Shít that people pay over-the-odds for

whisky_galore · 17-09-2018 11:46AM

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.

filbert the fox · 17-09-2018 11:52AM

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

Zebra3 · 17-09-2018 11:56AM

Politicans’ pensions.

razorblunt · 17-09-2018 11:57AM

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.

xzanti · 17-09-2018 11:58AM

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.

whisky_galore · 17-09-2018 12:02PM

Tickets sold by touts. They should be boycotted.

Junk sold in 'vintage' shops.

FixdePitchmark · 17-09-2018 12:05PM

IKEA

Your Face · 17-09-2018 12:05PM

Delivery charges.

StupidLikeAFox · 17-09-2018 12:06PM

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.

BrokenArrows · 17-09-2018 12:06PM

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.

EdgeCase · 17-09-2018 12:09PM

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

filbert the fox · 17-09-2018 12:14PM

Tea

I teabag .000000000000000000001 cent

cuppa €3

Stone Deaf 4evr · 17-09-2018 12:23PM

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?

17-09-2018 12:25PM

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

Feisar · 17-09-2018 12:28PM

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.

valoren · 17-09-2018 12:32PM

Feisar · 17-09-2018 12:32PM

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.

jester77 · 17-09-2018 12:38PM

Women's cosmetics

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

ceegee · 17-09-2018 12:40PM

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

17-09-2018 12:45PM

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.

duffman3833 · 17-09-2018 12:55PM

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

freshpopcorn · 17-09-2018 01:03PM

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

mikemac2 · 17-09-2018 01:04PM

Handbags

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

K.Flyer · 17-09-2018 01:10PM

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

17-09-2018 01:12PM

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.

Discodog · 17-09-2018 01:15PM

IPhone €1000
Xiaomi Pocophone €300

The difference is Xiaomi don't spend money on marketing & don't look to make a huge profit.

But it's the iPhone owner who is perceived as the clever one.

Peatys · 17-09-2018 01:18PM

B-D-P-- wrote: »

Soft, I use a rusty Stanley blade.

Soft, i use a sharpened rock

Peatys · 17-09-2018 01:20PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Also, I like to have Sky Sports properly not streamed and this is the best way.

Have you tried Ace Streams?

ginandtonicsky · 17-09-2018 01:21PM

jester77 wrote: »

Women's cosmetics

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

Burns a perpetual hole in my pocket.

Skincare takes the biscuit.

Paid €60 for a small tub of moisturiser last night. For a full skincare routine, you've got cleanser, toner, eye cream, moisturiser, acid peels and sheet masks, deep clay cleansers all of which can cost multiple hundreds of quid depending on the brand.

And that's before you get to the anti-aging stuff, because there's of course a premium on women for daring to get older, the cheeky bastids. Prescription retinoids, otc retinol, vit C serums....

Eggs For Dinner · 17-09-2018 01:21PM

The HSE is the worst value for the money spent on it

Shít that people pay over-the-odds for

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