O'Briens Sandwich Shop just filleted me

Pal

Special Offer on the Blackboard
Chicken Sandwich €3.50

'Yum Yum, yes please'

" Do you wantski saladsi and tripledecker ?"

'Ehhh. Whatever it comes with. Chicken sandwich please'

"You want ze toastie takey away ski ?"

'Ehhh. Whatever it is supposed to be. The Chicken sandwich please'

"Here you are sir. €6.70 !"

'WTF'

Message to O'Briens if you're reading. Cheerio.

Silverfish

So wait, is this a dig at Ireland or Poland or where?

i71jskz5xu42pb

A fool and his money are easily parted.

Pal

Nice sandwich but the bloke avoided any explanation whatsoever about why I was paying over the odds.

I did of course inquire.

In the end just paid for the sandwich.
I guess that makes me a fool.

WTF you talking about Poland for ?

This rant is about a sandwich.

Illkillya

Maybe a toasted triple-decker chicken sandwich is more expensive than a normal chicken sandwich.

Melion

Why do people still eat in o'briens. I dont think ive ever had a nice sandwich there.

carrieb

Well clearly!!! But the OP asked for the chicken sandwich as in the one on the board outside...... Thats what the rant is about no?!

hotredhead

Fool you may or not be,but these places know exactly what they are up to.

Oryx

Pal wrote: »

Nice sandwich but the bloke avoided any explanation whatsoever about why I was paying over the odds.

I did of course inquire.

In the end just paid for the sandwich.
I guess that makes me a fool.

Did you say yup when asked about the toasting and stuff, without asking if it was extra (take it from me, if it was free, they wouldnt try to sell it to ya) Not saying youre a fool, its an easy mistake to make, and ty for the heads up. I dare say a few others wont be caught out now.

WTF you talking about Poland for ?

This rant is about a sandwich.

Cos you made a point of typing in a polski accent maybe?

brettmirl

The O'Briens near me have a sign outside for some chicken ciabatta thing. Priced €3.50.
Then, in little tiny writing underneath that (written in pen and very faint) it says €4.95 eat in.

Not eaten in O'briens in ages. They were always messing up my order, plus they jacked up the prices too much. Their coffee is pure mank too.

Sleipnir

Well you paid the princely sum of €1 towards the cost of toasting the bread. Never went back there after they charged me that.

RiverWilde

Feck O'Briens!

Go to Subway!!!!

Footlong BMT and large coffee and maybe a bag of crisps or cookie.

Especially good if you get em to put everything on it! (at no extra cost)

and toasted (at no extra cost)

with cheese (at no extra cost)

Riv

darc

O'Briens have a problem at present - but its not the fault of the individual branches. O'Briens charge an annual fee to all franchisees + charge them 9% of all their sales. They also restrict franchisees from offering any offers outside general offers decided by head office.

The sales patter for O'briens doesn't help them at all. They insist that staff ask each customer if they want the sandwich toasted. - They neglect to tell the customer that this adds €1 - €1.50 to the price as it becomes a vatable item @13.5% + they add a few cent for the toasting.

Eating a sanwich on the premises is also vatable @ 13.5%, that's why there is no difference in price between a eat in cold sandwich & an eat in toatsed sandwich.

Cold sandwiches for takeaway are zero rated for vat.

If O'briens simply put up a notice giving the explanation above it would save a lot of negative comment.

Degsy

You "people" who eat sandwiches get a grip on yourselves and go and buy some proper food.How many poxy sandwiches can you make for 7 quid,and they wont be sitting in a warm shop all day having people slobber and cough all over the ingredients.

Sleipnir

Degsy wrote: »

having people slobber and cough all over the ingredients.

That's €1 extra in O'Brien's too.

"Would you like that toasted?"
"Yes please"
"Slobber and cough ingredients?"
"Oh yes"

petethebrick

O'Briens sandwiches are nice I reckon. And what are you complaining about - that you were stupid and paid for a sandwich you didn't order? Unless they were falsely advertising a normal chicken sandwich for 3.50 you have nothing to complain about. It sounds to me like you ordered a toasted triple decker chicken sandwish in which case you got charged accordingly

Our man in Havana

They should be upfront and say that toasting costs €1 or whatever extra.

x in the city

Whenever I see all the people in O Briens I just shake my head in sympathy....

Davidth88

I have not eaten in O'Briens for about 2 years , they are such a rip off as to be un-real.

The business I work in used to use them for sandwiches/cakes when we ran meetings etc, however after we complained a few times about the cakes being raw ( uncooked ) , or stale , they still delivered total cack to us once too often ... so now our business goes elsewhere .

Pal

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MC2009

went into O'Briens on Abbey Street and ordered a toasted ham and cheese sandwich and a bag of crisps for takeaway. This cost €6, never again. Will recommend going to Tea Time Express on Talbot St for a fresh roll made up at half the price.

Pal

To clarify, this is nothing to do with Poland or anywhere. I was emphasising a point. it is ;

1. I asked for the blackboard special offer of a chicken sandwich for 3.50 which I pointed at.

2. The bloke serving me couldn't speak English much at all.

3. I don't know where he was from. It could have been Mars. It doesn't matter.

4. I couldn't understand his questions. It was very frustrating.

5. I ended up with a toasted tripledecker that I didn't order.

6. It cost a lot more than 3.50

7. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't clear up the situation.

8. I paid up.

Denerick

Here, the Londis on top of Dawson street is top dollar. This week they have chicken roll and wedges for 2.50! Last week it was BLT for 1.80! Quality stuff, been living off it the last couple of weeks.

MagicMarker

Pal wrote: »

8. I paid up.

And that's where you went wrong.

Personally, the Trippledecker (not toasted) is the greatest sandwich ever, and I don't think I've ever been charged more than €4.70 for one. Considering you'd pay €4 for a role in a spar, €4.70 is reasonable for such a tasty sarnie.

steo87

Why in the name of holy bollox do they charge €1.00 for toasting a sandwich? Electricity costs?!

Bluetonic

steo87 wrote: »

Why in the name of holy bollox do they charge €1.00 for toasting a sandwich? Electricity costs?!

Why do people not read the thread before posting unnecessary questions? Electricity costs?!

bogman

Pal wrote: »

Special Offer on the Blackboard
Chicken Sandwich €3.50
'Yum Yum, yes please'
"Here you are sir. €6.70 !"

You should have told em to stuff it, I would have, if enough people did this O Briens wouldn't be long rectifying this issue, in fact im half tempted to go along and ask for one myself

Davidth88

Why in the name of holy bollox do they charge €1.00 for toasting a sandwich? Electricity costs?!

Because people are stupid enough to pay it !!

Our man in Havana

Indeed they are. Also another thing is that people in Ireland are very slow to challenge and complain about this type of behaviour. It is typically Irish as many would say.

upnaas

I hear that alot of obriens have closed recently - athy, nenagh, longford and prob alot more. When you consider the rent and the franchise fee along with all other costs, obriens will suffer over the next year. Plenty for sale - tralee, mullingar, carlow and kilkenny.

GerardKeating

hotredhead wrote: »

Fool you may or not be,but these places know exactly what they are up to.

But this is not unique to O'Brien's, every fast food resturant tries to sell you more than you first asked for. "Do you want Fries with that" is the standard mantra in McDonalds.

So not really a rip-off just good sales on a customer who was not paying attention.

GerardKeating

steo87 wrote: »

Why in the name of holy bollox do they charge €1.00 for toasting a sandwich? Electricity costs?!

Well, the sandwich does not jump on the toaster all by itself...

And the cost of buying and maintaining the equipement.

upnaas

Why dont O Briens charge one single price for a sandwich. I know all about the vat - eat in , eat out , hot and cold. Charge 1 price, then no one can complain. If a standard sandwich is 3.95 take away and 4.90 eat in, charge 4.50!

coopersgreen

I'd rather eat a sandwich made by Josef Fritzl from the afterbirth of one of his incest babies than eat an O'Brien's sandwich.

MagicMarker

upnaas wrote: »

Why dont O Briens charge one single price for a sandwich. I know all about the vat - eat in , eat out , hot and cold. Charge 1 price, then no one can complain. If a standard sandwich is 3.95 take away and 4.90 eat in, charge 4.50!

If you really have to ask this question then may I suggest that you never open your own business.

upnaas

???? Look, the issue here is the price and impression that OBriens rip off their customers. If they charge an universal price then no one can complain!

kmick

Shop Assistant - Here is your chicken sandwich €6.70 please.
Me - No thanks I want the €3.50 sandwich.

dh0661

coopersgreen wrote: »

I'd rather eat a sandwich made by Josef Fritzl from the afterbirth of one of his incest babies than eat an O'Brien's sandwich.

That's grosse

kippy

Melion wrote: »

Why do people still eat in o'briens. I dont think ive ever had a nice sandwich there.

Agreed, Overpriced, most of it prepackaged and did I say overpriced.
OP, I dont know what you were expecting.....what you asked for was different to what was on the board.....
Kippy

scheister

i gave up on o briens after i want for a job interview to one of them i did not get the job because i would have the rest of the staff eating out of my hands within a week. if i remember the quote correct. just let me point out i was 19 at the time and in college.

schween

I can't understand why anyone wastes their money in O'Briens. Such an overpriced kip.

LostinBlanch

True,

I was in one last week. They wanted to charge €2 for a bottle of "O'Briens" water. €2 for a bottle of tapwater!

That was the first time I was in them in years and now I'm done with them. Greed pure greed, I'll watch them go down the tubes.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

locked because of the style of the OP. If you want to talk about O'Brien's (OP) please do not use racist tones