6.20 euro for a chicken fillet roll? The Boom is Bollixed

Are we back to gouging, so, is that it?

Pissing rain earlier. Went into Centra while I was waiting for a mate to finish work.
"One chicken fillet roll, please; coleslaw and cheese, no butter"

Was charged over eight euro for that, and a bottle of water at the till.

I didn't make a scene, but I said "sorry I'm not paying that", and the lovely woman at the till kind of nodded at me in (maybe) agreement, so I went and ate elsewhere.

My questions are threefold:

Is gouging back?

And isn't it all just self-defeating?

And do you refuse to pay when being overcharged?

OldMrBrennan83

I'd pay and give out to someone later who couldn't do anything about it.

lawred2

I can't find it within myself to feel pity for anyone prepared to eat a chicken fillet roll from one of those rancid deli counters...

Twenty Grand

Maybe she pressed the wrong button on the till?

BrokenArrows

You were not overcharged.
That's the price and you didn't check it before you ordered.

Kingp35

lawred2 wrote: »

I can't find it within myself to feel pity for anyone prepared to eat a chicken fillet roll from one of those rancid deli counters...

You're missing out.

OldMrBrennan83

lawred2 wrote: »

I can't find it within myself to feel pity for anyone prepared to eat a chicken fillet roll from one of those rancid deli counters...

Our greatest culinary delight. There's nothing you could give me on any day of the week that I'd want more.

BrokenArrows

BrokenArrows wrote: »

You were not overcharged.
That's the price and you didn't check it before you ordered.

Overcharging is the request for a payment that is above and beyond that which is reasonable. Nobody was trying to cheat me, and this is only an illustrative example of a trend anyway.

Reati

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

I'd pay and give out to someone later who couldn't do anything about it.

The irish way!

lawred2

BrokenArrows wrote: »

You were not overcharged.
That's the price and you didn't check it before you ordered.

I believe he was undercharged...

there should be a 75% levy on that crap paid directly into a managed health service fund for the purposes of paying for his inevitable palliative treatment

punisher5112

BrokenArrows wrote: »

You were not overcharged.
That's the price and you didn't check it before you ordered.

Since when, most places it's €3 or €3.50....

I've seen it at €4.50 but never over €5 never mind €6.20 that is absolutely crazy and then chicken fillets are actually coming in from China.... Yes China....

Tell me how

lawred2 wrote: »

I can't find it within myself to feel pity for anyone prepared to eat a chicken fillet roll from one of those rancid deli counters...

I'd be willing to bet the cleanliness of a lot of deli counters is by a distance cleaner than many cafe/restaurant kitchens given the fact that it is right in front of the customers eyes.

As for the food, again, probably same ingredients/supplier/cooking method as your average lunchtime restaurant. Price is the main reason I stay away.

lawred2

Kingp35 wrote: »

You're missing out.

On coronary disease and bowel cancer

J Mysterio

You really configured that Chicken Fillet Roll poorly, I have to say.

OldMrBrennan83

lawred2 wrote: »

On coronary disease and bowel cancer

Chances are you'll get a cancer of some sort anyway. Or breaking something if you ever fall off that horse.

mattser

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Are we back to gouging, so, is that it?

Pissing rain earlier. Went into Centra while I was waiting for a mate to finish work.
"One chicken fillet roll, please; coleslaw and cheese, no butter"

Was charged over eight euro for that, and a bottle of water at the till.

I didn't make a scene, but I said "sorry I'm not paying that", and the lovely woman at the till kind of nodded at me in (maybe) agreement, so I went and ate elsewhere.

My questions are threefold:

Is gouging back?

And isn't it all just self-defeating?

And do you refuse to pay when being overcharged?

And of course you have to start a thread on this.
The onus was on you to check the price first.
You put a staff member to the trouble of preparing the roll, and then got the hump at the till.
The staff are the ones hard done by here, plus good food was wasted.

major bill

In what lovely post code of Dublin was this??

6.20 is a bit on the dear side, I don't think I'd have had the voice to say wasn't paying that, I'd have paid for it, walked outside and and never gone back!!!

I'd love a Chicken Roll now though!!!

JohnnyFlash

Was it a moody Eastern European who slapped it together for you? They sometimes count cheese as a second meat when they are over sulking at the pricing machine.

J Mysterio

J Mysterio wrote: »

You really configured that Chicken Fillet Roll poorly, I have to say.

Rubber chicken... coleslaw... cheese... all the major food groups, surely?

lawred2

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Chances are you'll get a cancer of some sort anyway. Or breaking something if you ever fall off that horse.

it's a fairly small horse

Always Tired

If things are that tight that the possible price fluctuations on a chicken fillet roll pose such a big danger, would you not find out the price (usually signposted) before ordering and making the staff member waste their time and the food?

Or make your own?

If we can't control rent prices in this country then we have little hope of reforming the chicken fillet roll industry.

JohnnyFlash

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Rubber chicken... coleslaw... cheese... all the major food groups, surely?

Mechanically separated chicken, Tyrant. Usually bound together with gristle, skin, and boiled connective tissue. Plenty of water, salt, preservatives and gumming agent as well.

dhaughton99

Reati wrote: »

The irish way!

The Boards.ie way!

GBX

Its not over priced to some and other will pay without complaint. You did right not paying for it though

AndyBoBandy

I came in here thinking a chicken fillet roll was some sort of sexual innuendo code word, and someone was giving/taking them for only 6.20, nd thinking 'sign me up for some of that'

mattser

mattser wrote: »

And of course you have to start a thread on this.
The onus was on you to check the price first.
You put a staff member to the trouble of preparing the roll, and then got the hump at the till.
The staff are the ones hard done by here, plus good food was wasted.

In my defence, as a protestant it is against my religion to pay anything higher than knock-down prices at a deli counter.

Time was when I used to pay 2.99 euro for a chicken fillet roll in Centra Dame Street. You'd nearly miss the recession, some times.

major bill wrote: »

In what lovely post code of Dublin was this??

Dublin 1, but in an area with a lot of office-blocks, which maybe explains it.

Stop dwelling on my bad culinary choices lads! Is gouging back, or what?

J Mysterio

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Rubber chicken... coleslaw... cheese... all the major food groups, surely?

Spicy chicken
Mayonnaise

Lettuce
Tomato
Red Onion



And... the piece de resistance.. Sweetcorn.

Plumbthedepths

mattser wrote:

good food was wasted.

I agree with everything you said except this part.

Cordell

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Mechanically separated chicken, Tyrant. Usually bound together with gristle, skin, and boiled connective tissue. Plenty of water, salt, preservatives and gumming agent as well.

No problem whatsoever, same as in frankfurters and mc chicken nuggets and luncheon meat and god knows what others. It's better to not know.

SteM

Some centras around rown were selling the same roll for €3.50 a few years back. They were overpriced then.

corner of hells

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Are we back to gouging, so, is that it?

Pissing rain earlier. Went into Centra while I was waiting for a mate to finish work.
"One chicken fillet roll, please; coleslaw and cheese, no butter"

Was charged over eight euro for that, and a bottle of water at the till.

I didn't make a scene, but I said "sorry I'm not paying that", and the lovely woman at the till kind of nodded at me in (maybe) agreement, so I went and ate elsewhere.

My questions are threefold:

Is gouging back?

And isn't it all just self-defeating?

And do you refuse to pay when being overcharged?

The reason is so expensive is because of the "rain tax".

OldMrBrennan83

I'd happy give someone a tenner for one right now. Butter, mayonnaise, grated cheese. Spicy or southern fried chicken.

**** it, I'm going to Centra.

OldMrBrennan83

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

I'd happy give someone a tenner for one right now. Butter, mayonnaise, grated cheese. Spicy or southern fried chicken.

**** it, I'm going to Centra.

(My best Latvian accent)

Six Tventy, please.

AndyBoBandy

just for anyone thats hungry now..

weldoninhio

punisher5112 wrote: »

Since when, most places it's €3 or €3.50....

I've seen it at €4.50 but never over €5 never mind €6.20 that is absolutely crazy and then chicken fillets are actually coming in from China.... Yes China....

€5 in SuperValu in Northside Shopping Centre. RIP off. Get the same up the road in Centra for €3.50

Airyfairy12

Dont shop in Centra/Supervalue they over charge and their foods not fresh, youre really better off supporting local businesses and buying from a small chain local shop. Much better value and better quality.

SEPT 23 1989

You would get a whole cooked chicken for that

quokula

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Dont shop in Centra/Supervalue they over charge and their foods not fresh, youre really better off supporting local businesses and buying from a small chain local shop. Much better value and better quality.

I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a local non-chain shop in my life that had a deli counter?

OldMrBrennan83

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Dont shop in Centra/Supervalue they over charge and their foods not fresh, youre really better off supporting local businesses and buying from a small chain local shop. Much better value and better quality.

Small chain shops tend to not have car parks.

Airyfairy12

quokula wrote: »

I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a local non-chain shop in my life that had a deli counter?

Well youre not looking hard enough

Fr_Dougal

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

In my defence, as a protestant it is against my religion to pay anything higher than knock-down prices at a deli counter.

LillySV

Dead right , leave it there. The reason why shops are starting to charge such ridiculous prices is cause fools are willing to pay it...don’t want to look mean spirited or tight in front of their friends..... would rather flash the cash... and you will find it is the ass that can least afford it that does it

Airyfairy12

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Small chain shops tend to not have car parks.

So? theyre on a street where u can park. Also ive been in plenty of small chain shops with a deli and a garage/petrol station attached with parking.

OldMrBrennan83

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

So? theyre on a street where u can park. Also ive been in plenty of small chain shops with a deli and a garage/petrol station attached with parking.

Not in this part of the world. I don't know a single petrol station around that isn't a big chain.

Finding street parking spaces is a pain in the hole.

killanena

There was an outrage recently in my town because a few local shops put there chicken fillet roll + can of coke or water from 4 euro up to 4.25 or 4.50..

Prices in the east of the country compared to the west are crazy :O

Turtyturd

GBX wrote: »

Its not over priced to some and other will pay without complaint. You did right not paying for it though

Most likely it was paid and nothing said but that doesn’t make as good a post.

J Mysterio

LillySV wrote: »

Dead right , leave it there. The reason why shops are starting to charge such ridiculous prices is cause fools are willing to pay it...don’t want to look mean spirited or tight in front of their friends..... would rather flash the cash... and you will find it is the ass that can least afford it that does it

Flashing the cash on a Chicken Fillet Roll!

That's fuçkin extravagant alright.
Look at me lads!

quokula

quokula wrote: »

I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a local non-chain shop in my life that had a deli counter?

This is why chain stores have ruined the term 'deli counter'.

A deli is supposed to be a delicatessen counter, a place that serves unusual or high-quality foods. You get them in lots of independent stores (not that I would know, I'm the one buying chicken fillet rolls from Centra), and they serve genuinely good, especially Mediterranean food.

What we call a 'deli' here is a complete joke (and quite a disgusting one).

Airyfairy12

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Not in this part of the world. I don't know a single petrol station around that isn't a big chain.

Finding street parking spaces is a pain in the hole.

Where are you living? there are small chain shops with delis everywhere, even little cafes and small restaurants often have little delis for takeaway sandwiches and food. Whats wrong with walking? Do you really need to be parked at the door?

Dont complain about the price of a roll in centra then refuse to shop anywhere else. Either pay the price or take your business else where.

vriesmays

How much would it cost to make your own.

OldMrBrennan83

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

This is why chain stores have ruined the term 'deli counter'.

A deli is supposed to be a delicatessen counter, a place that serves unusual or high-quality foods. You get them in lots of independent stores (not that I would know, I'm the one buying chicken fillet rolls from Centra), and they serve genuinely good, especially Mediterranean food.

What we call a 'deli' here is a complete joke (and quite a disgusting one).

Why did you go to one?