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The little things that cost too much

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    #92
    skeptik
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭skeptik


    benwavner wrote: »
    Bottled water..........tap is just as good.

    not if you live where I do, the tap water is poison


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    #93
    wandatowell
    Registered Users Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    Ya tap water in laois is horrendous stuff. I cant stand it but the old chap loves it.

    Each to their own


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    #94
    MaxSteele
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    Repeat exam papers in colleges.

    Yeah I'm sure it really costs €70 in admin fees for some fat aul wan in the department office to press her sausage fingers on a mouse click no more than five times when she's supposed to be there working anyway.


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    #95
    Gillington
    Registered Users Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Gillington


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    euroshop again, 10 for €2

    are people afraid to shop there?

    I think they are alright,same with Lidl/Aldi.Fajita kits for example are €1.99 and are the exact same things that people are saying are near a fiver in other shops


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    #96
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    dgt wrote: »
    Those cfl bulbs that cost nearly €10 a bulb :mad:

    Here in Galway, Woodies DIY had 11W CFL bulbs for eur0.59 recently, and may still have.


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    #97
    The_Mask
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭The_Mask


    Munstermissy wrote: »
    Bog Rolls, € 3.25 + for 4 rolls of Andrex, etc....

    Andrex 24 pack for e7.99 in Buylo, Royal Liver Retail Park, Bluebell, Dublin


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    #98
    JustAThought
    Registered Users Posts: 5,323 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    Local county councillers.
    They are only allowed to ask one question per month at council meetings.

    Ffs.
    Why have them at all.

    45k + costs + expenses each + pension for life, per year.


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    #99
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Koka noodles! Paying €3.80 for five packets of curry-flavoured nostalgia nearly kills me. The Aldi alternative only cost 20c a pack but aren't the same. Koka were 25p per packet when they first came out :mad:


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    #100
    jsd1004
    Registered Users Posts: 712 ✭✭✭jsd1004


    spankysue wrote: »
    500ml bottles of Coke, €1.65 in my local shop yet you can buy a 1 litre share size bottle for €1.50... fcuking ridiculous.

    You can get 1000 litres of coke for 250 euro..fcuking ridiculous remember the overheads and if you can beat it get in there and do it.


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    #101
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    MaxSteele wrote: »
    Repeat exam papers in colleges.

    Yeah I'm sure it really costs €70 in admin fees for some fat aul wan in the department office to press her sausage fingers on a mouse click no more than five times when she's supposed to be there working anyway.

    It's more than that. They have to then organise and set up the repeat exams, have people invigilate the exams and then have people correct the exams and see to any appeals there after.

    I'm sure the hefty fee is also meant to work as a deterrent.

    No repeat fees in Trinners though! :pac:


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    #102
    jsd1004
    Registered Users Posts: 712 ✭✭✭jsd1004


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Here in Galway, Woodies DIY had 11W CFL bulbs for eur0.59 recently, and may still have.

    I bought them for 20p sterling in belfast but i guess they are being sold below cost.


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    #103
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    skeptik wrote: »
    not if you live where I do, the tap water is poison

    It's ok where I am anyway. Bottled water for you so.


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    #104
    jsd1004
    Registered Users Posts: 712 ✭✭✭jsd1004


    MaxSteele wrote: »
    Delis who offer 3 to € 3.50 lunchtime offers for chicken fillet rolls with any filling of your choosing......

    50c extra for cheese :mad:

    Fu*ck off you're alright.

    Have you bought cheddar cheese and do you realise how much it is. I think thats very reasonible. A breast of chicken is 1 euro, a baguette 50 cent..before you pay for the oven,electricity,staff,rent, rates ,napkins, tinfoil, vat, taxes, :rolleyes:


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    #105
    MaxSteele
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭MaxSteele


    Larianne wrote: »
    It's more than that. They have to then organise and set up the repeat exams, have people invigilate the exams and then have people correct the exams and see to any appeals there after.

    I'm sure the hefty fee is also meant to work as a deterrent.

    No repeat fees in Trinners though! :pac:

    Ya whoores :p

    All they have to do is type up names, a timetable and send a few emails. The lecturers are the ones who write them up and supervise. I'm talking about different departments for different faculties too.

    Using money as a deterrent doesn't work either. Some people genuinely struggle with certain subjects. Heathens the lot of them !


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    #106
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    For the price of the two haircuts you could buy a hair clippers and give them several haircuts for €20. Number 4 all over is simple to do.
    We've already started doing that. My fella's the hairdresser now. They can't waste €10 of electricity in 5 minutes surely?


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    #107
    MaxSteele
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭MaxSteele


    jsd1004 wrote: »
    Have you bought cheddar cheese and do you realise how much it is. I think thats very reasonible. A breast of chicken is 1 euro, a baguette 50 cent..before you pay for the oven,electricity,staff,rent, rates ,napkins, tinfoil, vat, taxes, :rolleyes:

    Have you ever seen a deli at lunchtime on a working weekday ? mobbed to the gills, well the one I use does be.

    I don't think they need a minority of cheese eaters to cover the costs you mentioned.

    :rolleyes:


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    #108
    TheUsual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭TheUsual


    All you people moaning about the price of haircuts for kids, and doing it yourselves with some nasty LIDL/ADLI shearer, please rethink.

    We rely on tourism now so we don't want the whole country's kids running around looking like they have lice or mange.


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    #109
    Slunk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Slunk


    Any of the coffee or tea in delis or the likes. Same with coke etc. Like a previous poster said its an outrageous mark up. I can see cost prices where I work.

    Coffee - 0.07c
    Disposable Cup 0.10c
    Selling price 2.20

    Most stuff has a very healthy mark up but tea and coffee is where the money is made. Some of the bigger chains may even get it cheaper than this.


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    #110
    supernova84
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    Shaving cream/foam


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    #111
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    TheUsual wrote: »
    We rely on tourism now so we don't want the whole country's kids running around looking like they have lice or mange.

    What kind of tourism are you hoping for? The Gary Glitter type?


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    #112
    TheUsual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭TheUsual


    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    What kind of tourism are you hoping for? The Gary Glitter type?

    Now then, now then.
    Hows about that then.

    *rattle rattle jewelry jewelry*


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    #113
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    KKkitty wrote: »
    We've already started doing that. My fella's the hairdresser now. They can't waste €10 of electricity in 5 minutes surely?
    They have rent, rates, esb, insurance etc. to pay.


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    #114
    Michael Weston
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭Michael Weston


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    Prescription and non-prescription meds. Doctors visits too, €50 for a couple of minutes - you barely get to sit down before you're ushered back out to pay.

    This !! And no matter what is wrong with me the doc almost always prescribes Augmentin !!


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    #115
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    jsd1004 wrote: »
    You can get 1000 litres of coke for 250 euro..fcuking ridiculous remember the overheads and if you can beat it get in there and do it.

    you can buy a keg as well but you also need the soda water and gas and mixers


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    #116
    Carroller16
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭Carroller16


    I cant believe it hasn't been mentioned yet!

    Printer Ink


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    #117
    Siuin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,659 ✭✭✭Siuin


    Duff wrote: »
    Razor blades. Condoms.
    If your condoms are 'little things' then you're not just wasting your money, you're wasting your time :P


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    #118
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    MaxSteele wrote: »
    Repeat exam papers in colleges.

    Yeah I'm sure it really costs €70 in admin fees for some fat aul wan in the department office to press her sausage fingers on a mouse click no more than five times when she's supposed to be there working anyway.

    The price of repeats is so high so to encourage people not just casually fail exams... Hardly rocket science there tbh. I think it's a great system, the decent students who aren't just wasting Government resources don't pay.

    As for whoever said drinks in restaurants are expensive. They are pricey relative to the meal that you buy, but as someone who works in a hotel, there's nearly no money in the sale of food. The only money is in the drinks, and this has to cover all costs that a hotel has and leave a small margin in it for them. When you look at it that way, it's not as ludicrous as it might seem.

    In my opinion, McDonalds is ludicrously expensive for what you get. You pay near €8 and get a miserable burger, some skinny fries and watered down coke. You could nearly get a main course in some places these days for that.

    Clamping is one thing that makes me want to die inside, the sheer cost to get someone to take something off your own car drives me insane especially when the clamp is a close call too. Bastads...


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    #119
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    Siuin wrote: »
    If your condoms are 'little things' then you're not just wasting your money, you're wasting your time :P

    He'd be wasting his time using them on you anyway. Unless he had a roll of carpet in beside it


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    #120
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    They have rent, rates, esb, insurance etc. to pay.
    Per client in any given 5 minute period does it really cost that much?


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    #121
    The_Gatsby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭The_Gatsby


    The bus! It's €2.65 to get into town from where I live. And the service is ****e as well, buses every half hour. They should be coming every 15 minutes at least and there should be a flat fare of €2


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