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Range Store ripoff

  • 29-01-2017 05:24PM
    #1
    aujopimur
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    I purchased an item in the new Range Store in Cork today, sticker price £9.99.
    I checked the receipt to find the Irish price €14.90.
    When the Euro was at it's worst against Sterling I never saw a ripoff like this.


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  • #2
    Allinall
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    aujopimur wrote: »
    I purchased an item in the new Range Store in Cork today, sticker price £9.99.
    I checked the receipt to find the Irish price €14.90.
    When the Euro was at it's worst against Sterling I never saw a ripoff like this.

    I don't understand.

    Did you buy it without knowing how much you were paying?


  • #3
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    Allinall wrote: »
    I don't understand.

    Did you buy it without knowing how much you were paying?

    A lot of the stock is priced in sterling, at todays exchange rate I would have expected Euro price in the region of €11.50 - €12.00.


  • #4
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    What about the vat difference?


  • #5
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,388 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    aujopimur wrote: »
    A lot of the stock is priced in sterling, at todays exchange rate I would have expected Euro price in the region of €11.50 - €12.00.
    A huge % of the stock in bookshops have had sterling prices on them for decades now, it is nothing new. I never expect to get books or magazines clothes etc based on the current exchange rate, decades of experience has shown me it is usually a fair bit higher.

    Your example is pretty normal, I would have expected it to be a bit worse, especially with the wildly fluctuating rates nowadays.


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