Dublin Airport Rip Off

Anon47

Travelled recently to France, 0.5 litre bottle of water - €2.50, same bottle of water in Lidl in France - 21 cents. What a rip off.

K4t

Transport costs, higher wages, higher taxes.......wait.....NO. Just no.

Simply greed for greed's sake. You should not have paid it, put up with the dehydration, and then bought 12 bottles of water when you got over there!

ScouseMouse

Anon47 wrote: »

Travelled recently to France, 0.5 litre bottle of water - €2.50, same bottle of water in Lidl in France - 21 cents. What a rip off.

Are you seriously comparing an airport with a discount store ?

bryaner

Your on the wrong road there lad!

Trampas

Was that the cheapest shop in the airport or just the one you went to?

Run_to_da_hills

superscouse wrote: »

Are you seriously comparing an airport with a discount store ?

Stanstead and Gatwick have a Booths outlet that charges acceptible rates for mineral water and sandwiches.

Dublin Airport dropped the prices of their sandwich / speciality coffee combo recently e5 which is very acceptible and is the same as what Insomnia and other coffee shops charge in the city ctr.

If you think bottled water is expensive now just wait until you have to buy it at Terminal 2. :eek:

jahalpin

You should try to buy a drink in Charles DeGaulle airport, it's around 4.50 for a Coke or water

As other posters have said, it's not fair to compare a no-frills discount store to a shop in a very high rent area ie Airport

In Aldi and Lidl you normally have to buy items in multiples, so you can't compare the cost of one item on it's own to a normal retail single unit.

You should check-out the Boots shop in the airport, for 3.99 you can get any sandwich\salad, any drink and any snack (valued at up to 1.80)

A New earth

Reasonable price in Boots in Dublin Airport too.

91011

airports WORLDWIDE charge excessive amounts for items such as bottled water & minerals - even agadir in morocco charges €3 for a bottle of water.

the airports themselves charge a hefty amount to operators for their pitches which has to be passed on.

next time either buy it as a package deal with a sandwich or buy it in boots

btw... why are you not comparing it with the airport in france that you were in? - Probably because it was even more expensive there!

Run_to_da_hills

91011 wrote: »

airports WORLDWIDE charge excessive amounts for items such as bottled water & minerals - even agadir in morocco charges €3 for a bottle of water.

the airports themselves charge a hefty amount to operators for their pitches which has to be passed on.

next time either buy it as a package deal with a sandwich or buy it in boots

btw... why are you not comparing it with the airport in france that you were in? - Probably because it was even more expensive there!

I must say I found Reus and Gerona airports very reasonable, for both, coffees, pastries and soft drinks. I was stuck there for a few hours and ddn't put a hole in my pocket.

Davidth88

OP , please compare like with like

What was the price of the water in the airport in France , I would guess higher than Dublin

CDG ( Paris ) is known for it's very high prices .

Jesus Wept

Pretty tame, I recall my brother paying the equivalent of £5 for a can of coke in Charles De Gaulle airport in 1994.

keithclancy

I nearly broke something laughing so hard at the first post in this thread


Airport is a rip off ... stop the press, captive audience and high rents = high prices.

Head The Wall

250ml bottles of water cost €10 in the nightclubs in Ibiza

Run_to_da_hills

Head The Wall wrote: »

250ml bottles of water cost €10 in the nightclubs in Ibiza

Theres a reason for this.

Venues cashing in on pill dropping.

Colonel Sanders

I paid 1.70 for a 500ml bottle last friday

Guy:Incognito

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Theres a reason for this.

Venues cashing in on pill dropping.

So thats ok but airport shops cashing in is suddenyl wrong?

APM

Frankfurt Hahn airport, bottle of water €2.75, airports are rip-offs...not just in Ireland

Mimikyu

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mickoneill30

Anon47 wrote: »

Travelled recently to France, 0.5 litre bottle of water - €2.50, same bottle of water in Lidl in France - 21 cents. What a rip off.

That's nothing. I got 2 litres from my tap at home for freeeeeeee.
Lidls charging 21c for .5 l of the same stuff. Ripoff.

/sarcasm off.

Comparing an airport shop to one of the cheaper supermarkets is just daft. If Lidl had a shop in the airport it'd be a bit fairer.

nc6000

Taking liquids off everyone before the security check to then rip them off on the other side when they go to replace them is the real problem there.

Sonz

APM wrote: »

Frankfurt Hahn airport, bottle of water €2.75, airports are rip-offs...not just in Ireland

Was just gonna say Germany as well, was in dusseldorf airport in march, Prices were crazy.

rubadub

I really hope this thread is a wind up

jahalpin wrote: »

You should try to buy a drink in Charles DeGaulle airport, it's around 4.50 for a Coke or water

The-Rigger wrote: »

I recall my brother paying the equivalent of £5 for a can of coke in Charles De Gaulle airport in 1994.

Charles De Gaulle really was astonishing, I thought Norway was expensive but not a patch on De Gaulle, I think it was €5.50 or €7.50 for a 500ml coke when I was there about 5 years ago. This was not in a cafe section or anything either, just a newsagent type place. I had my expenses paid but no way I would buy that, the accounts dept would have thought I fiddled the receipts!

Hair Bear

I was in an airport, Alicante-Spain, last December and purchased a bottle of water for €4.50. I commented to the seller on the outrageous price and he said he was paid €2.00 an hour! So it wasn't for the high wages!:(

ScouseMouse

Hair Bear wrote: »

I was in an airport, Alicante-Spain, last December and purchased a bottle of water for €4.50. I commented to the seller on the outrageous price and he said he was paid €2.00 an hour! So it wasn't for the high wages!:(

HOLY SHEET !!!:eek::eek::eek:

CantGetNoSleep

This is a case for Joe Duffy I think

Hair Bear

Yea, Joe would probably get something going. Whoever started this though should pursue it as he/she made the most recent purchase!:rolleyes:

Hair Bear

:(To NC 6000
Yes I totally agree...that is the source of the problem. You get a good deal and then its taken off you and you have to purchase more after checkin BUT at double or treble the price.

Boots however is reasonably priced!

!MAVERICK!

DAA parking is a complete rip-off, Parked to pick up auntie from New York at 4.00 AM (when there is F**** all business) 7.40 for around an hour.

91011

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

DAA parking is a complete rip-off, Parked to pick up auntie from New York at 4.00 AM (when there is F**** all business) 7.40 for around an hour.

My guess is the charge was €3.70 per hour or part thereof.

In heathrow it would have been £6.30 (€7.70) for just over an hour and £8 (€9.80) if it was 1hour 31 minutes.

In stansted it would have been £8 (€9.80) for just over an hour.
In Belfast its £6.60 (€8)

Short-term carparking in most airports are charged at a premium.

Hair Bear

to 91011

Totally agree - but is still a rip off as you are a captive consumer!
Rgds

ScouseMouse

Hair Bear wrote: »

to 91011

Totally agree - but is still a rip off as you are a captive consumer!
Rgds

I have just been quoted over 100 euro for a fortnight parking.

Gonna get a friend to drop us up in my car. 2 X 2 euro tolls and maybe 3 quid in diesel. 7 quid all in !!

Hair Bear

Yes, ditto here. I thought prices were going down! €99 for ten days, €120 nearer Dublin Airport and €70 20 mins away!

I'll get a taxi for €25 and someone will pick us up!:)
Prices were down to €4 per day for long term - why are prices on the way up again? Is the recession over and retailers are at it already [price increases]:mad:

91011

Hair Bear wrote: »

Yes, ditto here. I thought prices were going down! €99 for ten days, €120 nearer Dublin Airport and €70 20 mins away!

not sure where these prices come from. Book online for fairly decent savings

online quotes 16th august 0700 to 26th august 0700
total 10 days

10 days in short term carpark (right at terminal) = €100
10 days in red carpark (main long term - 10min) = €75
10 days in blue carpark (20 minutes away) = €55
10 days in quickpark carpark (10min) = €70

Alun

Bewley's Hotel have some good deals too.

http://www.bewleyshotels.com/dublin_airport/parking/

lotsofthegreen

Anon47 wrote: »

Travelled recently to France, 0.5 litre bottle of water - €2.50, same bottle of water in Lidl in France - 21 cents. What a rip off.[/QUOTE

dublin airport isn't a supermarket. It's a airport with plenty of retailers selling bottled water ( and not at a fixed price by the way)

and if you had the sense to purchase if in one of the DAA RETAIL shops, you'd have got a 50cl bottle of evian or volvic for 1euro or a litre bottle of volvic for 1.65euro or 750ml Riverrock for the same. All very acceptable prices for convience. Reminder: Dublin Airport is not a supermarket, nor is it based in France
and, as pointed out, Boots aren't bad value

ScouseMouse

Just a dig there. Came through Dublin Airport yesterday. The duty free shop was selling river rock 500ml sparking and still at 2 for €2. They were sold out so subbed it for volvic 500ml.

Bought a couple. (needed them as its 29 deg today in Los Cristianos:D)

Anon47

lotsofthegreen wrote: »

Anon47 wrote: »

Travelled recently to France, 0.5 litre bottle of water - €2.50, same bottle of water in Lidl in France - 21 cents. What a rip off.[/QUOTE

dublin airport isn't a supermarket. It's a airport with plenty of retailers selling bottled water ( and not at a fixed price by the way)

and if you had the sense to purchase if in one of the DAA RETAIL shops, you'd have got a 50cl bottle of evian or volvic for 1euro or a litre bottle of volvic for 1.65euro or 750ml Riverrock for the same. All very acceptable prices for convience. Reminder: Dublin Airport is not a supermarket, nor is it based in France
and, as pointed out, Boots aren't bad value

For those of you deriding my original comparison between DA and Lidl I was only using the Lidl example to illustrate the likely cost price of a bottle of water versus the prices being charged in DA On that basis they are making thousands of per cent profit.

3DataModem

There's plenty if cheap water in the airport... boots for one.

Or go to the bar and get one for free.

If you are not going to shop around at all you only have yourself to blame.

How much do you get paid an hour? I bet I could find someone qualified on the world to do your job for less than €2 per hour.

YOU are a rip off.

K.Flyer

Can someone please explain the term "DUTY FREE" it gives the impression that things are supposed to be cheaper than "outside" but I dont see no bargains when I go through.....

Blisterman

What is a ripoff, is the fact that you have to put liquids in a clear plastic bag, (What are they, bombproof?) and you're only allowed bring one. Yet they force you to pay for two bags (which are free in most airports). I left my spare one on top of the dispensor, so someone else could have it, and within 5 seconds, a member of airport staff came over, picked it up and threw it in the bin.

To be fair, airports make most of their money from shopping. If you remember Dublin airport 15 years ago, all it had was a duty free and bookstore, now there's about 30 shops. Ryanair and the likes have airports over a barrel. They get landing fees down to practically nothing.

alex73

Anon47 wrote: »

Travelled recently to France, 0.5 litre bottle of water - €2.50, same bottle of water in Lidl in France - 21 cents. What a rip off.

Its only a rip off if you bought it, did you>?

Anon47

alex73 wrote: »

Its only a rip off if you bought it, did you>?

I'm afraid so! I was at the departure gate area in Pier D and the choice there is limited. The lesson for me here is to buy in Boots b4 heading for the departure gates.

91011

K.Flyer wrote: »

Can someone please explain the term "DUTY FREE" it gives the impression that things are supposed to be cheaper than "outside" but I dont see no bargains when I go through.....

The "Duty Free" shop has both regular pricing and duty free pricing. - All other shops just operate under Airport Shopping banner.

There is high duty on cigarettes & alcohol. On these products you will see 2 prices. A duty free price which you can pay if you are travelling outside the EU and the duty paid price if you're travelling inside the EU.

Most other products have very little or no duty, so prices will be similar to regular shops.

Blisterman

Bear in mind that the Airport Duty free is a monopoly, so the Duty free prices are kept just low enought that people will buy them on impulse. They probably have a higher profit margin on booze than anywhere else.
In Gibralter, the whole town is duty free, and you have numerous off licences competing with each other. You can buy a bottle of Vodka for €3.

rubadub

K.Flyer wrote: »

"DUTY FREE" it gives the impression that things are supposed to be cheaper than "outside" but I dont see no bargains when I go through.....

A sign saying "SALE" or "DISCOUNT" infers the same thing, and many suckers will still fall for it who have no idea of how to evaluate what value really is. Since there is (thankfully) no price control in place they can charge what they want.

Blisterman wrote: »

They probably have a higher profit margin on booze than anywhere else.

Same in the canaries. The electronics in duty free shops in Hong Kong were more expensive than the ones in the main section of the airport, I am not talking of backstreet stuff, the shop I was in was called Fortress recommended by several Chinese colleagues. Once you pass into the duty free you could not go back out so many people would be caught out

PMAC08

A bottle of Red Breast Irish Whiskey in Dublin airport was €70 euro for EU Travel and €50 duty free. I bought TWO bottles in Heathrow Duty Free for €55.00. It seems we are not content to rip off tourists when they are here we have to fleece them on the way out too.
Disgraceful.

parsi

PMAC08 wrote: »

A bottle of Red Breast Irish Whiskey in Dublin airport was €70 euro for EU Travel and €50 duty free. I bought TWO bottles in Heathrow Duty Free for €55.00. It seems we are not content to rip off tourists when they are here we have to fleece them on the way out too.
Disgraceful.

Heathrow sometimes has cracking deals when you buy two bottles (got an expensive Tanqueray a few months ago which was half the usual Heathrow price) but the normal bottle prices aren't much to talk about.

91011

PMAC08 wrote: »

A bottle of Red Breast Irish Whiskey in Dublin airport was €70 euro for EU Travel and €50 duty free. I bought TWO bottles in Heathrow Duty Free for €55.00. It seems we are not content to rip off tourists when they are here we have to fleece them on the way out too.
Disgraceful.

I think you were reading the wrong price. About 2 months ago the price was under €40 for a bottle for travelling within the EU. - Maybe the sign was 2 for €70???? because red breast is never over €40 in any store I've ever known.

In Heathrow its 2 for £50. £50 = approx €59 at current consumer exchange rates not €55.

snoepys

I paid 8 euros for a bottle of water in the new terminal,what a joke of a country.Cant wait to get out of here next year,moving to afghanistan.

kaiser sauze

snoepys wrote: »

I paid 8 euros for a bottle of water in the new terminal,what a joke of a country.Cant wait to get out of here next year,moving to afghanistan.

Please tell me that was at least a litre bottle? :eek:

Please?