NBCRI Sex & the City party

sensitive_soul · 30-05-2010 11:25pm #1

Did anyone here apart from myself go to this event? Are you feeling slightly 'robbed'.

Ok the website made it out to be this great party with free cocktails (note the plural) 'goodie bags' et all.. The tickets were €35 euro from the website and the event started at 7.45pm we arrived at 7.40 waited inline to give our tickets and get signed in, got our goodiebags and they were absolutely pathetic. In your mind, what would you imagine a goodie bag to hold? lots of makeup samples, maybe a lipstick, a coupon for a free make up makeover, lots of stuff...it was a bag of flyers, a hartmans CATALOGUE, a packet of cisps and a Galway Now magazine and a Quinn Direct Pedometer that was broken?? Firstly, I dont read that magazine, I have no use for a pedometer that doesnt work and not on the lookout to buy a 3,000 ring, getting married and getting a Tiffany not a Hartmans ring thanks. Upon entering the hall, we got our free 'cocktail' which was a small glass of cranberry juice, the alcohol wouldn't make a mouse drunk. The canepes were scarce and I barely finished my drink before I was ushered to the bus to the cinema.

Arriving at the Omniplex I was given a burned and hard cupcake from 'Born to Bake' in Tuam with an oversweetened buttercream (my dog loved it!). Watched the Movie and told the party was really starting back at Fagans and more FREE COCKTAILS!!!

Arrived at Fagans, no free cocktails in sight, had to pay for all our drinks, they played the S&TC soundtrack once and then the bar was open to the public, we shared the bar with a stag night or something..

All in all I feel a little violated and robbed. I am saving for my wedding in Nov and struggling as it is so I'm not throwing money about. I would have been better going and buying a ticket at Eye cinema, a cocktail in the G and it would have been cheaper and more fun. Okay it was in aid of NBCRI but I would have preferred to make a small donation in that case....VERY expensive cinema ticket. They cant hide behind the 'Ohhhh its for Breast cancerrrrrr' mask.

Basically I just wanted to see if I was alone in my annoyance over this and get feedback from other girlies!

ScumLord · 30-05-2010 11:28pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Did anyone here apart from myself go to this event? Are you feeling slightly 'robbed'.

Ok the website made it out to be this great party with free cocktails (note the plural) 'goodie bags' et all.. The tickets were €35 euro from the website and the event started at 7.45pm we arrived at 7.40 waited inline to give our tickets and get signed in, got our goodiebags and they were absolutely pathetic. In your mind, what would you imagine a goodie bag to hold? lots of makeup samples, maybe a lipstick, a coupon for a free make up makeover, lots of stuff...it was a bag of flyers, a hartmans CATALOGUE, a packet of cisps and a Galway Now magazine and a Quinn Direct Pedometer that was broken??

Brilliant.

sensitive_soul · 30-05-2010 11:30pm

It's feckin' laughable isn't it...you should have seen the girls behind the ticket desk, hoochie mammas is not in it...I could actually see her crotch under her Pennys mini!

ScumLord · 30-05-2010 11:33pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

It's feckin' laughable isn't it...you should have seen the girls behind the ticket desk, hoochie mammas is not in it...I could actually see her crotch under her Pennys mini!

Your such a perv, maybe that's why they gave you one of the crappy bags.

sensitive_soul · 30-05-2010 11:34pm

Trust me...it wasn't hard to see! JOHN WEST FREE FOR ALL!!

Bob_Harris · 30-05-2010 11:37pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

I could actually see her crotch under her Pennys mini!

Pics

sensitive_soul · 30-05-2010 11:40pm

Boys......will be boys!!!!! Back to the rip off 'party' now please! lol!

ScumLord · 30-05-2010 11:48pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Boys......will be boys!!!!! Back to the rip off 'party' now please! lol!

Will there be girls in mini skirts at this rip off party?

civis_liberalis · 30-05-2010 11:56pm

I find it funny that someone is surprised that a Sex and the City party in the Omniplex turned out to be ****e.

skelliser · 30-05-2010 11:58pm

Talk to joe....

civis_liberalis · 31-05-2010 12:02am

civis_liberalis wrote: »

I find it funny that someone is surprised that a Sex and the City party in the Omniplex turned out to be ****e.

Also, it was for charity, was it not?

The NBCRI may have received something for putting those flyers in the "goodie bags". Fair enough, the goodie bags were cack, but when it comes to charity events I tend not to grumble about value for money.

LadyMayBelle · 31-05-2010 12:06am

Agree with Skelliser...but it is a bit cheap giving ye a bag of crisps (may I ask which kind?) and a copy of Galway Now.. Even if it is for charity that stuff wouldve been donated as would a lot else... Bit tight.

civis_liberalis · 31-05-2010 12:14am

I bet the Omniplex didn't waive the price of the tickets.

sensitive_soul · 31-05-2010 5:07am

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

Agree with Skelliser...but it is a bit cheap giving ye a bag of crisps (may I ask which kind?) and a copy of Galway Now.. Even if it is for charity that stuff wouldve been donated as would a lot else... Bit tight.

Velvet crunch....if I knew what was in those bags I would have handed it back and said 'I have enough rubbish thanks. As for the flyers...dont we get enough s*** posted through our letterboxes every day?????????????

Dare I mention the 'R' word here? People are arguing the charity thing but I would have preferred to make a SMALL donation instead of being made believe it was something it wasn't.... never going to an NCBRI event again..

ohnoigotsick · 31-05-2010 6:15am

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Dare I mention the 'R' word here? People are arguing the charity thing but I would have preferred to make a SMALL donation instead of being made believe it was something it wasn't.... never going to an NCBRI event again..

so your getting your wedding ring in tiffanys and bringing up the R word cos you feel like you got ripped off at a charity event !

poor you

Robbo · 31-05-2010 7:44am

For added comic effect, I recommend you imagine the OP being read out in the narrative style of Ferris Bueller's horsewife...

Steamer · 31-05-2010 8:21am

I think you are overreacting!!

It was for charity, what were you expecting? I thought that they made a great effort with the decorations etc and they thought of little things like the cupcake, which was delicious. All the staff in the omniplex dressed up etc.

There were cosmopolitans back in Fagans again, you must have missed that.

So you paid €35 for a charity ticket, it was hardly expensive. The ticket for the film alone would have been €10.

I thought it was a lovely idea and all the girls dressed up together, the laughter during the film etc, that was the reason we went, not to be wined and dinned by a charity for the night!!

Madame Razz · 31-05-2010 8:55am

A Tiffany ring is far more of a rip off than anything else mentioned in this thread tbh.

Sherifu · 31-05-2010 9:53am

Feel good thread of the week. Thanks OP!

wily minx · 31-05-2010 10:17am

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Did anyone here apart from myself go to this event? Are you feeling slightly 'robbed'.

Ok the website made it out to be this great party with free cocktails (note the plural) 'goodie bags' et all.. The tickets were €35 euro from the website and the event started at 7.45pm we arrived at 7.40 waited inline to give our tickets and get signed in, got our goodiebags and they were absolutely pathetic. In your mind, what would you imagine a goodie bag to hold? lots of makeup samples, maybe a lipstick, a coupon for a free make up makeover, lots of stuff...it was a bag of flyers, a hartmans CATALOGUE, a packet of cisps and a Galway Now magazine and a Quinn Direct Pedometer that was broken?? Firstly, I dont read that magazine, I have no use for a pedometer that doesnt work and not on the lookout to buy a 3,000 ring, getting married and getting a Tiffany not a Hartmans ring thanks. Upon entering the hall, we got our free 'cocktail' which was a small glass of cranberry juice, the alcohol wouldn't make a mouse drunk. The canepes were scarce and I barely finished my drink before I was ushered to the bus to the cinema.

Arriving at the Omniplex I was given a burned and hard cupcake from 'Born to Bake' in Tuam with an oversweetened buttercream (my dog loved it!). Watched the Movie and told the party was really starting back at Fagans and more FREE COCKTAILS!!!

Arrived at Fagans, no free cocktails in sight, had to pay for all our drinks, they played the S&TC soundtrack once and then the bar was open to the public, we shared the bar with a stag night or something..

All in all I feel a little violated and robbed. I am saving for my wedding in Nov and struggling as it is so I'm not throwing money about. I would have been better going and buying a ticket at Eye cinema, a cocktail in the G and it would have been cheaper and more fun. Okay it was in aid of NBCRI but I would have preferred to make a small donation in that case....VERY expensive cinema ticket. They cant hide behind the 'Ohhhh its for Breast cancerrrrrr' mask.

Basically I just wanted to see if I was alone in my annoyance over this and get feedback from other girlies!

I was there and do not feel at all robbed. The start time was 6.45 and we arrived around 7pm.There were loads of canapes amd cocktails, there were also hairdressers and make-up artists, the room looked fab and the staff were really nice. OK so the goody bags weren't great but so what if it's for charity? The coaches were leaving at 8 so I think you just got there a bit late!! At the party afterwards there were, again, cocktails a-plenty, I think you missed them.

biko · 31-05-2010 11:02am

wily minx, thanks for registering only to set things straight.

ScumLord · 31-05-2010 11:05am

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Velvet crunch....

Not even Tayto! :mad:

Ginny · 31-05-2010 12:37pm

You paid €35, I'm assuming about €10 was for the actual ticket, and you were transported to the venue too right?
You did get at least 1 cocktail and 1 bun...but it seems like you got your wires crossed, the details for the event are here:
http://www.msbevents.ie/index.php/sex-and-city-2-charity-screening-galway/

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Did anyone here apart from myself go to this event? Are you feeling slightly 'robbed'.

........not on the lookout to buy a 3,000 ring, getting married and getting a Tiffany not a Hartmans ring thanks.......

All in all I feel a little violated and robbed. I am saving for my wedding in Nov and struggling as it is so I'm not throwing money about. I would have been better going and buying a ticket at Eye cinema, a cocktail in the G and it would have been cheaper and more fun. Okay it was in aid of NBCRI but I would have preferred to make a small donation in that case....VERY expensive cinema ticket. They cant hide behind the 'Ohhhh its for Breast cancerrrrrr' mask.

Basically I just wanted to see if I was alone in my annoyance over this and get feedback from other girlies!

You should feel more violated and robbed buying a Tiffany engagement ring, plus if you didn't buy the Tiffany engagement ring you could have put the difference between that and an identical ring that isn't overpriced towards the wedding.

I would say you're very alone in your rant about the charity night, especially after that engagement ring comment.

mikom · 31-05-2010 1:47pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Did anyone here apart from myself go to this event? Are you feeling slightly 'robbed'.

Carrie Bradshaw: “As we drive along this road called life, occasionally a gal will find herself a little lost. And when that happens, I guess she has to let go of the coulda, shoulda, woulda, buckle up and just keep going.”

wily minx wrote: »

I was there and do not feel at all robbed. The start time was 6.45 and we arrived around 7pm.There were loads of canapes amd cocktails, there were also hairdressers and make-up artists, the room looked fab and the staff were really nice. OK so the goody bags weren't great but so what if it's for charity? The coaches were leaving at 8 so I think you just got there a bit late!! At the party afterwards there were, again, cocktails a-plenty, I think you missed them.

Carrie Bradshaw: "Meanwhile, Charlotte was downtown posting on boards, frantically trying to battle the negative publicity her little soiree was receiving."

WesternNight · 31-05-2010 1:49pm

ScumLord wrote: »

Not even Tayto! :mad:

They are made by Tayto actually.

biko · 31-05-2010 1:51pm

So which is your favourite character?
Horse, Slut, Prude or Redhead?

/bans self

ScumLord · 31-05-2010 2:35pm

WesternNight wrote: »

They are made by Tayto actually.

It's not the same, those things are an abomination against the potato, proper cheese and onion tayto crisps are classy.

Stench Blossoms · 31-05-2010 2:39pm

ScumLord wrote: »

It's not the same, those things are an abomination against the potato, proper cheese and onion tayto crisps are classy.

But they are not 'lady like' like the type of clientelle that a Sex and The City party would attract.

Can't see a bunch of over dressed cinema goers horsin down a normal packet of tayto cheese and onion followed by a small bottle of orange cadet.

xp90 · 31-05-2010 3:19pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

It's feckin' laughable isn't it...you should have seen the girls behind the ticket desk, hoochie mammas is not in it...I could actually see her crotch under her Pennys mini!

Now thats what im talkin bout!

ScumLord · 31-05-2010 3:25pm

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

But they are not 'lady like' like the type of clientelle that a Sex and The City party would attract.

Can't see a bunch of over dressed cinema goers horsin down a normal packet of tayto cheese and onion followed by a small bottle of orange cadet.

The thought of a room full of classy ladiees horsing into packs of taytos has me in stitches.. It's like a farmers wet dream, all it's missing is the hang sangwedge.

_Whimsical_ · 31-05-2010 3:31pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

It's feckin' laughable isn't it...you should have seen the girls behind the ticket desk, hoochie mammas is not in it...I could actually see her crotch under her Pennys mini!

They were dressed up for the night at work weren't they?

Sounds Like perfectly appropriate attire for a celebration of Sex and the City ( or "Three Hookers and Their Mom" if you watch Family Guy).

donfers · 31-05-2010 3:34pm

biko wrote: »

So which is your favourite character?
Horse, Slut, Prude or Redhead?

/bans self

Prude is the best-looking by far, the others look too caked in make-up, old and leathery by now, ginger hasn't aged too badly but she's ginger

geekychick · 31-05-2010 6:10pm

Yeah, I love Charlotte, she is so cute, preppy and innocent... can't believe the woman is 45!!! :eek:

So, the SATC movie/party package turned out to be glossy but vapid, not much substance behind the hype kind of thing... hmmmm.

sensitive_soul · 31-05-2010 6:46pm

ohnoigotsick wrote: »

so your getting your wedding ring in tiffanys and bringing up the R word cos you feel like you got ripped off at a charity event !

poor you

I will be looking at that ring for the rest of my life....and I am getting a loan for it, dont begrudge that! At least I am WORKING for it!

billybigunz · 31-05-2010 6:49pm

Did your fiance rim you afterwards at least?

sensitive_soul · 31-05-2010 6:50pm

ScumLord wrote: »

The thought of a room full of classy ladiees horsing into packs of taytos has me in stitches.. It's like a farmers wet dream, all it's missing is the hang sangwedge.

I'm aDub and find that hilarious!! Hahah! Nice bit o hang and all crisps are called taytos no matter what brand...oh the bogger folk!

sensitive_soul · 31-05-2010 6:51pm

billybigunz wrote: »

Did your fiance rim you afterwards at least?

Very classy!

jam_mac_jam · 31-05-2010 6:59pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

I will be looking at that ring for the rest of my life....and I am getting a loan for it, dont begrudge that! At least I am WORKING for it!

I have nothing to comment, I think that says it all. Funniest thing I heard all day.

sensitive_soul · 31-05-2010 7:07pm

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

I have nothing to comment, I think that says it all. Funniest thing I heard all day.

Typical country persons reaction!....Typical!

jam_mac_jam · 31-05-2010 7:09pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Typical country persons reaction!....Typical!

Typical of what exactly?

wily minx · 31-05-2010 7:10pm

biko wrote: »

wily minx, thanks for registering only to set things straight.

You are very welcome, although you imply I have some agenda, I don't, just an opinion. Long time reader, first time poster, that is all. We all have to start somewhere!

civis_liberalis · 31-05-2010 7:24pm

wily minx wrote: »

You are very welcome, although you imply I have some agenda, I don't, just an opinion. Long time reader, first time poster, that is all. We all have to start somewhere!

We're still calling bull****.

unachicagilmore · 31-05-2010 11:01pm

I went to the event with four friends and we had a great, fun Friday night with cocktails(2 each), canapes, decent cupcakes, a package of crisps and lots and lots of laughs. Really great atmosphere. Two of the girls who came straight from work even had their hair done! But we were there for the craic and the experience more than the swag...

skelliser · 31-05-2010 11:30pm

sensitive_soul wrote: »

Typical country persons reaction!....Typical!

country person? typical?

confuseddotcom · 01-06-2010 1:28am

Ohmygoodness!!! I was in bad form but this Thread has picked me up immensely !!! I'm laughin' away here to myself! No offense to any poster intended, but it's just ridiculous, we're such whingers !!! Whingers United!!!

:pac:

:D

Sue Ellen Ewing wrote: »

A Tiffany ring is far more of a rip off than anything else mentioned in this thread tbh.

ohnoigotsick · 01-06-2010 7:37am

sensitive_soul wrote: »

I will be looking at that ring for the rest of my life....and I am getting a loan for it, dont begrudge that! At least I am WORKING for it!

whats your point about WORKING for it ?

if you like the ring you like the ring but at the end of the day it's all metal and it's the symbolism behind the ring and not the designer that made it.

witnessmenow · 01-06-2010 8:45am

Best website ever:

EDIT: Also if the op want to buy a ring from tiffanys you are you tell her otherwise, we all spend money on stuff that other people wouldn't .... my vice is spongebob memorabilia

wily minx · 01-06-2010 10:45am

civis_liberalis wrote: »

We're still calling bull****.

'We'??? Are you cynical lot all sat in a room together??

mikom · 01-06-2010 10:46am

wily minx wrote: »

'We'??? Are you cynical lot all sat in a room together??

Yep, drinking watered down cosmopolitans.

wily minx · 01-06-2010 4:08pm

biko · 01-06-2010 8:49pm

Remember, don't drink before you decide what to wear!

NBCRI Sex & the City party

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