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THE most expensive 500ml bottle of coke in Galway!

  • 18-09-2009 9:21pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭


    A guy in a certain petrol station between loughrea and Galway tried to charge me 1.75 for a 500ml bottle of Coke.

    As the place didn't have a bar code scanner I can only assume the figure was picked out of the sky....I refused to pay it as i had previously bought a few items in a hurry and realised later that he might be 'having a go'

    I won't mention the station in question. Anybody else have this happen to them there or elsewhere?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    name and shame


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    Would this petrol station happen to also have a fast food restaurant on the premises?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Would this petrol station happen to sell petrol?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭Euro_Kraut


    When I first saw this thread I presumed the answer was going to the shop in the Bus/Train station.

    That place is a serious rip off.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭The Express


    Would this petrol station happen to also have a fast food restaurant on the premises?

    No, that place is fine and they have prices clearly marked....but it's close enough to it...


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  • Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    i don't see any problem in naming the place. you're just giving the price of a product in a certain shop.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭m83


    Meh, big deal tbh


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 37 galwayguy2005


    i find topaz very expensive, live out the county, usually chew gum and buy 4 packs, topaz bohermore charge me 3.50 for 4 packs of extra green gum where garage beside my house is 1.92, huge difference


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭ErnieBert


    How much is a bottle of Coke normally?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Little Acorn


    ErnieBert wrote: »
    How much is a bottle of Coke normally?
    I can't believe I don't know this for certain as I buy so many of them,but I think they are usually 1.30-1.50 euro.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    ErnieBert wrote: »
    How much is a bottle of Coke normally?

    1/4 of a tooth


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭lasair


    Dunnes do them for €1 and other shops generally charge between €1.25 and €1.40...
    I know in uni its €1.40...


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    I bought a can of Coke Zero in the topaz next to NUIG yesterday.
    It came with a free mars bar.
    "So you're giving away a mars bar free with a diet drink?"
    "Look just take it, don't argue."
    "OK."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    I bought a can of Coke Zero in the topaz next to NUIG yesterday.
    It came with a free mars bar.
    "So you're giving away a mars bar free with a diet drink?"
    "Look just take it, don't argue."
    "OK."

    You need the Mars Bar to balance the lack of calories in the diet drink,;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 Nangieboo


    My son was charged €2.20 for a 500ml bottle of coke in the cinema in Navan, and don't get me started on pubs with off licence attached, €1.95 for a coors light in the offie, €4.20 in the pub attached to it???? and €1 for a packet of King Crisps????:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭gd1987


    Londis in Salthill is selling them 2 for €2. A bottle of coke for €1.75 is a bit Irish.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Thought Subway was bad until I saw the price in the bus station shop - €2. Back to Dunnes (Dunne's ;)).


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭Fionn MacCool


    What the hell is wrong with this site, why can't you just name them?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 863 ✭✭✭DoireNod


    I bought a can of Coke Zero in the topaz next to NUIG yesterday.
    It came with a free mars bar.
    "So you're giving away a mars bar free with a diet drink?"
    "Look just take it, don't argue."
    "OK."
    I did that too. I'm not a fan of Coke Zero, but it was an offer I couldn't refuse.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    2 liters of coke is only €1.65 in N17, I just keep one in the fridge and fill a 500ml bottle myself if Im going somewhere.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,501 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    oh no you were over charged for the massive sum of about 30 cent.

    they are "convenience stores" and because they are convenient they can charge what they want. If you want to save 30c then go to dunnes as already said.

    As for the comment above about paying more for the drink in a bar than the offlicence. When you buy a drink in the off licence you are buying just the drink. When you buy it in the bar you are paying for the drink and the pleasure of drinking it in the bar aswell as the lighting, heating, rent, licence etc etc that the bar needs to operate.

    If you want to save yourself the expence then grab the bottle in the off licence and go outside and sit on the wall and drink it.


    Angry Rant over


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