Just Got Back From Lanzarotte

Degsy

Which is 2750 miles from ireland,in the atlantic,off the coast of africa.They have practicly no fresh water,they dont brew beer there,they have no cattle herds and for all practical purposes everything has to be imported.WHY then is it 1.50 for a pint of beer there when we brew the stuff up the road and its usually a fiver or so.Why is a four course meal in a restaraunt around a tenner(starter,steak,desert,drink) there when we'd be lucky to get a starter for that when we have the worlds supply of cattle,vegetables and potatoes?Am i missing something here?


oh yeah,
200 cigarettes is 16euro over there wheras its 6.60 for twenty here and we manufacture them in Dublin..

Guy:Incognito

Well for a start , on what the people earn over there, thats probably about as much as they can afford to pay.

OfflerCrocGod

Indeed their wages are probably below €19000 on average.

fade2black

And there's no way you got a dinner for that over there. All prices advertised over there seem generous but then you have to slap on the 5% VAT and the €4 they charge ya for a glass of coke.

grimloch

Degsy wrote:

200 cigarettes is 16euro over there wheras its 6.60 for twenty here and we manufacture them in Dublin..

They don't have those tobacco taxes we have here afaik. You can buy a box of cubans, or used to be able to buy a box, of 25 for 50 euro or maybe even less.

the_syco

Stekelly wrote:

Well for a start , on what the people earn over there, thats probably about as much as they can afford to pay.

Well... since they import it, they must get it somewhere, and business don't give it to a country cos they can't afford the real price.

Blame the TD's who voted themselves a €200 a week pay rise, wasted a billion or so on e-voting machines we never used, and is being stored away by a TD's mate, and who payed the Luas people 3 times the amount it takes for NASA to lauch a mission to the moon!!!

Guy:Incognito

the_syco wrote:

Well... since they import it, they must get it somewhere, and business don't give it to a country cos they can't afford the real price.

No but the government dont add half as much tax to things because people wouldnt be able to afford to buy them. If the wages in Lanzarote start to rise, so will the prices.

Degsy

fade2black wrote:

And there's no way you got a dinner for that over there. All prices advertised over there seem generous but then you have to slap on the 5% VAT and the €4 they charge ya for a glass of coke.

Try the Red Dragon chinese restaurant in puerto del carmen.Its a four course meal for ten euro with a FREE bottle of wine AND a few free belts of sake,5% vat on that if i'm not mistaken is 50 cents..

Of course if you go to dives like the Shamrock-leprachaun-mcginty's-travellers-irish-tricolour-up the dubs style place you might well be charged 4 quid for a glass of coke

SickCert

And there's no way you got a dinner for that over there. All prices advertised over there seem generous but then you have to slap on the 5% VAT and the €4 they charge ya for a glass of coke.

I have to say we were getting a evening meal for 3 adults for €60.

That was 2 steaks , one chicken dinner.
Bottle of house white
Vodka and coke
2 waters.
3 desserts.
2 irish coffees.
2 cokes for the youngster.

Now the thing i noticed to watch out for is the size of coke.
A standard glass was about €2, but if you went large (pint) €4.20.

We seemed to be milked in certain countries.
Watch out for Gran Canarias 50 cent toilet charge.