debs are a ripoff!!!

laura!

are debs committee decided to organise our debs this year through debs ireland. €87 per ticket.... anyone else think thats ridiculous. theres supposed to be a medieval theme to it but they just use that for every school they do and so we are paying for decorations that they reuse over and over again. don't book with debs ireland if your wise! how much is everyone else paying for their tickets??????????

Fad

laura! wrote: »

are debs committee decided to organise our debs this year through debs ireland. €87 per ticket.... anyone else think thats ridiculous. theres supposed to be a medieval theme to it but they just use that for every school they do and so we are paying for decorations that they reuse over and over again. don't book with debs ireland if your wise! how much is everyone else paying for their tickets??????????

Anyone think there's a debs thread already?

K4t

Welcome to Rip-Off Republic.

SarcasticFairy

laura! wrote: »

are debs committee decided to organise our debs this year through debs ireland. €87 per ticket.... anyone else think thats ridiculous. theres supposed to be a medieval theme to it but they just use that for every school they do and so we are paying for decorations that they reuse over and over again. don't book with debs ireland if your wise! how much is everyone else paying for their tickets??????????

I'm on our Debs commitee (kind of wish I'd never been roped into it :rolleyes:). We booked through Debs Ireland, and our tickets are €90 each. We've seen the venue and are very happy with it. We've heard the spiel about everything they're offering, and we like the sound of it! Plus, it means they organise everything, rather than have to book things separately. Besides, €87 seems like an average. I've heard of people paying over €100 a ticket!

laura!

SarcasticFairy wrote: »

I'm on our Debs commitee (kind of wish I'd never been roped into it :rolleyes:). We booked through Debs Ireland, and our tickets are €90 each. We've seen the venue and are very happy with it. We've heard the spiel about everything they're offering, and we like the sound of it! Plus, it means they organise everything, rather than have to book things separately. Besides, €87 seems like an average. I've heard of people paying over €100 a ticket!

well other schools in my town are organising it themselves and they are only paying €45. there was one last week and they only paid €40 and word is that it was great venue, meal, decorations etc. so if you can get it for that price it does seem steep when you have to consider all your other expesses.

Fad

laura! wrote: »

well other schools in my town are organising it themselves and they are only paying €45. there was one last week and they only paid €40 and word is that it was great venue, meal, decorations etc. so if you can get it for that price it does seem steep when you have to consider all your other expesses.

Dont go if its such a rip off............

Piste

€87 euro a ticket seems pretty reasonable to me. Then again my debs is €150 euro a ticket and we don't get half of what debs Ireland offers.

laura!

Fad wrote: »

Dont go if its such a rip off............

are you actually even suggesting that a girl wouldn't go to her own debs!!!!hahahaha your funny

Piste

Well it is your choice to go, you don't *have* to pay the €87 euro if you feel you're being ripped off that much.


I know 300 euro for two tickets is a rip off, but I'm still going to go (but might go alone)

SarcasticFairy

laura! wrote: »

well other schools in my town are organising it themselves and they are only paying €45. there was one last week and they only paid €40 and word is that it was great venue, meal, decorations etc. so if you can get it for that price it does seem steep when you have to consider all your other expesses.

Well, book with whoever the €40/€45 tickets people are booking with then! Tickets for our schools debs last year were €60 and it was absolute rubbish (there were flies on the table... flies!). Whereas the school up the road paid €90 and had a really great night. Seems to be you get what you pay for. The €40 people were very lucky.

Piste wrote: »

€87 euro a ticket seems pretty reasonable to me. Then again my debs is €150 euro a ticket and we don't get half of what debs Ireland offers.

Pistes tickets are a rip off though! What are you getting then?

Piste

The Shelbourne and a club. Really not that much when you think about it, just a fancy meal in a fancy hotel. Then again I also wanted to have my wedding in the Shelbourne but have decided against it cos I'm having my debs there. So think how much money I'll be saving my getting married elsewhere, far more than 300 euro. So really I'm saving money.





/logic

SarcasticFairy

laura! wrote: »

are you actually even suggesting that a girl wouldn't go to her own debs!!!!hahahaha your funny

Hahahaha, you're funny. It's really not that big a deal. It's just a glorified session. You'll go out many more times in your life, in fancy dresses and all. And it won't cost you €87 per person.

Piste wrote: »

The Shelbourne and a club. Really not that much when you think about it, just a fancy meal in a fancy hotel. Then again I also wanted to have my wedding in the Shelbourne but have decided against it cos I'm having my debs there. So think how much money I'll be saving my getting married elsewhere, far more than 300 euro. So really I'm saving money.

Ah, it's a long term plan really. I see. When you think of it that way, it makes perfect sense!

mukki

maybe debs are a rip off, but i thought you said dabs, and i think dabs is great value, going now,my debs was 13 years ago

Fad

laura! wrote: »

are you actually even suggesting that a girl wouldn't go to her own debs!!!!hahahaha your funny

I think you'll find that is my suggestion, if you have a problem with the cost, but still wouldnt even consider not going, then why complain?

Piste wrote: »

The Shelbourne and a club. Really not that much when you think about it, just a fancy meal in a fancy hotel. Then again I also wanted to have my wedding in the Shelbourne but have decided against it cos I'm having my debs there. So think how much money I'll be saving my getting married elsewhere, far more than 300 euro. So really I'm saving money.
/logic

Our recession will be cured by Piste! Screw medicine and become the female and non-annoying Eddie Hobbes (Where did he get to actually?)

laura!

i get to complain because my year didn't have a choice when our committee picked debs ireland. but of course i would go to my debs no matter what the price. its the last time i will see most of the girls i go to school with because not a single one of them is going to college anywhere near where i'm going

SarcasticFairy

laura! wrote: »

i get to complain because my year didn't have a choice when our committee picked debs ireland. but of course i would go to my debs no matter what the price. its the last time i will see most of the girls i go to school with because not a single one of them is going to college anywhere near where i'm going

You could always organise your own night out another time! Just because you won't see them everyday doesn't mean you have to never see them again! There's only one girl in my year planning to go to the same college as me - this won't stop me seeing my old friends!

laura!

i'm goin to college in galway and they are all either going to dublin or over to england!!!! so it'll be tough to see them because i'll only be coming home at christmas

SarcasticFairy

laura! wrote: »

i'm goin to college in galway and they are all either going to dublin or over to england!!!! so it'll be tough to see them because i'll only be coming home at christmas

Fair enough. Just as a matter of interest which hotel did you choose, do you know?

p1akuw47h5r3it

Tickets for mine are only 60:D

Carroller

My debs were around 80 euro

It was actually a good night from the parts i can remember..

I dunno why people have such big problems with debs

Fad

laura! wrote: »

i get to complain because my year didn't have a choice when our committee picked debs ireland. but of course i would go to my debs no matter what the price. its the last time i will see most of the girls i go to school with because not a single one of them is going to college anywhere near where i'm going

Generally the Debs committee exists to bypass the involvement/requirement of cosultation of the entire year. I'd say they did the best that they could.

laura!

Fad wrote: »

Generally the Debs committee exists to bypass the involvement/requirement of cosultation of the entire year. I'd say they did the best that they could.

the debs committee get they're own V.I.P. room that we're not allowed into with free champagne and a wii in it all night. thats why they picked debsireland.

its in the carrick court hotel..

Carroller

laura! wrote: »

the debs committee get they're own V.I.P. room that we're not allowed into with free champagne and a wii in it all night. thats why they picked debsireland.

its in the carrick court hotel..

Then you should have been apart of the debs commitee and tell them what you want instead of ranting about it on boards

Fad

laura! wrote: »

the debs committee get they're own V.I.P. room that we're not allowed into with free champagne and a wii in it all night. thats why they picked debsireland.

And not the fact that they tend to organise fairly decent debs?
I'm sure a VIP room with a WII is gonna be great craic when EVERYONE else will be out enjoying themselves, drinking themselves stupid, having fun with eachother, NOT playing video games

laura!

names were picked out of a hat so i couldn't

Carroller

laura! wrote: »

names were picked out of a hat so i couldn't

Then its not there fault

If names were picked out of a hat, they were probably pushed by the school to use Debs Ireland by the school, the school could only affiliate with Debs Ireland

SarcasticFairy

laura! wrote: »

the debs committee get they're own V.I.P. room that we're not allowed into with free champagne and a wii in it all night. thats why they picked debsireland.

its in the carrick court hotel..

Oh yeah, I forgot about the VIP room. I've been in it though - it's not that exciting. And I'd imagine by the end of the night, whoever wants in, gets in, and who cares really. It's just a room with some seats, a Wii, big flat screen, and eh, thta's about it. Heard nothing of free champagne.

Oh, we were considering that one, but chose The Park Inn instead, because we liked the drive up/entrance thing.

Tbh, there's a lot of crap involved in being on a Debs Committee, and don't get me started on the money end of things :rolleyes:. We gave our year a choice of various different places, so that they couldn't moan - and they still moan. They brought it to the Principal for ****s sake, and naturally these are the people who won't actually organise something, just moan when they don't feel its done right. If you wanted more say, you should've been on the committee. Otherwise you can't really moan, it's really unfair on the committee who probably, as Fad said, did their best, even if you think it was just because of a little room with a Wii.

laura!

Carroller wrote: »

Then its not there fault

If names were picked out of a hat, they were probably pushed by the school to use Debs Ireland by the school, the school could only affiliate with Debs Ireland

nah they had the choice to do whatever they wanted. lots of places sent brochures and that

Carroller

laura! wrote: »

nah they had the choice to do whatever they wanted. lots of places sent brochures and that

Tough Shiz :P

laura!

SarcasticFairy wrote: »

Oh yeah, I forgot about the VIP room. I've been in it though - it's not that exciting. And I'd imagine by the end of the night, whoever wants in, gets in, and who cares really. It's just a room with some seats, a Wii, big flat screen, and eh, thta's about it. Heard nothing of free champagne.

Oh, we were considering that one, but chose The Park Inn instead, because we liked the drive up/entrance thing.

Tbh, there's a lot of crap involved in being on a Debs Committee, and don't get me started on the money end of things :rolleyes:. We gave our year a choice of various different places, so that they couldn't moan - and they still moan. They brought it to the Principal for ****s sake, and naturally these are the people who won't actually organise something, just moan when they don't feel its done right. If you wanted more say, you should've been on the committee. Otherwise you can't really moan, it's really unfair on the committee who probably, as Fad said, did their best, even if you think it was just because of a little room with a Wii.

the park inn... there's been alot of rumours of it closing down. are you from dundalk?

bythewoods

Ha, the tickets for my debs were only €40 each last year. And that included the works- 4 course meal, the band, "champagne" reception.
I dunno.

If you don't want to spend much money then don't be wasteful about stuff like... the dress. Borrow one off someone else or get one in warehouse or something. Meh.
And don't get a tack-tastic limo. Do your own make-up etc.

SarcasticFairy

laura! wrote: »

the park inn... there's been alot of rumours of it closing down. are you from dundalk?

Nope, not from Dundalk. And if I hear one more thing about The Park Inn closing down, I will actually scream

<sigh> Someone's Mam rang them, apparently they're not closing down, they're under new management. Besides, our contract is with Debs Ireland, if it does close down, Debs Ireland will have to accommodate us some how.

laura!

SarcasticFairy wrote: »

Nope, not from Dundalk. And if I hear one more thing about The Park Inn closing down, I will actually scream

<sigh> Someone's Mam rang them, apparently they're not closing down, they're under new management. Besides, our contract is with Debs Ireland, if it does close down, Debs Ireland will have to accommodate us some how.

ahh well then your alright! the food isn't great there but who even eats the meals anyway.

Carroller

laura! wrote: »

ahh well then your alright! the food isn't great there but who even eats the meals anyway.

ME!!!:mad:

SarcasticFairy

laura! wrote: »

ahh well then your alright! the food isn't great there but who even eats the meals anyway.

When is Debs food ever edible? Generally it's shoved in front of you, disgusting anyway, and taken away before you've had a chance to breathe. Meh...

a5y

laura! wrote: »

are debs committee decided to organise our debs this year through debs ireland. €87 per ticket.... anyone else think thats ridiculous. theres supposed to be a medieval theme to it but they just use that for every school they do and so we are paying for decorations that they reuse over and over again. don't book with debs ireland if your wise! how much is everyone else paying for their tickets??????????

One of the simplest ideas in business is The correct price for something is the one people are willing to pay for it. Businessmen and women who own and run businesses know you are going to pay €87 for your ticket...

laura! wrote: »

are you actually even suggesting that a girl wouldn't go to her own debs!!!!hahahaha your funny

...and evidentally they also know there is little or no risk of competing with an alternative or a facing boycott.

Twilightning

Debs are a ripoff, which is why I won't be attending mine. As someone mentioned earlier, the whole thing is just a glorified session. I don't like 95% of the people in my year, so maybe for my debs night I'll spend a fraction of the cost of money going out and having a better time with people I can actually stand being around.

Pigwidgeon

our commitee booked ours with debs ireland, it's €185 for two tickets...
going to the old darnley lodge for it.

aoibhebree

I was on my debs committee back in the day, and the organisation involved was a nightmare, especially when we were trying to study for the leaving cert as well. Our hotel double-booked us with a wedding, and we only found this out in may, and ended up being stuck in a much posher more expensive hotel miles out of town, which of course meant we'd go collecting even more money off everyone .... then dj was sick on the night, so the day of the debs itself I was so busy trying to get a back-up that I missed my hair and makeup appointments and ended up with just 20 mins to get myself ready ... there were plenty of other mini-disasters along the way too. If something like debs ireland existed back then, we would definitely have gone with it, even if it was a bit more expensive!

Also, lots of people don't go to their debs. It's not that unreasonable of a suggestion.

phasers

laura! wrote: »

are you actually even suggesting that a girl wouldn't go to her own debs!!!!hahahaha your funny

Highly offended non attending girl here ...

My school's Debs commitee are organising everything themselves and it's costing about €70 per ticket, and there's been a lot of grumbling and rabble rabble-ing about the whole thing. You can't please everyone at the end of the day...

yellow

i was on my debs committee aswell and seriously it's worth shopping around... ya ya it's a pain in the arse and I know it's hard enough finding places that actually do debs but you can end up saving a fortune...... good place to start is the debs website debsball.ie as every venue etc. on this website cater for debs so is very helpful www.debsball.ie

My advice: shop around guys!!!

Jack Sheehan

Well according to the little reciept in my wallet I've paid 100 euro. Huh. Wonder how much I still have to pay.

Jordonvito

im in 6th year now and we had our debs back in september, most of us were only 16 or 17, our debs was €60 a ticket, but most of us left at 12 and went back to a shed for a massive party! best night ever

so in otherwords find a shed

YER_MA

€85 should be €105 but seeing as it's not my debs I won't be paying the €105 for the grad night in TBMC