drink in the o2

sarahbro

Was at kasabian on Saturday night. Great gig.

But 6 euro a "pint"??

They were taking the piss!!
Ended up giving out to one of the bar men for giving us a "pint" which was in the plastic cups (which you'd expect) but half of it was head!!
Just thought it was crazy!

Creamy Goodness

You can't really complain if you bought it, it's how they can justify giving people sub-standard drinks for an over inflated price.

MagicMarker

You paid to see Kasabian and complain about paying 6 quid for a pint?

KoolKid

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

You can't really complain if you bought it, it's how they can justify giving people sub-standard drinks for an over inflated price.

Basic Economics, scarce in relation to demand. I agree you can't buy it , knowing the price, and then complain afterwards. Its a bit like buying a ticket from a tout & then complaining about the prices they charge.
If there was no demand the price would drop. Think about that next time you pay over the odds for a warm plastic bottle.

sarahbro

First of all I didn't know the price when I went to the bar. Expected it to be dearer than normal but still thought 6 Euro was a bit steep.
Mainly it was being charged that much and half of the plastic cup was head and it wasn't a proper pint that pissed me off.

KoolKid

If the prices are not displayed isn't that against the law?
If you were not happy with the product or service why did you pay for it?
And still consume it, no doubt.

gurramok

KoolKid wrote: »

If the prices are not displayed isn't that against the law?
If you were not happy with the product or service why did you pay for it?
And still consume it, no doubt.

So the OP cannot have a tipple at a concert due to the above normal price?

How about an option to bring in cans? :P Like all venues, the O2 has a monopoly on what they can charge for drink and the consumer has no other choice if they get thirsty.

Perhaps do what I did before, have a few beforehand across the way in the hotel or go around the corner to the pub.

bcirl03

Or even better bring a nice bottle of coke with some tasty JD in it with you

Agree with the OP all the same, price is a rip off however I wouldnt pay it.

KoolKid

gurramok wrote: »

So the OP cannot have a tipple at a concert due to the above normal price?.

He can, but I don't see how you can complain after paying for and consuming the product.
Every one knows the O2 is expensive, the prices should also be displayed.
At the end of the day the customers are the ones with the power to change this ripoff. Don't pay it and the prices will come down.

number10a

Friend of mine brought in JD and coke in one of these things that she had tied to her back with some elaborate bra-tying-work.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hiking-Hydration-System-Water-Reservoir/dp/B00561J7CA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1322750103&sr=8-5

coylemj

The economics of running a bar in a stadium are heavily skewed towards labour costs because you have a big wave of customers looking to be served drinks immediately before the gig and during the breaks. For a lot of the time in a stadium, the staff who serve drinks are more or less idle but still have to be paid.

If a stadium employed the same ratio of staff to customers that you'd have in a typical busy pub, there would be massive queues during the break when you'd have thousands of people coming out at the same time looking for drinks. The alternative is to employ a large number of staff, each of whom will only serve a relatively small number of customers, in which case to cover the (relatively high) labour costs you have to increase the prices over what people would expect to pay in a regular pub or nightclub.

A cinema can stagger start times to keep the popcorn counter at a constant level of activity, if you run a large pop concert you don't have that option, hence higher prices.

bcirl03

number10a wrote: »

Friend of mine brought in JD and coke in one of these things that she had tied to her back with some elaborate bra-tying-work.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hiking-Hydration-System-Water-Reservoir/dp/B00561J7CA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1322750103&sr=8-5

2 litres of JD n Coke, now your talking

run_Forrest_run

KoolKid wrote: »

If you were not happy with the product or service why did you pay for it?
And still consume it, no doubt.

ah c'mon now, you get nose bleeds up on that high horse eh?

The OP is entitled to bítch about the price of a beer if he/she wants to.
Granted it's not the ideal scenario to complain after the event but he/she knows better next time, just because someone pays for it doesn't commit them to silence hereafter.

run_Forrest_run

coylemj wrote: »

The economics of running a bar in a stadium are heavily skewed towards labour costs because you have a big wave of customers looking to be served drinks immediately before the gig and during the breaks. For a lot of the time in a stadium, the staff who serve drinks are more or less idle but still have to be paid.

If a stadium employed the same ratio of staff to customers that you'd have in a typical busy pub, there would be massive queues during the break when you'd have thousands of people coming out at the same time looking for drinks. The alternative is to employ a large number of staff, each of whom will only serve a relatively small number of customers, in which case to cover the (relatively high) labour costs you have to increase the prices over what people would expect to pay in a regular pub or nightclub.

A cinema can stagger start times to keep the popcorn counter at a constant level of activity, if you run a large pop concert you don't have that option, hence higher prices.

while your argument is valid you can also look at it another way and average out the labour costs over the time of the show/opening period of the stadium..or I prefer to see it in even more simple terms:

captive audience = ability to over-charge

simple.

KoolKid

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

ah c'mon now, you get nose bleeds up on that high horse eh?

The OP is entitled to bítch about the price of a beer if he/she wants to.
Granted it's not the ideal scenario to complain after the event but he/she knows better next time, just because someone pays for it doesn't commit them to silence hereafter.

The air is fine but Ill keep the parachute just in case..;)
The OP is entitled to rant and bitch away.
The thing is this, most customer service businesses are motivated by some form of customer satisfaction. If service is bad or prices are too dear the customer gives their business to someone else. The problem is the bar in the O2 is as monopoly so customer service and value goes out the window and is replaced with ripoff pricing and bad service and attitude. In this situation complaining later is no good.
Does who ever runs that bar care if the customer complains after'
If 10000 people go to the 02 tonight , buy their beer and come on here, or Joe Duffy tomorrow and complain, will the owners of that bar care?

No...
However, if 10000 people go to the O2 tonight and none of them spend any money on beer what will happen.?
It's up to people to make a difference.

run_Forrest_run

KoolKid wrote: »

The air is fine but Ill keep the parachute just in case..;)
The OP is entitled to rant and bitch away.
The thing is this, most customer service businesses are motivated by some form of customer satisfaction. If service is bad or prices are too dear the customer gives their business to someone else. The problem is the bar in the O2 is as monopoly so customer service and value goes out the window and is replaced with ripoff pricing and bad service and attitude. In this situation complaining later is no good.
Does who ever runs that bar care if the customer complains after'
If 10000 people go to the 02 tonight , buy their beer and come on here, or Joe Duffy tomorrow and complain, will the owners of that bar care?

No...
However, if 10000 people go to the O2 tonight and none of them spend any money on beer what will happen.?
It's up to people to make a difference.

yep, you have a point but I think some unsuspecting people may learn from the moanings of others and will decide not buy from the bar now that they are aware of the costs.

I was at the O2 last year and I was fairly shocked by the price of a beer too, I was expecting €5 but I decided to have the one pint and leave it at that. I didn't see the price before ordering but I could have asked etc...I was OK with paying the high price once and learning from that.

rubadub

sarahbro wrote: »

First of all I didn't know the price when I went to the bar. Expected it to be dearer than normal but still thought 6 Euro was a bit steep.
Mainly it was being charged that much and half of the plastic cup was head and it wasn't a proper pint that pissed me off.

You could have asked the price beforehand, there is a weird hangup people have about not asking for prices of drink before they buy it. While they would make certain to know the price of other lower priced items they frequently buy.

You could have refused to pay if it wasn't a pint. I am not sure what the legality is if they did pull a proper pint, are you obliged to pay? could they throw you out if you refused to pay after hearing the price?

KoolKid wrote: »

If the prices are not displayed isn't that against the law?

That law was ridiculous, the prices can be just inside the door and you only have to list a handful of drinks.

Ardennes1944

I dont understand why people have to drink at concerts anyway. if you like the band, which id presume you would if youre there, why do you need alcohol to make it better?

teddansonswig

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I dont understand why people have to drink at concerts anyway. if you like the band, which id presume you would if youre there, why do you need alcohol to make it better?

I hope your parachute has a million holes.
get. some. mates.

Ardennes1944

teddansonswig wrote: »

I hope your parachute has a million holes.
get. some. mates.

eh?
oh you need to drink to get friends do you?
thats tragic

stimpson

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I dont understand why people have to drink at concerts anyway. if you like the band, which id presume you would if youre there, why do you need alcohol to make it better?

Non-drinkers forum that way --->

FFS it was Kasabian. Of course you'd need a drink to make it better.

teddansonswig

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

eh?
oh you need to drink to get friends do you?
thats tragic

you are a very sad case. i drink very rarely.

due to E6 pints

MagicMarker

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I dont understand why people have to drink at concerts anyway. if you like the band, which id presume you would if youre there, why do you need alcohol to make it better?

Who said anything about alcohol making it better?

JP Liz V1

3 euros for a 500ml bottle of water :eek:

sandin

Lokk it as simple as this - cinemas, concerts, spots grounds, olympic games, F1 racing etc etc etc will all charge substantially above normal prices.

Not becasue they have a captive market, but becasue their window of trading is very small, yet they still need the equipment, the staff, the storage, the sapec etc etc.

There's book all about this and ti actually says you are getting excellent value on cinema popcorn and drink.

Book's title is along the lines of "Why popcorn costs so much ina movie theatre" - its very much an economics book, but if you are interested in this type of thing, it makes very interesting reading and goes a long way to explain what are perceived to be high prices.

Transpirant

sarahbro wrote: »

Was at kasabian on Saturday night. Great gig.

But 6 euro a "pint"??

They were taking the piss!!
Ended up giving out to one of the bar men for giving us a "pint" which was in the plastic cups (which you'd expect) but half of it was head!!
Just thought it was crazy!

Wow! Sounds very expensive.

KoolKid

We can post here complaining forever and its not going to change. Or we can all stop buying at those prices and it will change.

the GALL

I'm going to see Brit Floyd on friday night and I wont be Paying €6 for a pint. F**k that, Naggin of capt M and a bottle of coke it is.

KoolKid

Bring your own coke. You'll get ripped off for that as well..;)

the GALL

I was thinking that . The wife was there last week for a gig and was searched is this common place to be searched going into the point

JP Liz V1

the GALL wrote: »

I was thinking that . The wife was there last week for a gig and was searched is this common place to be searched going into the point

Yes handbags are always searched

the GALL

And what about us blokes who don't carry a handbag

KoolKid

I have never been searched.
The handbag is just a quick glance.

rubadub

the GALL wrote: »

And what about us blokes who don't carry a handbag

I usually have a backpack. When queuing up if you have it opened up and offering it to bouncers to freely search they usually just give it a quick squeeze as they presume you have nothing to hide. They usually squish about the bottom as cans or bottles would naturally sink their way to the bottom. So have a jumper on the bottom.

If you are acting cagey they will search more. A plastic bottle of spirits partially full can be squished and recapped to keep its shape and stay trapped at your belt buckle, they never frisk the groin.

For the men 'the beer belly'

For the ladies

the GALL

Theres too much confusion/temptation going on with that blonde

rubadub wrote: »

I usually have a backpack. When queuing up if you have it opened up and offering it to bouncers to freely search they usually just give it a quick squeeze as they presume you have nothing to hide. They usually squish about the bottom as cans or bottles would naturally sink their way to the bottom. So have a jumper on the bottom.

If you are acting cagey they will search more. A plastic bottle of spirits partially full can be squished and recapped to keep its shape and stay trapped at your belt buckle, they never frisk the groin.

For the men 'the beer belly'

For the ladies

the GALL

The gig was brilliant, I've never seen so many middle aged stoners in all my life. I'd say security never had a gig as handy as that one.