Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Mysterious Christmas razor blade seller people.

  • 14-12-2012 1:21am
    #1
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭


    You know those people who sell razor blades on Henry street around Christmas? I don't get the racket, how can they sell them so cheap? How is it worth their while? Why don't they sell them all year round?

    Are they

    a) Smuggled or stolen something?

    b) Counterfeit blades? Is that a thing?

    c) A cover for something much more profitable that I'm too pure and naive to know about.?

    Educate me, After Hours.


Comments

  • #2
    Tom_Cruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 734 ✭✭✭Tom_Cruise


    Im not sure what they are, sorry.


  • #3
    Nailin4Whales
    Site Banned Posts: 29 ✭Nailin4Whales


    Have you tested them yourself to see are they any good?

    Might be tempted myself, have the annual shave before Christmas coming up. I only see my relatives at Christmas so they think I don't have a beard.


  • #4
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    jill_valentine wrote: »
    You know those people who sell razor blades on Henry street around Christmas? I don't get the racket, how can they sell them so cheap? How is it worth their while? Why don't they sell them all year round?

    Are they

    a) Smuggled or stolen something?

    b) Counterfeit blades? Is that a thing?

    c) A cover for something much more profitable that I'm too pure and naive to know about.?

    Educate me, After Hours.


    If only there was a forum for all things Dublin?!


  • #5
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    cos they fell off the back of a truck, isn't that the normal line given by those sellers?


  • #6
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    The answer is: b) Counterfeit blades? Is that a thing?

    Yes it is.

    Buy some for yourself, partner. You'll get blades that are blunt, fall out, have side supports fall out (springy tab that keeps blade in place), or the lubristrip will not do your face any favours..

    One of the Irish channels covered the Christmas stalls a while back, I'm leaning towards TV3, but I think RTE also did a feature.

    Click on my Sig. (below) to be transported to the land of Lather..


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    franktheplank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭franktheplank


    They anal probed me once.


  • #8
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,218 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    The thing is each stall on Henry Street has to have a license in order to sell there...

    So yeah. They be selling stolen or counterfeit goods in plain view. For everyone to see. Makes you laugh :)


  • #9
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    So yeah. They be selling stolen or counterfeit goods in plain view. For everyone to see. Makes you laugh :)

    TV3 did a piece in 2010, as far as I can remember.

    Here's a boards.ie thread about it: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76471495

    MAC make up is still available at startling prices.


  • #10
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Chucken wrote: »
    If only there was a forum for all things Dublin?!

    Yeah... After Hours.


  • #11
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    Razor blades are among the most stolen items in supermarkets.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4477596.stm

    http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/319479_Razor-blades-entice-thieves.html


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Tom_Cruise wrote: »
    Im not sure what they are, sorry.

    They're mainly used to trim or shave off facial hair.


  • #13
    wyndham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭wyndham


    They are fake and dangerous.

    http://fakeblades.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/gillette-fusion-power-cartridge-comparison/


  • #14
    RustyNut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭RustyNut


    franktheplank wrote: »
    They anal probed me once.

    With dodgy razor blades ?
    How much extra was this service?


  • #15
    mconigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    A better question is where do these people come from?

    What do they do the other 11 months of the year! :confused:


  • #16
    wyndham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭wyndham


    mconigol wrote: »
    A better question is where do these people come from?

    What do they do the other 11 months of the year! :confused:

    On the scratcher, year round.


  • #17
    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    If I'm going to drag a blade across my face, I'm certainly not buying it off Anto on Henry Street. I'm too pretty, it's just not worth it.


Advertisement