Went to use the Eircom payphone

Albert X

I went to use an eircom payphone today and was disgusted to find out it now costs a minimum of 2 euro to make a call, The last time I used a payphone it cost only 30 cent.

SeaFields

There are still payphones?!

Nabber

You can't just coast through life. Pay the 2 euro.

humbert

Hope you gave the operator a good tongue lashing.

kneemos

They were scarily expensive the last time I used one,about seven years ago,it just chewed up money for sport.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Do they still smell of piss?

coolhull

Albert X wrote: »

I went to use an eircom payphone today and was disgusted to find out it now costs a minimum of 2 euro to make a call, The last time I used a payphone it cost only 30 cent.

No wonder they're scarcer than hen's teeth. Why would anyone pay 2 euro when a call from a mobile costs 12 cent a minute?
That's 17 minutes of talk for two euro, surely enough for most people.

Albert X

coolhull wrote: »

No wonder they're scarcer than hen's teeth.

Still plenty around Galway city centre.

kneemos

I notice somebody has finally come up with the bright idea to use perispex rather than replace the glass every few weeks

Teyla Emmagan

And how bad was the smell OP?

some of them in limerick were turned into giant flower pots

Duggy747

Any time I ever need to use one some scummer already had hocked a thick chunk of phlegm on the ear piece.

gugleguy

What condition was the payphone in op? What ads were inside the phonebox? What creepycrawlees were making their home there. What sort of grafiitii was there ?

Pumpkinseeds

Jeez, 2 euro minimum. It's no wonder its mostly drug dealers and criminals that you see using them:D

wil

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Jeez, 2 euro minimum. It's no wonder its mostly drug dealers and criminals that you see using them:D

You forgot a certain man of steel.
AlbertX, Lois said can you get some milk if you are within 1000 miles of a shop.

CaSCaDe711

OP, the last time I was in any way "associated" with an Eircom phone box it was to seek shelter from a stupid-fast-harsh-wind-and-hail-in-your-face-mo-fo kind of storm last winter, that crap was hurting too much, too quickly, so needed cover a.s.a.p. ANYWAYS, I have various Eircom Public Phone cards here from a few years ago, many with pics of Irish international footballers on them, all have various values of credit, you can have the lot for a few Euro if you want. PM me if interested, I can then head to the nearest phone and tally up the total credit available :-)

the groutch

it's probably a combination of

- usage being so low that they need to charge more to cover the fixed costs associated with them.
- it only being tourists that really use them any more, so they can justify the cost as they know tourists will pay that much
- having an alterior motive of getting usage so low that they can justify their complete removal

smileyj1987

Albert X wrote: »

I went to use an eircom payphone today and was disgusted to find out it now costs a minimum of 2 euro to make a call, The last time I used a payphone it cost only 30 cent.

Next time just use your mobile phone .

rizzodun

the groutch wrote: »

it's probably a combination of

- it only being tourists that really use them any more, so they can justify the cost as they know tourists will pay that much

Tourists and people still stuck in the 90's

Albert X

I think eircom might as well close them all down, I was just going to use one cause I was out of credit and I was not due to top up till Friday but when I saw that it costs 2 euro, I just topped up my Mobile today.