and resort to having "nights in" i.e have perhaps three friends in and have a few drinks. Sure, that'll save you money, but going out/hitting town/etc. is a whole lot more fun, it also gives you the chance to meet new people ,something you aren't generally going to do on "nights in".

And its not like we can just say "Ok, the prices (in general) are a rip, lets stay in and show our disapproval and hope they drop them in the future" because as we all know thats not going to happen. The publicans/club owners in this country, especially in Dublin, are going to get as many euros profit as they possibly can. They know that regardless, people will pay the price as theres no real alternative (other than nights in, which you can't do every single night/weekend for your entire teenage/early twenties and even mid twenties life. When you settle down, perhaps).

kevmy wrote:

If you seriously want consistently cheaper nights out get out of Dublin

Oh, I've already thought about it and it remains quite possible that I will in the near future. I think it'd be better to say "if you want a consistently cheaper life, get out of Dublin".

julep wrote:

quiet, you. it's my birthday.

Happy Birthday :)

Tar.Aldarion

Well I go out in galway.
I have never paidd admission in teh three years I've been here.
It's quite easy to get in for free.
Few cans of cheap cider, walk in, bottle of so co in my pocket, walk home. Cheap nights for me thanks.
Maybe spend 15e with chips...

Celtic67

Just seen this on another thread. My average spend is about €1400 a month with a mortgage of €1300. Have to try and stop wasting such money. I am going to try to restrict my self to Sat nights and only bring a limited amount of cash say €120-€150 which would drastically reduce the amount spend per month. Problem is once I go out thats it I could end up on a 3-4 day bender. I have no problem when I decide to stay but when I go out I tend to go a bit nuts.

Siogfinsceal

Those of you who claim it is not expensive seem to drink v v little! Reasistically it is v expensive in ireland the price of drinks is crazy. I tend to walk down town and go to a nightclub where I get free entry but even at that a drink is 6 euro at least and a game of pool is 2! So, even with free entry to a club going out and having 6-7 drinks is damn expensive its even worse if I go somewhere else where I have to pay in or get a taxi. yes theres things you can do like heading to lidl beforehand and getting a couple of bottles of 3 euro wine but I find its not much fun racing down drink and being p*ssed before you get to a club. Are you then supposed to not drink for the rest of the night. And yes you can bring a naggin in your bag but not many clubs let you bring your drink to the bathroom and lads dont really have this option.

newestUser

Y'know, it's not like tanning back the beers is a government-imposed tax or anything. If you feel that drinking 6-7 drinks while having a few games of pool is too expensive, then don't do it...

Siogfinsceal wrote:

Those of you who claim it is not expensive seem to drink v v little! Reasistically it is v expensive in ireland the price of drinks is crazy. I tend to walk down town and go to a nightclub where I get free entry but even at that a drink is 6 euro at least and a game of pool is 2! So, even with free entry to a club going out and having 6-7 drinks is damn expensive its even worse if I go somewhere else where I have to pay in or get a taxi. yes theres things you can do like heading to lidl beforehand and getting a couple of bottles of 3 euro wine but I find its not much fun racing down drink and being p*ssed before you get to a club. Are you then supposed to not drink for the rest of the night. And yes you can bring a naggin in your bag but not many clubs let you bring your drink to the bathroom and lads dont really have this option.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

To carious posters who fell the need to spent x hundred/thousand on a night out: So who's golding a gun to your head...?

As i've said on here before I'm not a massive fan of town and I frequent barcode for the general handiness of it!
I usually spend about 60-80 on a night out!

I can bring my own vodka if i'm broke and get away with it and i'l share a taxi I can drink beforehand in my house and arrive between 10-11 after a few drinks

I prefer to invite people over to mine and have house party's or inviting people back after a night out!

Siogfinsceal

its mad that you cannot make a comment about something being expensive in ireland without some smart @ss adding 'well dont do it then'. Is that your answer to everything? 'oh if you find it expensive dont do it?' Theres nothign wrong with wanting to have a good night out without having to spend a fortune - its possible in other countries but not in dublin - ths issue of the thread is the fact that alcohol/club admission etc is v expensive in ireland the Op wanted to discuss this fact not hav esomeone suggest that they 'don't do it' - hardly a useful comment.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Siogfinsceal wrote:

its mad that you cannot make a comment about something being expensive in ireland without some smart @ss adding 'well dont do it then'. Is that your answer to everything? 'oh if you find it expensive dont do it?' Theres nothign wrong with wanting to have a good night out without having to spend a fortune - its possible in other countries but not in dublin - ths issue of the thread is the fact that alcohol/club admission etc is v expensive in ireland the Op wanted to discuss this fact not hav esomeone suggest that they 'don't do it' - hardly a useful comment.

It's a logical comment to make, but a point needs to made: people who comment about something being expensive, but enjoying it is fair enough: power to you!!

People who spend that amount of money and then complain about it is another. Again, the question: who is hold a gun to yoru head?

newestUser

Sorry for winding you up, I meant my post in a light-hearted manner (even if I was kinda predicting your reaction!).

I'm no expert on the economic minutiae of how a bar makes it's margins. They may well be watering down their booze, or organising cartels, or manipulating the market by restricting licences to sell alcohol, or whatever. So, my glib dismissal of your anger at having to pay what may be over-the-odds to have a few drinks may be unjustified. But we're talking about a leisure activity here, something that no-one is forcing you to do. No-one is forcing people to spend anything from 5 to 15 euro on a drink. If some aspect of people's lives is taking up too much of their income, they should either reconsider that activitys place in their life, or start earning more money.

Siogfinsceal wrote:

its mad that you cannot make a comment about something being expensive in ireland without some smart @ss adding 'well dont do it then'. Is that your answer to everything? 'oh if you find it expensive dont do it?' Theres nothign wrong with wanting to have a good night out without having to spend a fortune - its possible in other countries but not in dublin - ths issue of the thread is the fact that alcohol/club admission etc is v expensive in ireland the Op wanted to discuss this fact not hav esomeone suggest that they 'don't do it' - hardly a useful comment.

Alkers

Siogfinsceal wrote:

Theres nothign wrong with wanting to have a good night out without having to spend a fortune - its possible in other countries but not in dublin

But that's exactly it, people are saying that it is possible in Dublin. Read the thread, there are numerous examples. It seems that some people WANT to spend (or maybe be seen to be spending) huge amounts of money, making no effort to spend a reasonable amount

fozzle

Heyes wrote:

Also one pint last night cost me 5.60?!?!.. without a doubt prices go up on a saturday given the fact i was in the same place during the week a little bit back and it cost no where near that.

You realise that that is illegal right? If you know they're upping their prices then report them to the vitners federation/the gardaí/the paper/joe duffy, don't just winge about it.

At the end of the day, if you (a generalyou, no-one in particular) can afford to spend E100+ on a night out then so what? But if you can't or if you're not happy doing it then rather than comlaining here why not do something about it? Complain to the relevant authorities (maybe the competition authority if you feel nightclubs/bars have a price cartel). Or try going out less nights of the week, or go to the cinema at 9ish and then a late bar rather than a nightlub. And maybe try drinking less, or change to a cheaper drink, larger instead of cider, smithwicks instead of larger, vodka and a dash of cordial instead of vodka and coke. Or go wild and drink the occasional non-alcoholic drink, I know they're overpriced but they're still cheaper then alcohol. Or alternate an alcoholic drink with a glass/pint of water, it'll keep you hydrated so you can dance longer, and it'll make a hangover much less likely. And get tap water, not bottled stuff.

I know it can be easy to spend E40-E50 on a night out, but if you chose to you certainly don't need to spend more. I'm not saying anyone should stop socialising, just that priorities may need studying. Personally, I have a wedding to pay for so I really don't have the option of spending that much, but I find that a few beers and a video/card game in a friends house (not as a precursor to a club, this could go on til stupid-o-clock in the morning) or three or four beers at a local comedy night or in a bar with a band makes for a good night. And a cheap one.

Blush_01

TheGooner wrote:

I think quite a bit of it comes down to age and experience.

Late teens early twenties you have no probs pissing money away. Mid-late twenties its a WHOLE other ball game. You tend to outgrow teh club scene and prefer to actually hear your mates.

I've never been into clubs - I always feel awkward and uncomfortable. I much prefer to head to places like the Porterhouse or my local when going out with friends, where you can talk and have some fun. No entrance fee, drink what you can afford based on the finances, something to eat, then shared taxi or Nitelink home... I very rarely spend more than €60 and would be appalled if I did. I like cocktails - Porterhouse's Purple People Eater ftw! - but I alternate with pints of water. It not only means I can enjoy my drinks (I average 3 a night, at €7.50/€8 a pop, which is only €22.50/€24) but I don't have a hangover for work/college the next day. If I drink whiskey I drink it neat, I'll get 5/6 drinks with my €24. I'd quite honestly rather drink water than take my parents money to socialise. I guess that's a matter of maturity though. I could never waste another person's day's wages on a night out for me - I just couldn't enjoy myself. Then some food on the way home - Ricks, Zaytoon or (if I've really been bold and snuck in a naggin) Abra. Max €10.

Bus into town: €1.55
Drink: €24
Food: €10
Nitelink/Taxi: €4

Total: less than €40

I have a great night with my friends, enjoy a few drinks, get fed and get home, all on my own steam. As far as I'm concerned - this is just my personal opinion - if I can't afford to do that myself, I can't afford to go out the way I do. Not only would I never dream of spending €80-€120 on a night out (that's more than I have to live on for the week after rent) but I'd be appalled if I had done so. I wouldn't spend that on a week when I'm out three or four nights. I still have a fantastic time. That doesn't mean that I don't sometimes drink more than that, or spend more than that, but definitely €60 would be my upper limit.

Most of my best nights out have cost less than €20. Bus into town - weekly bus ticket, no charge. Bottle of super-cheap plonk - €5. Dunnes Fizz up as mixer -less than €1. Naggin - €7.50. Nitelink - €4. Drink "water" all night, eat toast at home. Total: €17.50. I didn't drink for 8 months. Those nights - bus, free. Two diet cokes - €6 max. Nitelink home - €4. Fun night out, €10. Throw in a gig, you're talking €17/€18. Cheap nights out are very doable, if you're willing to sacrifice some things. Cheap dancing - the George is free in before 10, Major Toms is cheap, MacTurcaills used to have a really good fun DJ thursday and friday nights and thursday was €4 cocktail night. Had plenty of mad nights there, and it seems like an unlikely enough place to have serious craic. Mindset is a big thing.

Dave, I think those penny pinching comments were a bit uncalled for. Other people's excesses may be forgiven by themselves, and by people who indulge in the same manner, but it's unfair to consider someone to be penny pinching when their approach to the entire thing is different. Also, rb_ie, just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they're jealous, just that they have a different point of view.

lodgepole

Siogfinsceal wrote:

And yes you can bring a naggin in your bag but not many clubs let you bring your drink to the bathroom and lads dont really have this option.

Why, do lads not drink spirits?

petes

Lodgepole wrote:

Why, do lads not drink spirits?

Do you carry a handbag to put the naggin in?

lodgepole

petes wrote:

Do you carry a handbag to put the naggin in?

A naggin is tiny, it's no problem carrying one in if you feel the need. Alternatively a hip flask.

Tar.Aldarion

10e on food?!

coffee_cake

DaveMcG wrote:

Just cos you can dance there doesn't mean it's a good place. What's the music like? The clientelle?

The clientelle?!
(drunken people with more money than sense?)

As for the music, the music in the places I go to is almost always better than the overpriced clubs my best friends go to

Fairer?

Jesus... It's a f*cking night out! You're not negotiating a business deal!

Sorry we're not all as lavish with cash as you are :rolleyes:
I have a couple drinks probably alternated with water, why would I do rounds? I've never been out with people doing rounds anyway, iirc

Seriously you must be rolling in cash, cos with all the penny-pinching you do you, it would be impossible for you to be short of change...

I'm a student who helps out a lot with bills at home. So sue me.

While I'm on the subject, my original post breaking down possible costs a night and mentioning 20euro a night was a minimum for dublin. On average, I may spend more.
Thankfully I go out more often in maynooth in a nice quiet pub not being deafened with music nor overpriced...

Fighting Irish

rb_ie wrote:

Are you joking? If not then you clearly have never been into such places as Cocoon, Lillies Bordello, to a lesser extent AKA, Cafe En Seine etc. You can easily burn through extreme amounts of money in these places.
A double vodka and redbull is €18 in Cocoon, €6 for a bottle of Heineken (they've only stella on tap) or any other bottle, €12 for a JD and coke.
If you don't have a few drinks before heading out, say you go straight into cocoon early in the evening and start on JD and Cokes, 5 of them and thats €60 gone already. 5 JD and Cokes do little or nothing to me personally.

Added to that is club entrance fee, food afterwards and taxi fares.

Anyway, I don't have to give you every little detail of how I spent the money. I may have bought one or two drinks for another person, but I certainly wasn't handing them out left right and centre.

Get your facts straight.

€12 for a JD and coke, stupid people will never learn

fozzle

Originally Posted by rb_ie
Are you joking? If not then you clearly have never been into such places as Cocoon, Lillies Bordello, to a lesser extent AKA, Cafe En Seine etc. You can easily burn through extreme amounts of money in these places.
A double vodka and redbull is €18 in Cocoon, €6 for a bottle of Heineken (they've only stella on tap) or any other bottle, €12 for a JD and coke.
If you don't have a few drinks before heading out, say you go straight into cocoon early in the evening and start on JD and Cokes, 5 of them and thats €60 gone already. 5 JD and Cokes do little or nothing to me personally.

Added to that is club entrance fee, food afterwards and taxi fares.

Anyway, I don't have to give you every little detail of how I spent the money. I may have bought one or two drinks for another person, but I certainly wasn't handing them out left right and centre.

Get your facts straight.

[radical idea] You could just go somewhere cheaper[/radical idea]

See, that's what annoys me, if you like it and feel it's worth the money then don't complain, if you think it costs too much GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! The prices won't drop if you continue to pay.

Rb

Fighting Irish wrote:

€12 for a JD and coke, stupid people will never learn

Don't hate me 'cause you're poor, it's not my fault.

fozzle wrote:

[radical idea] You could just go somewhere cheaper[/radical idea]

Heres a "radical idea" for you: Read my posts properly! I said I went to those places rarely. Most nights I go to places like 21, QBar etc. where they charge average prices for drinks ( average for the city centre ) which is still expensive. You show me comparatively cheaper places, with similar clientel to the clubs I'd normally frequent ( for example, in the same age range as I ). You'll find there is none, which is part of where the complaint lies.

Huggles

rb_ie wrote:

Don't hate me 'cause you're poor, it's not my fault.

We dont hate you cause we're poor we hate you cause your a spoilt brat who relies on mammy and daddy for a buck

Rb

TheGooner wrote:

We dont hate you cause we're poor we hate you cause your a spoilt brat who relies on mammy and daddy for a buck

Yes, thats why I was working my arse off until fairly recently to pay for everything I needed, without support from my parents. Get your facts straight or stfu.

Oh and my point in behind that comment was basically that if he's make assumptions and statements about me, I'll do the same for him. Though, it is Fighting Irish, someone whos not exactly known for his intelligence.

Rb

Siogfinsceal wrote:

its mad that you cannot make a comment about something being expensive in ireland without some smart @ss adding 'well dont do it then'. Is that your answer to everything? 'oh if you find it expensive dont do it?' .

I agree, and some of the ignorance displayed in this thread astounds me.
I suppose if someone posted to moan about the prices of petrol, the same crowd would be jumping in with "Well, why don't you get the bus/train/etc, you don't have to pay for petrol you know".

Sick of it tbh.

lodgepole

rb_ie wrote:

Don't hate me 'cause you're poor, it's not my fault.

Paying €12 for a drink that's worth €6 doesn't make you richer than anybody on the board. You do understand that they're ripping you off don't you? Far more than any other bar i've heard of. There is no possible reason for charging that amount for that drink, not the decor, not the clientelle.

Huggles

rb_ie wrote:

Luckily since I'm not working, they're getting funded by my dear old parents at the moment.

Your words not mine....

lodgepole

rb_ie wrote:

I suppose if someone posted to moan about the prices of petrol, the same crowd would be jumping in with "Well, why don't you get the bus/train/etc, you don't have to pay for petrol you know".

What if somebody posted saying that they are happy to pay double for petrol because they a particular petrol station? Would you consider them to be a rational person?

edit, to re-word.

Rb

Lodgepole wrote:

Paying €12 for a drink that's worth €6 doesn't make you richer than anybody on the board. You do understand that they're ripping you off don't you?

You don't say?!

Ffs, I made that comment about how much the maximum I had spent on a night out was, and every idiot in this thread has jumped down my throat for it, and concentrated solely on it whilst we've brought other points in. I splashed out, I was certainly in the financial position at the time to do so.
Of course those prices are extortionate, I think thats fairly clear. I chose to pay them a few times.

My occasional extremely expensive nights are not the topic of this thread.
I don't know why I've felt I had to explain myself to you lot, I normally wouldn't have bothered but anyway the threads about nights out in general and the overall costs associated with it, get it back on topic.

newestUser

That's really not going to win you any sympathy. And you wonder why knacks come up to you on the street threatening to bash your "poshie" head in?

rb_ie wrote:

Don't hate me 'cause you're poor, it's not my fault.