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Original thread here..... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=88733360#post88733360

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Graces7

Loopy wrote: »

Heard during the week of people at self service checkouts weighing big juicy avacados & selecting carrots on the fruit/veg menu.

That is theft.

Dan Jaman

Loopy wrote: »

Heard during the week of people at self service checkouts weighing big juicy avacados & selecting carrots on the fruit/veg menu.

It would be fun to hack the weighing machine to print out "Big Hairy Bollocks" on the receipt.

Dan Jaman

Liam28 wrote: »

Caught the end of a stinge story on the radio: someone swaps free range and cheap eggs between boxes, so pays cheap price for 6 free range. Tough for the next customer who picks the box of free range and gets the battery farm eggs.

More like theft - in fact, it actually IS theft.
I'd love to see some of these stinges charged and up in court for these kind of things. Might cause some of them to have a re-think.

2lazytogetup

1800_Ladladlad wrote: »

Went for a pint yesterday. Bought the first round. Fosters and a Heineken came to €6.40 . The fosters was €2.45 for the pint. A mate buys the second round, same as the first. I felt cheated out of €1.50 and thought of this thread, felt like the stingiest person :pac::(:P

Ha ha funny story

Loopy

Liam28 wrote: »

Caught the end of a stinge story on the radio: someone swaps free range and cheap eggs between boxes, so pays cheap price for 6 free range. Tough for the next customer who picks the box of free range and gets the battery farm eggs.

Heard during the week of people at self service checkouts weighing big juicy avacados & selecting carrots on the fruit/veg menu.

Thargor

Quazzie wrote: »

I remember a few years ago, Budweiser ran a promotion whereas when you downloaded their app you got a voucher for a free pint. I sat in the pub one day and downloaded the app on my phone therefore receiving my free pint. It was my local so I knew all the regular ould lads in the pub, so I went through their phones 1-by-1 and drank for the day without spending a penney

Orchard Thieves did similar a while back with their app, it was so sweet I had a headache after the 3 pints and never touched it again though.

Actually that just reminded me, remember when McDonalds were doing Tastes of America a few years back and the app was doing a Christmas raffle every day, most of the prizes were crappy vouchers but there were free coffees and free burgers and meals in there aswell, someone posted a link to a hacked version of the app on here that let you choose your prize, burgers every night for 2 weeks

(Does anyone actually remember that McDonalds story by the way? I dont tell people about it in real life anymore because it sounds like bullsh1t)

SuperS54

Liam28 wrote: »

Caught the end of a stinge story on the radio: someone swaps free range and cheap eggs between boxes, so pays cheap price for 6 free range. Tough for the next customer who picks the box of free range and gets the battery farm eggs.

That falls into the shoplifting bucket rather than stinge.

Tzardine

Liam28 wrote: »

Caught the end of a stinge story on the radio: someone swaps free range and cheap eggs between boxes, so pays cheap price for 6 free range. Tough for the next customer who picks the box of free range and gets the battery farm eggs.

Sure how would they ever know

Liam28

Caught the end of a stinge story on the radio: someone swaps free range and cheap eggs between boxes, so pays cheap price for 6 free range. Tough for the next customer who picks the box of free range and gets the battery farm eggs.

Tzardine

Kolido wrote: »

Did you not get a refund from the hotel that had the issue and could this not have paid for the new hotel?

The rest of the story I get.

Unfortunately not, it was an issue on our end and so we cancelled (It was not suitable for one of the guests that is disabled). As a result we were not entitled to a refund.

Kolido

Did you not get a refund from the hotel that had the issue and could this not have paid for the new hotel?

The rest of the story I get.

D Trent

Tzardine wrote: »

My wife is Spanish and we got married in her home town a couple of years ago. It was a really small event, just 11 guests. [/b{We wanted a really close wedding with just family and one or two friends.

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Hmmm...ðŸ€”

Tzardine

My wife is Spanish and we got married in her home town a couple of years ago. It was a really small event, just 11 guests. We wanted a really close wedding with just family and one or two friends.

It went on for a week and we laid on everything (including flights) for the guests. At the last minute we had a problem with one of the hotels we were going to be staying in for two nights near the end of the trip. We found an alternative hotel that we wanted everybody to stay in and we asked that they pay for that themselves as cash was tight right before the wedding. €79 euro a night for the room (not per person) No problem everybody said.

So we are in Spain and on the morning we were going to this hotel a friend of the wife says that herself and her partner were staying in another hotel. I asked why, and she says that she could not afford the hotel and they booked one a bit cheaper. She said they got one for €69 a night. Absolute stinge I thought. Both of them have well paid civil service jobs and they are splitting up the group for the sake of €20. Turns out it was the other side of the city. Imagine we were staying in Dublin city centre and they were staying in Lucan.

Best part is that we had two hire cars booked for the trip. She expected us to pick her up and drop her back each day to the hotel. I had a big barney with her and told her to get stuffed. She then asked to be let have one of the hire cars, which was not an option as she was not added as an additional driver.

Long story short, her stingyness trying to save €20 in the hotel cost her about €100 in taxis. Have not spoken to her since, the wife does but its a bit awkward.

pgj2015

that mike guy should have been left at the pub on the way home, cheeky prick calling you tight two times and you driving him all around the country.

ZzubZzub

Bought an mp3 for an ex as a gift, it was either Christmas or birthday.
It was faulty so went to exchange it but they didn’t have any of the same brand, so got a similar one that ended up cheaper (he picked it out).

He then said he should get to keep the change because the initial gift was €X amount, not €Y. I said the gift was an MP3 player, not an MP3 player of a set value.

I think in my youthful naivety, I let him keep the cash.

:rolleyes:

Roger Hassenforder

sligojoek wrote: »

In Nenagh in the 90s Murphys used t do a similar thing. You'd get a card and when you got 3 stickers you'd get a free pint. The whole town converted from Guinness to Murphys. I used to save up a few cards with 2 stickers till I was low on funds, then I'd go out and "buy one and get one free".

Funny enough, when the promo ended the town reverted back to Guinness and after a month you couldn't get Murphys anywhere. Pity as I preferred it.

jeez, that brings back memories.
you could get zippos and gear bags and all sorts of stuff.

Quazzie

tara73 wrote: »

I wonder more how the pub owners got their money back from Budweiser.

It was a country wide promotion so every time I presented a phone he took down the voucher number into a book, then he just gave the list to Diageo and they refunded him for them.

tara73

Paddy Cow wrote: »

That's brilliant :pac:

....awaits 5 pages debating whether or not Quazzie should have given the pints to the old men...

I wonder more how the pub owners got their money back from Budweiser.

sligojoek

In Nenagh in the 90s Murphys used t do a similar thing. You'd get a card and when you got 3 stickers you'd get a free pint. The whole town converted from Guinness to Murphys. I used to save up a few cards with 2 stickers till I was low on funds, then I'd go out and "buy one and get one free".

Funny enough, when the promo ended the town reverted back to Guinness and after a month you couldn't get Murphys anywhere. Pity as I preferred it.

Ciaran_B

SuperS54 wrote: »

I was at a Fosters promotion roughly 25 years ago whereby you got a voucher for each pint you bought and got a free pint with 2 vouchers. Was a slow day and the bar man didn't bother taking the vouchers off us so 8 hours or so of drinking Fosters for the price of the first 2 pints. I have never been, nor do I think I ever will be, so sick following a drinking session. It's been 25 years and I still remember not being able to hold down water for a full day, if you paid me enormous amounts of cash I would not drink that stuff again! Serves me right for stinging with the vouchers I suppose...

Years ago the bar in UCD used to have a Fosters promotion that sounds like the one you're describing - except it was 3 vouchers (Fosters dollars they were called) for a pint. I drank a lot of Fosters as a result. Couldn't look at a pint of it now.

Paddy Cow

Quazzie wrote: »

I remember a few years ago, Budweiser ran a promotion whereas when you downloaded their app you got a voucher for a free pint. I sat in the pub one day and downloaded the app on my phone therefore receiving my free pint. It was my local so I knew all the regular ould lads in the pub, so I went through their phones 1-by-1 and drank for the day without spending a penney

That's brilliant :pac:

....awaits 5 pages debating whether or not Quazzie should have given the pints to the old men...

Quazzie

I remember a few years ago, Budweiser ran a promotion whereas when you downloaded their app you got a voucher for a free pint. I sat in the pub one day and downloaded the app on my phone therefore receiving my free pint. It was my local so I knew all the regular ould lads in the pub, so I went through their phones 1-by-1 and drank for the day without spending a penney

SuperS54

mistersifter wrote: »

Where you getting fosters for 2.45 out of curiosity? That a normal price for that pis ,(which I will gladly start drinking if it costs that little)?

I was at a Fosters promotion roughly 25 years ago whereby you got a voucher for each pint you bought and got a free pint with 2 vouchers. Was a slow day and the bar man didn't bother taking the vouchers off us so 8 hours or so of drinking Fosters for the price of the first 2 pints. I have never been, nor do I think I ever will be, so sick following a drinking session. It's been 25 years and I still remember not being able to hold down water for a full day, if you paid me enormous amounts of cash I would not drink that stuff again! Serves me right for stinging with the vouchers I suppose...

1800_Ladladlad

mistersifter wrote: »

Where you getting fosters for 2.45 out of curiosity? That a normal price for that pis ,(which I will gladly start drinking if it costs that little)?

The weatherspoons in blanchardstown

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Greybottle wrote: »

The Dad of a good mate of ours passed away and he was buried down the country, about 3.5 hours drive from Dublin. 3 of us (myself, "Tom" and "Paul") , and a work colleague of his ("Mike") headed down, we took my car as it's the most suitable for 4 big lads on a journexy like that.

Left Dublin at 7.30, breakfast on the way, funeral at 12, back to a pub for a buffet and headed for the big smoke after 5.00.

The intention was to get a pub about 1.5 hrs from Dublin, have some food and watch the Liverpool-Real Madrid match. Got to a nice pub, went in, I said that I'm driving so I'll stay out of the round, one of the lads (Tom) got me a pint of Bulmers.

First round drank, Paul goes for the 2nd round, asks me what I'm having, so I order a bottle of Cidona and tip it into the Bulmers, it's a "Bulmers Shandy" and something I drink in summer if I'm driving.

That was drank.

Next round, it's half time. I've 3/4 of a pint left, Tom and Paul head out for a fag, then this Mike guy turns to me and call me a "tight fisted ****" for not ordering the next round; conveniently forgetting that he hadn't ordered one himself. I told him I wasn't in the round and the other two got me a drink as I was the driver. He reluctantly got up and got 3 drinks (I didn't want one anyway).

Food was ordered, I got a bowl of chips and a portion of fish goujons as I'd just be dozy driving later, Paul had a salad, the others ordered a dinner with dessert. Tom's dessert was profiterroles, which he shared with myself and Paul.

Bill for food comes to €57, my portion was €8.50. I threw in a tenner. Mike then calls me a tight prick,as he wanted it split 4 ways at €14.25 each. No sign of a tip here. I get thick with him and tell him to go fcuk himself. He then argued as we had shared in the dessert, then we are obliged to pay 1/4 of the total. We told him what to do with himself.

Back in Dublin, dropped Paul at the Red Cow Luas, dropped Tom off at Heuston as he lives near there, both gave me cash for the petrol and tolls.

Went to drop Mike off at the Luas beside Abbey St as he lives 10 mins walk away from a stop near Dundrum and he asked me to drop him home. I said i wouldn't, as I live on the northside and was knackered and he lived on the Luas. Also a pain driving across Dublin at night.

So he said "if I have to pay for the Luas, then fcuk your petrol money".

I have what he said recorded on the dashcam.

Tight little shlt.

Never met him before yesterday, never intend to meet him again.

What a class A K##t...
God the world is full of them..

[Deleted User]

Where you getting fosters for 2.45 out of curiosity? That a normal price for that pis ,(which I will gladly start drinking if it costs that little)?

1800_Ladladlad

Went for a pint yesterday. Bought the first round. Fosters and a Heineken came to €6.40 . The fosters was €2.45 for the pint. A mate buys the second round, same as the first. I felt cheated out of €1.50 and thought of this thread, felt like the stingiest person :pac::(:P

AndyBoBandy

MOD: May I remind you all, NO STINGE = NO POST/TOASTER DISCUSSION

Graces7

Markcheese wrote: »

That would have been priceless...
Of course you wouldn't be there to see it as you'd be gone...

Imagining is MUCH better....;)

Graces7

the purple tin wrote: »

Yeah, wait till he goes to the toilet and then leggit

Choking laughing here!