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Shít that people pay over-the-odds for

[Deleted User]

Was sent to the offie yesterday for a bottle of birthday Moet. 56 fcuking quid for a bottle of cheap wine with some bubbles in it.

I defy anyone to tell me they could tell the difference between that bottle and one that costs 15 quid.

What else is over-rated relative to what is costs to produce? Those ridiculously expensive liqui-tabs? Persil must make a fortune on those. Shop-bought paracetamol?

I'm bitter AF about that Moet, tbh.

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[Deleted User]

mikemac2 wrote: »

Handbags

I don’t understand why some cost 200 never mind 2,000 !

K.Flyer wrote: »

Handbags, who in their right mind pays thousands, or tens of thousands, for a handbag?

'Fur coat, no knickers' comes to mind.

K.Flyer

Handbags, who in their right mind pays thousands, or tens of thousands, for a handbag?

mikemac2

Handbags

I don’t understand why some cost 200 never mind 2,000 !

freshpopcorn

Our local Delicatessen/cafe charges mad prices for meat/salads/cakes and it's nothing special. Yet locals can't get enough of it.

duffman3833

branded products such as kitchen roll, washing liquids etc why pay €8 for 2 kitchen roll when a store brand for a 1/4 price does same job, baffles me
Some branded foods do taste better but a lot of cheaper store brand items taste the same

[Deleted User]

ceegee wrote: »

Don't most of the odd shaped ones just get used as ingredients for processed foods?

No, my neighbour used to dump his rejected crop; even selling them at markets barely made a dent in what the supermarkets rejected.

You're right that consumers need to accept some responsibility here, though.

ceegee

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Supermarkets chains enforce the wastage of an insanely large amount of food by demanding uniform sizing and shapes of fruit and veg.

An oddly shaped tomato is just as good as a regular round one.

Don't most of the odd shaped ones just get used as ingredients for processed foods?
Also it's more a case of the buying public enforcing the wastage, can't blame supermarkets for not wanting to stock something that won't be bought

jester77

Women's cosmetics

Feck me, but they must be seriously gullible to pay those prices :eek:

Feisar

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

A saw mill? they're not exactly on every street corner now are they?

Fair lot of them around, just google saw mill and your town.

valoren

Feisar

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

IKEA

No, it's good value for money however you go in for a teapot and come out with a starting handle for a '57 Morris Minor and a load of assorted other tat.

[Deleted User]

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

A saw mill? they're not exactly on every street corner now are they?

Set up your own saw-mill, you layabout

Free hamster bedding for life

Stone Deaf 4evr

Graces7 wrote: »

You beat me to it. I used to ask when my dogs needed a hay bed. As it was just for bedding I got last years and free.

Any saw mill will be glad to get rid of shavings, sawdust etc.

A saw mill? they're not exactly on every street corner now are they?

filbert the fox

Tea

I teabag .000000000000000000001 cent

cuppa €3

EdgeCase

Jewellery, watches and handbags. It's unbelievable what some people will pay for a bit of 'bling'.

BrokenArrows

Weepsie wrote: »

The inflation in that time should be about a €50 quid increase. You've to go back 20 years for €1000 now to be €700 then. So it's some inflation, but it's marketing, and all that working.

The products are not made in ireland so Irish inflation has very little to do with it.

They are made in china by US owned companies. Chinas inflation is much higher.
The Euro to USD exchange rate also effects the price.

So say 600 euro in 2010 made Apple $860 USD. The exchange rate has changed so now 750 euro only makes Apple $855 USD.

So in 10 years apple is making roughly the same money in dollars even though its costs more in euros.

StupidLikeAFox

Deleted User wrote: »

Property.

The fact that people are queuing up all over again, to buy over-priced property in this country, will mean that a huge amount of cash will (once again) be sucked out of the economy over a 25 year period.

As someone mentioned on boards before one time, if a buyer borrows €250,000 over 25 years @ 4% rate of interest, they will eventually be paying back €395,000 over the term of the loan.

This of course, is not reflected on the price tag on the house when it is advertised in the estate agents.
So while people will complain about having over-paid for concert tickets, cars, hair-dos etc, no one will mention the elephant in the room.

You might have a point about property itself being overpriced, but a mortgage is likely the cheapest money you will ever borrow. That is a low interest rate, and over the life of the mortgage a lot of the cost of the mortgage is wiped out by inflation.

To use your own example, a house bought 35 years ago might have cost 25k, and over the lifetime of the mortgage would have cost 39.5k in total - small money in todays terms. Mortgages are also currently cheaper than renting for the most part and they allow you to build equity in an asset.

Your Face

Delivery charges.

FixdePitchmark

IKEA

whisky_galore

Tickets sold by touts. They should be boycotted.

Junk sold in 'vintage' shops.

xzanti

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Serves you right for buying stupid pets.
I think its time for the critters to "escape" and have escaped to a "better" life.
The kids will get over it.

I wouldn't. They are very much loved.

razorblunt

Clothes, especially designer. Don't get me wrong, I'm not an advocate of "buy everything in Penney's" but there's a middle ground there somewhere.

All trainers, especially Nike though.

Zebra3

Politicans’ pensions.

filbert the fox

Gemma Drab Semifinalist wrote: »

Tap water in Ireland is muck. I don't care is some report says it's the best water in Europe, it's still muck.

Now, if you have your own well, that's a different story.

yes, the entire population are suffering terribly

whisky_galore

Almost anything called 'Artisan' this or 'Gourmet' that.

High end restaurant meals that are tiny artistic splodges on the plate.

E-voting machines.

Most designer gear, pretty much all made in Asian sweatshops for pennies.

Brand name foods, often produced side by side in the same factory as the supermarket own brands.

[Deleted User]

Property.

The fact that people are queuing up all over again, to buy over-priced property in this country, will mean that a huge amount of cash will (once again) be sucked out of the economy over a 25 year period.

As someone mentioned on boards before one time, if a buyer borrows €250,000 over 25 years @ 4% rate of interest, they will eventually be paying back €395,000 over the term of the loan.

This of course, is not reflected on the price tag on the house when it is advertised in the estate agents.
So while people will complain about having over-paid for concert tickets, cars, hair-dos etc, no one will mention the elephant in the room.

Graces7

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Serves you right for buying stupid pets.
I think its time for the critters to "escape" and have escaped to a "better" life.
The kids will get over it.

:eek:

ohnonotgmail

why are people using hay for bedding? should they not be using straw?

Graces7

Gemma Drab Semifinalist wrote: »

Tap water in Ireland is muck. I don't care is some report says it's the best water in Europe, it's still muck.

Now, if you have your own well, that's a different story.

Yep; has to be treated though,Last rental I had with a well the water stank of rotten eggs. One after that was from a mountain stream that ran through a cattle yard and the owner went mental when I asked was it potable... On mains here and it is grand

The figures on EPA re pollution in domestic wells is scary.

Shanotheslayer

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Haven't bought a phone in well over 10 years, you d be surprised what people call rubbish

Your phone is rubbish compared to the latest ones.