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Rip off Ireland stretching to the UK?

  • 08-02-2009 9:43am
    #1
    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    Here's a story for you....


    I was coming back from Glasgow,Scotland last week and was in the departure gate.Plane was delayed for an hour so I decided to get a paper. I perused the newstand (@ WHSmith). I saw the Guardian had a Euro price on it - £.90/€1.00. So I said to yer wan "Do you take Euros" She said "yes but not erm... eh... them cents" - she wasn't totally with it!

    Grand so, I handed her one shiney euro coin. Then she starts telling me her computer/till screen is asking for 2Euro!!
    I say "It's a euro on the paper. printed. on the front page". She says it's now €2.

    I didn't bother arguing and just handed over the 90pence


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  • #2
    Dannyboy83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭Dannyboy83


    LOL, considering Sterling/Euro were near parity, they were making a nice profit there.

    Good ol'Paddy Tax


  • #3
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    Paddy tax ?
    Links or get the spud out :p


  • #4
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Dannyboy83 wrote: »
    Good ol'Paddy Tax
    EU tax, a german guy would have been charged the same.

    It doesn't matter that it was an airport, you were in a foreign country and expected to pay in their currency. This is the equivalent of me going into easons and expecting they accept sterling at the same price as shown on the magazine. Many shops might well accept foreign currencies, usually at a poor exchange rate calculated against the local currency shown on the product.

    Maybe her saying "not cents" was meaning they have a minimum exchange, and could not give change in cent, and like banks it is not worth their time calculating stuff up for customers each time. You might not get 90pence for €2 in a bank, they usually have a min fee.


  • #5
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    The paper said €1 and I offered to pay in Euros. Yes, her machine was set up with the old currecny rates - don't know why it said €1 on it though - how much is the Guardian here ?


  • #6
    shellyboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,883 ✭✭✭shellyboo


    alan dunne 27 wrote: »
    The paper said €1 and I offered to pay in Euros. Yes, her machine was set up with the old currecny rates - don't know why it said €1 on it though - how much is the Guardian here ?


    That's an RRP. The retailer's not obliged to charge you that. Neither is the retailer obliged to offer you the euro price - what she was charging you was the sterling price converted at their own rate, which happened to be absolutely dire!!

    From living on the border, you learn: change your money at the bureau, cos the shops rip you off on the exchange rate!

    An analogy: I go to Topshop in Letterkenny. They take sterling. I buy a top that says £1/€50. I don't get to hand over £1 just because I have sterling... I have to pay the euro price converted at the store's rate, whatever they're offering.


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