price of food in this country!?

PaschalNee wrote:

That's a pretty condescending. I'm getting a whole "let them eat cake" vibe.
I'm lucky enough to live in a house, but with the price of property these days people don't have much of a choice. Most people have to start with an apartment as they can afford little else.
Otherwise they are stuck renting (which is a bigger part of rip-off Ireland)

Yeah, sorry about that.
I get a bit annoyed when people complain about things they can change, but don't do anything to change them.

I went to norway and got the same reaction when i got back about Norway been expensive. It fact it was the opposite a little cheaper tah nhere and the supermarket wss alot cheaper.

When i lived in Canada here is one direct exapmle the small individual pizza was $2.99 pkus tax = $3.54 here the same pizza in pizza hut is €9.99. 300% more for the same pizza.

Terry wrote:

Ah would you stop pointing out the errors in my arguement and let me have my rant.
By the way, is that place actually worth going to?

I'd love to, if you'd stop making them!

It is and it isn't. If you're going to buy something very specific, don't bother. If you're going for wander, and possibly to pick up a pair of trousers, a pair of shoes, some sunglasses, a spatula... but aren't too bothered that it's a certain brand, or don't really care if you come home empty handed, then it's not too bad. Certain stores have one price on the label and it's often even cheaper once you get to the till. It's worth a visit once anyway, even if you never go again. Fortunately we have relatives nearby, so I've only ever gone in for curiosity. I wouldn't make the trek from Tipperary for it, but then again I'm not that bothered about where my clothes come from.

My favourite is the Radley shop. Mainly because I love the dogs, and if I bought a wallet for €70 I'd have very little left to put in it. Being a student sucks. (Nice new wallet for €29 this weekend, ta very much.)

There's a greengrocers near where I live in Dublin that sells fantastic fruit and vegetables far cheaper than it is in the supermarkets, despite it being in Donnybrook. Season dictates price too, so fresh seasonal veggies and fruit are ridiculously inexpensive. Tesco is crap when it comes to meat, but then again the butchers at home are fantastic, so I'm a bit spoiled.

sodrisc wrote:

jjbrien wrote:

I went to norway and got the same reaction when i got back about Norway been expensive. It fact it was the opposite a little cheaper tah nhere and the supermarket wss alot cheaper.

Have to disagree with this - was in Oslo a few weeks ago and found it to be way more expensive than Dublin. We ended up having to eat kebabs all the time as that was the cheapest thing - and they were the equivalent of 10 euro each from kippy takeaways...

A coffee was around 4 euro and a pint of beer was about 7 or 8. A bar of chocolate in a 7-11 was nearly 2 euro. Found the supermarkets to also be way more expensive than Ireland.

Iceland is also much more expensive than Ireland, but at least it's nicer than Norway so you don't mind spending the money!

You must have been going to one of the marks and spensor types in Oslo. O k there are two diffrences in norway you can go to 7/11 pay 15kr for a 500ml bottle of pepsi or go to rimi 2000 and pay 14kr for 2ltrs take your pick. Also if your spening. Also most of the local bars non tourist bars a beer goes for 35kr and its a much bigger beer i think 500ml or 600ml when i am drunk i dont pay much attenion to this. Also public transport is cheaper for 22kr you can buy one ticket and change from a bus to a tram and underground as much as need to get to your final destination.

Yeah, but it's HP.