B and Q.

hoganpoly

Enquired about Brooklyn wall electric fire at B and Q, priced at €321 in their Naas branch. Can source same at Newry outlet for 211 sterling, approximately €235, so asked if Naas branch would match sister price up north and they concretely refused citing vat costs etc. Alerted them to the fact that this was a reason why we southerners were heading up North I was informed that this was my perogative and the general tone was one of disinterest! When, if ever, will these retailers wake up?????

Cabaal

Do we really need another one of these threads?
We had one yesterday and almost daily up till this one

dudara

Moved to Rip-Off Ireland

dudara

nodolan

I think there's a big need for these types of threads. I just posted one myself and the standard answer seems to be that rents, rates, taxes and wages are all higher here but that doesn't really wash when you consider that most of the major UK retailers have stores in the most expensive locations possible in the UK (and some even have stores in much more expensive EU cities). The price difference can be up to 40% higher and I really can't see how that can be justified. We're still being seen as a cash-cow in this country (and that includes many Irish owned businesses). I can buy my contact lenses from www.aclens.com in the USA for a quarter of the price that they're sold here (including delivery) - and they're made here.

Absolam

nodolan wrote: »

I think there's a big need for these types of threads. I just posted one myself and the standard answer seems to be that rents, rates, taxes and wages are all higher here but that doesn't really wash when you consider that most of the major UK retailers have stores in the most expensive locations possible in the UK (and some even have stores in much more expensive EU cities). The price difference can be up to 40% higher and I really can't see how that can be justified. We're still being seen as a cash-cow in this country (and that includes many Irish owned businesses). I can buy my contact lenses from www.aclens.com in the USA for a quarter of the price that they're sold here (including delivery) - and they're made here.

Ireland is a free market economy.. if the answers didn't wash then someone would have set up shop and cornered the market by now. The very fact that no retailer is seriously undercutting others demonstrates that no retailer can; it's a cut throat business and where there is an opportunity someone is going to take it.

GlyfadaGirl

Could you have bought a similar model at a cheaper price from an irish retailer?