€3.70 for a ham & cheese sambo!!

HelterSkelter

Tell me if I'm being a bit stingy here but is €3.70 for a Ham & Cheese sambo in Centra a bit of a rip-off!! Especially considering the same sambo cost €2.40 a few weeks ago. I complained to the manager of the shop but she thinks it's a reasonable price. She said it's €2.90 for the Ham sambo and 70c for the cheese. 70 fecking cent for a handful of cheese!!!

Anyway my lunch has increased by 33% for no good reason, I won't be going back there again.

Ph3n0m

and that is why I bring in my lunch every day

Or if you are near Fenian Street, there is a shop that does reasonably priced rolls and sandwiches - their prices are displayed so you know how much you are going to pay even before you buy one

mathie

Yeah I bring sandwiches too.

Think of the profit on that?

I know they've a business to run but please!

M

The General

If stupid people like you didnt give in and pay that much then it wouldnt be that expensive.
If centra weren't selling sambo's @ €3.70 each they would reduce the price!

Guy:Incognito

The General wrote:

If stupid people like you didnt give in and pay that much then it wouldnt be that expensive.
If centra weren't selling sambo's @ €3.70 each they would reduce the price!

Thats all well and good in theory, but try telling it to a publican.

Keyzer

Aye, we're dopes in the first place paying for it...
I got a salad in work recently, not much, the usual stuff, and its usually 2 euro's, I get to the till and its 3.40 Eur. I ask if thats the correct price and im told the price on salads has gone up... Fair enough, any justification I say?
The response was priceless...
"We weren't charging you enough in the first place"....

She spent the next five minutes separating all the stuff I got and putting it back in the right container...

GoneShootin

The General wrote:

If stupid people like you didnt give in and pay that much then it wouldnt be that expensive.

And if stupid people like you didn't insult people for no good reason my life would be a happier one.

Stix

3.70 is about average for a sandwich.

irlirishkev

You should try the shops in Eastpoint Business Park. It's extortion central in this place, or to put it another way, Extortion Centra!

Morgans

Not only was it ridiculously expensive in the first place, they decided to take you for another 10c for fun.

2.90 for the Ham sambo + 70c for the Cheese + 10c cheese-handling charge = 3.70.

Its all too easy for people to say - leave the sandwich at the till, and dont pay. Its far less embarrassing to take the hit once, and never go back.

The_Conductor

For Dublin- 3.70 is pretty run-of-the-mill for a sambo. I wouldn't have any major issue with it. I was charged 7.20 for a ham sandwich and a tepid cup of coffee in Buswells- that was rip-off. What I tend to do these days is simply buy a fresh demibaguette in Dunnes Stephens Green (50 cent) and make my own sandwich. Depending on the filling it can be a lot cheaper- and you get exactly what you want...... Prices are ridiculous....

magpie

"We weren't charging you enough in the first place"....

good old customer service, Irish style

10c cheese-handling charge

HelterSkelter

smccarrick wrote:

For Dublin- 3.70 is pretty run-of-the-mill for a sambo.

Not for a ham & cheese in a deli. It's take away, there is not even anywhere to sit down. And how come it was €2.40 a few weeks ago? All the other shops in the area are under €3. I will go to them today.

And as for bringing my own lunch in, it just doesn't taste the same. The stuff they use in the deli is nicer.

HelterSkelter

The General wrote:

If stupid people like you...

Shut your trap you muppet.

HelterSkelter

Morgans wrote:

Not only was it ridiculously expensive in the first place, they decided to take you for another 10c for fun.

2.90 for the Ham sambo + 70c for the Cheese + 10c cheese-handling charge = 3.70.

Its all too easy for people to say - leave the sandwich at the till, and dont pay. Its far less embarrassing to take the hit once, and never go back.

LMAO!!!

Kell

Try around €5.00 a sandwich in the Hungry Bear in Tallaght. Now Tallaght isnt exactly yuppie central.

I had been forewarned about the cost, but told the sambo's were "amazing". I had thought to myself, mmn, I think I will have some parma ham, some brie and top it off with some pesto, until I saw that the parma wasnt parma. When I bit into my ever so expensive sandwich, I also found that the pesto on my turkey and brie sambo wasnt pesto either.

Now what does one do in a situation like that. Do I go back with a half eaten sambo and say as loudly as I can to the owner "thats not pesto, and that stuff you are passing off as parma isnt parma, and you can refund me and everone else in the queue or I'll have you done for your goods not matching the description on your menu". I like knowing how food should be.

I think I will- next time.

K-

damnyanks

HelterSkelter wrote:

Not for a ham & cheese in a deli. It's take away, there is not even anywhere to sit down. And how come it was €2.40 a few weeks ago? All the other shops in the area are under €3. I will go to them today.

And as for bringing my own lunch in, it just doesn't taste the same. The stuff they use in the deli is nicer.

Buy the more expensive ham / random filling from the super market or health store or whatever. It will taste a lot better.

Don't buy brennans bread or any muck like that. Buy bread from a bakery.

The General

HelterSkelter wrote:

Shut your trap you muppet.

Who are you calling a muppet, all im doing is pointing out that the reason prices in ireland are so high for everything is because people don't shop around and they just pay whatever price is put in front of them.
If i ran a sandwich shop and i was charging €2 per sandwich and then realised that nearly all people would pay €5 per sandwich i wouldnt think twice about upping the price

The General

Kell wrote:

Try around €5.00 a sandwich in the Hungry Bear in Tallaght. Now Tallaght isnt exactly yuppie central.

I had been forewarned about the cost, but told the sambo's were "amazing". I had thought to myself, mmn, I think I will have some parma ham, some brie and top it off with some pesto, until I saw that the parma wasnt parma. When I bit into my ever so expensive sandwich, I also found that the pesto on my turkey and brie sambo wasnt pesto either.

Now what does one do in a situation like that. Do I go back with a half eaten sambo and say as loudly as I can to the owner "thats not pesto, and that stuff you are passing off as parma isnt parma, and you can refund me and everone else in the queue or I'll have you done for your goods not matching the description on your menu". I like knowing how food should be.

I think I will- next time.

K-

:rolleyes:
A bleedin sandwich is a sandwich, il tell ya what my sandwichs are 'super amazing' call into my house on your lunch break and il make you one there only €10

SkepticOne

The General wrote:

Who are you calling a muppet, all im doing is pointing out that the reason prices in ireland are so high for everything is because people don't shop around and they just pay whatever price is put in front of them.

I agree with this. If everyone took their business to the cheaper place (even a marginally cheaper place) then gradually prices would have to come down. Just complaining about something is not sufficient; you have take your business elsewhere. Most people don't care sufficiently though and so we have the high prices.

The General

HelterSkelter wrote:

Not for a ham & cheese in a deli. It's take away, there is not even anywhere to sit down. And how come it was €2.40 a few weeks ago? All the other shops in the area are under €3. I will go to them today.

And as for bringing my own lunch in, it just doesn't taste the same. The stuff they use in the deli is nicer.

Buy the same stuff they use in the deli :rolleyes:
rocket science = negative

bonkey

Stekelly wrote:

Thats all well and good in theory, but try telling it to a publican.

I coulda sworn the publicans were complaining about a fall-off in business even before the non-smoking ban came in.

Seems to me people have told them: "shove your exorbitant rates. I'll find alternative ways to fill my spare time."

Yes, there is an inconvenience cost in making your own lunch....just as there is in not going to the pub. You decide when that cost is worth paying.

Until then....complaining that other people are charging too much is dumb, because its still within the bounds of what you're willing to pay for what you get.

If you're willing to pay it, then they're not overcharging you.

jc

SkepticOne

I think one of the problems in Ireland is that we're all led to believe that we're super dynamic important people (Celtic Tiger and all that, more BMWs than Berlin etc.) and our time is extremely valuable; too valuable to be spending it making sambos. We're so successful that we don't care where we buy our hang sangwidges. People are embarrassed to be seen trying to save money.

kjt

SkepticOne wrote:

I think one of the problems in Ireland is that we're all led to believe that we're super dynamic important people (Celtic Tiger and all that, more BMWs than Berlin etc.) and our time is extremely valuable; too valuable to be spending it making sambos. We're so successful that we don't care where we buy our hang sangwidges. People are embarrassed to be seen trying to save money.

Very well said. Umm I'd love a ham and cheese sambo ryt now

Gillo

HelterSkelter wrote:

Tell me if I'm being a bit stingy here but is €3.70 for a Ham & Cheese sambo in Centra a bit of a rip-off!! Especially considering the same sambo cost €2.40 a few weeks ago. I complained to the manager of the shop but she thinks it's a reasonable price. She said it's €2.90 for the Ham sambo and 70c for the cheese. 70 fecking cent for a handful of cheese!!!

Anyway my lunch has increased by 33% for no good reason, I won't be going back there again.

Make your own lunch;
1; It's 100% cheaper than €2.40
2; You don't waste time waiting to be served
3; You know where the food has been and how many times it's been dropped on the floor

zAbbo

Loaf of Bread - 1.50
Block Of Cheese - 2.50
Cucumber - 1 euro

Bam, sambo's for a week

I'm in Dundalk, and the nearby Deli (Connollys - Old SC) charged me 4.50 for a Chicken Salad Sambo.

Yeah i payed for it then, cause i was hungry, but no never again.

The only sambo's ill buy are Tesco's which are usually 2euro

Wertz

I dunno...I was in a Spar in Lr Abbey St the other morning and got a superb breakfast roll for €3.60. It took me almost 10 minutes to get it down. Excellent value.
However strolled over to the Cuisine de Farce pastry stand and laughed at them wanting €1.50 for a bun consisting of puff pastry, hot air and a few nuts...I mean it's not that long since you could buy a good quality bun for about 50p...better than that precooked muck anyhow...

jesus_thats_gre

bazH wrote:

Loaf of Bread - 1.50
Block Of Cheese - 2.50
Cucumber - 1 euro

Bam, sambo's for a week

I'm in Dundalk, and the nearby Deli (Connollys - Old SC) charged me 4.50 for a Chicken Salad Sambo.

Yeah i payed for it then, cause i was hungry, but no never again.

The only sambo's ill buy are Tesco's which are usually 2euro

Ah now though.. The Coleslaw in Connolly's is savage though!! You have to admit that!! The Deli beside the Windmill Pub is great value.. Normally costs about 3 euro for a substantial (chicken, ham, coleslaw and cucumber) and very tasty roll.

PiE

SkepticOne wrote:

People are embarrassed to be seen trying to save money.

Bam.

dudara

hang sangwidges

can't beat them hang sangers!!

Seriously make your own. then you could have all the tasty fillings you like

the_syco

irlirishkev wrote:

You should try the shops in Eastpoint Business Park. It's extortion central in this place, or to put it another way, Extortion Centra!

The shop behind-right of the NTL building ain't that bad.

HelterSkelter wrote:

And as for bringing my own lunch in, it just doesn't taste the same. The stuff they use in the deli is nicer.

Buy the cheapest sh|t possible... and you'll find it tastes like the Deli stuff. You think they're gonna get the most expensive stuff, or something?

SkepticOne wrote:

I agree with this. If everyone took their business to the cheaper place (even a marginally cheaper place) then gradually prices would have to come down.

Example of this would be Tesco's petrol in Maynooth. Cos they've kept it lowish, all of the other lcal pumps have also kept it lowish. Go too far from Maynooth, and you'll see that the rest of the pumps are charging nearly 10cents more.

Wertz wrote:

I mean it's not that long since you could buy a good quality bun for about 50p...better than that precooked muck anyhow...

The place in Heuston Station sells yummy scones. Its the place on your right, when you come in the front door of the Station. Also, IIRC, they ain't that badly priced (the scones are big + filling).

=-=

For me, the place TopShop shop down a bit from Conyngham Road Garage, on the other side of the road, does nice food.

=-=

For a super-yummy breakfast role, there used to be (dunno if its still there) a place that did a HUGH breakfast role, for a farliy good price, on the back of Pearse Street garda station. You had to wait tho, as the food was cooked there and then(unlike the cooked-at-7am-role-that-your-getting-at-11am role is Spar, etc). The smell of the cooking would make you even more hungry.

Its only open in the morning, IIRC, closing at 12 noon, or 1pm. I'll find out one of these days.

/edit
The place I'm thinking of is below the "w" of "Townsend" in the picture.

Degsy

If you're ever in santry of a morning there's a great shop at the end of shanliss road beside the estate agents called Sarah's.It does a breakfast roll(2 sausages,2 pudding,2 rashers,one fried egg for 3.60 and its been that price for ages.Also if you want a bit of fried tomato or whatever as well they dont charge you for it!!

SouperComputer

best thing to do is batch process for sangers.

get the bestest gear you can. Savage HAM, cheese, coleslaw, phat bread.

instead of just making a sanger a night, make 3, maybe 4 on Sunday before the week and bang the rest in zippy bags in the fidge. They stay fresh you youl have yourself anything from 50 -80 yo yo's a week, have better sambos and no Q'ing!

zokrez

Yes there is difference between ham&cheese sandwiches. If one is used to eating easi-singles, picnic ham, sloppy coleslaw, egg mayonnaise and that is what a Spar or centra offer fine but a small individually owned sandwich bar usually offers a more tasty version although cheddar cheese in a large catering block is merely that. Have you ever seen the tubs of mayonnaise and coleslaw been delivered to these places ? Generally the same everywhere. A lot of the petrol stations offer sambos anything up to €4.85 for a white bread tasteless sandwich.

My favourite: the sandwiches at Avoca, Kilmacanogue in particular ~ €5 each. Bread baked on site, salads all home made, homemade pesto, real ham, real turkey, real parma ham. Cheaper take away in Suffolk Street for about 3.85. Now i know which I would prefer !

Oh yeah Gruel on Dame Street do a mean roll which changes every day depending on their roast of the day. I think they can be up to €6.30.

cashback

Got a chicken salad roll for €2.70 in Spar on Westmoreland street yesterday which surprised me.Didn't think you could buy a sandwich for less than €3 these days.

tman

SouperComputer wrote:

get the bestest gear you can. Savage HAM, cheese, coleslaw, phat bread.

slammin' cheese?
phresh coleslaw?
or should one just use common or garden variety products?

Orion

I was in Cafe Le Monde last week and they are charging €7.95 for a ham and cheese toastie! OK - you get a handful of Hunky Dorey's with it which makes it good value I suppose

Hannibal_12

irlirishkev wrote:

You should try the shops in Eastpoint Business Park. It's extortion central in this place, or to put it another way, Extortion Centra!

Ahh memories I use to work there, Does ol Centra still have a monopoly?? I can only imagine what they must be charging now.

biggles007

The General wrote:

If stupid people like you didnt give in and pay that much then it wouldnt be that expensive.
If centra weren't selling sambo's @ €3.70 each they would reduce the price!

While Paddy is stupid enough to pay, the price of everything will keep going up.

iand

firstly did you have a sandwich with parma ham or was it a turkey sandwich--they are actually different ??
all our parma ham is sliced off the bone by hand two or three times a week and is one of the finest parma hams available in ireland.
secondly the pesto you mentioned was actually a dressing made from fresh pesto and mayonaise as we found our customers prefered the milder taste and this is why it is called pesto dressing and not fresh pesto on our menu.
fresh pesto is available and all you have to do is ask.
also as for the cost of our sandwiches you failed to mention that at least half of them are priced at €4.15 each and they are made from home cooked ham and beef and the bread is also baked fresh every night and all the sandwiches are made to order.
so if you care to come in again and are not happy with what you get grow a set of balls and come up to the owner (thats me) and say so rather than hiding behind your computer and moaning about it !

Kell wrote:

Try around €5.00 a sandwich in the Hungry Bear in Tallaght. Now Tallaght isnt exactly yuppie central.

I had been forewarned about the cost, but told the sambo's were "amazing". I had thought to myself, mmn, I think I will have some parma ham, some brie and top it off with some pesto, until I saw that the parma wasnt parma. When I bit into my ever so expensive sandwich, I also found that the pesto on my turkey and brie sambo wasnt pesto either.

Now what does one do in a situation like that. Do I go back with a half eaten sambo and say as loudly as I can to the owner "thats not pesto, and that stuff you are passing off as parma isnt parma, and you can refund me and everone else in the queue or I'll have you done for your goods not matching the description on your menu". I like knowing how food should be.

I think I will- next time.

K-

Dellgirl

Now what does one do in a situation like that. Do I go back with a half eaten sambo and say as loudly as I can to the owner "thats not pesto, and that stuff you are passing off as parma isnt parma, and you can refund me and everone else in the queue or I'll have you done for your goods not matching the description on your menu"

I think she was pretty clear it was turkey?

yes she should have said it then and there but its quite difficult to do in the middle of the lunch rush because then everyone is held up.

Do you bake the bread yourselves? Thats pretty impressive if you do.