Ireland second most expensive country in Europe!

beanok77

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0811/cso.html

Not surprised. Went into an esso today got charged €4.85 for a cheese and coleslaw baguette! This was just after getting the front of my car stereo replaced because it had been stolen. A little plastic thing and cost €130!

Pxxy Country! Still a rip off

axer

beanok77 wrote: »

Went into an esso today got charged €4.85 for a cheese and coleslaw baguette!

Maybe they charge so much because people pay it. People need to cop on and not pay over the odds for things.

dudara

Moved to Rip Off Ireland

dudara

beanok77

axer wrote: »

Maybe they charge so much because people pay it. People need to cop on and not pay over the odds for things.

Agree, but alot of businesses still haven't lowered their prices.

darc

The survey was done in 2008. According to the calender not only are we in 2009, but we are in the second half of 2009.

As usual, all these surveys take 12 - 18months to be published and as such are worthless.

Currently deflation in Ireland is at 5%, inflation in the uk is 1% over the past 12 months. Therefore the survey has no relevance to today's pricing.

Danno

Where is this 5% deflation they speak of? I feel that it is merely conditioning the populations minds for further tax hikes and welfare cuts in the Budget.

Jaysoose

Danno wrote: »

Where is this 5% deflation they speak of? I feel that it is merely conditioning the populations minds for further tax hikes and welfare cuts in the Budget.

Bingo does the 5% deflation directly relate to house prices....the cost of goods and services are certainly not coming down...petrol is rising...last time i looked it was still a fiver for a coffee...pints are still on the up.

I wish the people claiming this reduction in the cost of living would bring out some concrete numbers to back up their argument. But i doubt we will see any.

mcaul

Jaysoose wrote: »

Bingo does the 5% deflation directly relate to house prices....the cost of goods and services are certainly not coming down...petrol is rising...last time i looked it was still a fiver for a coffee...pints are still on the up.

I wish the people claiming this reduction in the cost of living would bring out some concrete numbers to back up their argument. But i doubt we will see any.

Coffee & Sandwich in many coffee shops €5

1000 litres home heat. August 2008 €1000, August 2009 €535

Litre petrol / diesel August 2008 1.38 / 1.48 August 2009 1.18 / 1.06

Cost of mortgage August 2008 5.9%, August 2009 3.3%

Pint beer in most locals (excludes cities) aug 2008 €3.70, aug 2009 €3.70


Price of average grocery basket in all supermarkets down by at least 15% since aug 2008.

mcwhirter

mcaul wrote: »

Coffee & Sandwich in many coffee shops €5

1000 litres home heat. August 2008 €1000, August 2009 €535

Litre petrol / diesel August 2008 1.38 / 1.48 August 2009 1.18 / 1.06

Cost of mortgage August 2008 5.9%, August 2009 3.3%

Pint beer in most locals (excludes cities) aug 2008 €3.70, aug 2009 €3.70


Price of average grocery basket in all supermarkets down by at least 15% since aug 2008.

Yes, agree but also a lot of people have taken a hit in their salary reductions and increased income taxes and levies.
swings and roundabouts.

mcwhirter

NBB Bohs wrote: »

Country with high wages has high prices. Shocker.

High wages, maybe in the public sector:mad:

Jaysoose

NBB Bohs wrote: »

Country with high wages has high prices. Shocker.

Try Country that has rampant unemployment and Wage cuts/three day weeks for a lot of people still has grossly inflated prices.

But then we are meant to say nothing and keep paying through the nose for everything while tesco claim the price of whats in our shopping basket has reduced. Im sick of vested interests banging on about how great it is the price of things are coming down when in reality all that happened is they stuck the price up before reducing it and telling us how grateful we should be.

Its a fvckin joke at this stage.

axer

Jaysoose wrote: »

Try Country that has rampant unemployment and Wage cuts/three day weeks for a lot of people still has grossly inflated prices.

The problem is people have not yet calmed down and are still throwing money out like there is no tomorrow. Things have calmed down a lot from what they were but there are still crazy people out there willing to part with their money easily.

craichoe

Jaysoose wrote: »

Try Country that has rampant unemployment and Wage cuts/three day weeks for a lot of people still has grossly inflated prices.

But then we are meant to say nothing and keep paying through the nose for everything while tesco claim the price of whats in our shopping basket has reduced. Im sick of vested interests banging on about how great it is the price of things are coming down when in reality all that happened is they stuck the price up before reducing it and telling us how grateful we should be.

Its a fvckin joke at this stage.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/dublin+earnings+fourth+highest/3314687

Dubliners' take-home pay is the fourth highest in the world but the city is the 10th priciest, new figures have revealed.

According to a survey of 73 cities, only Zurich, Geneva and New York have higher wages after tax and social security contributions.

In Dublin, an employee has to work a quarter of an hour to get their teeth into a Big Mac, compared with just over an hour for the McDonald's burger in Mumbai, India.

The study also shows workers in the Irish capital must work nine minutes for a kilo of bread and 10 hours to buy an iPod, which retails at around 124 euro.

In Manila, in the Philippines, a hard-pressed worker must labour for 20 nine-hour days to afford the iPod, and in Nairobi workers must slog for two and a half hours just to afford bread.

But food costs in Dublin are the 16th highest in the world with an average family spending 336 euro a month, compared with 466 euro in Zurich, and a 106 euro in Mumbai.

Take home wages average out at 13.25 euro per hour in Dublin, compared with 16.01 euro in Zurich, 2.90 euro in Warsaw and a paltry 99 cents in Manila.

Dublin ranked 44th out of the 73 cities for the number of hours worked.

On average, workers put in 1,807 hours a year on the job, with 21 paid days off, compared with 2,260 hours in Mexico City and just 6 holiday days.

To compare the purchasing power of wages, the survey by Swiss banking giant UBS examined what length of time workers in each country would have to work for various internationally recognised products.

So you do have some purchasing power, hence high prices.

Jaysoose

craichoe wrote: »

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/dublin+earnings+fourth+highest/3314687




So you do have some purchasing power, hence high prices.

LOL the big mac index!!!! Thats a very lazy piece of journalism with nothing to back up the figures except the cost of a big mac/average wages...10th most expensive city to live in but the 4th best paid...no figures to show this little nugget of information. Ipod prices around €124? try ipod nano maybe. No indication as to how an average shopiing basket is broken down either just another number plucked out of the air.

http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14036918

Must try harder.

Bonavox

axer wrote: »

Maybe they charge so much because people pay it. People need to cop on and not pay over the odds for things.

Yes axer, we'll all starve :rolleyes:

mcwhirter

Was Ireland not the 2nd richest country in europe before last year?
Dream on.