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Shopping in Northern Ireland

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  • #1952
    meanmachine3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 551 ✭✭✭meanmachine3


    meanmachine3 wrote: »
    there seems to be alot of other places mentioned besides newry and was thinking of going to enniskillen but will ask the following.
    sprucefield     or enniskillen? for shopping. now part of shopping would be for a camcorder
    what i should've asked is out of the two sprucefield and enniskillen which is the better for shopping up north?


  • #1953
    josh59
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭josh59


    321654 wrote: »
    I have a solution. Someone should start a delivery service where they will pick up goods for us up the north for a small fee and deliver them down here.

    I understand from a contact in the motor trade that every other panel beater in the South has been buying their parts from the North and having them delivered down here for the past number of years.


  • #1954
    LordSutch
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    Anyone know the answers to Post#1942


  • #1955
    Our man in Havana
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    Camelot wrote: »
    What about buying a TV Up North? and would it be compatable in the South?

    Many years ago I brought a TV over from England and it only received some stations here, due to some UHF/ VHF difference between UK signals & here!

    PS is Enniskillen a good place to go shopping up North?
    TVs should be compatible. Most UK sets now include freeview which is no use to you down here in the south.

    Enniskillen is as good as anywhere else tbh.


  • #1956
    Dooish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭Dooish


    Bond-007 wrote: »
    TVs should be compatible. Most UK sets now include freeview which is no use to you down here in the south.

    Enniskillen is as good as anywhere else tbh.


    btw you will be be able to get freeview around the border counties from the north's signal


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  • #1957
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,877 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Camelot wrote: »
    Anyone know the answers to Post#1942
    I have always bought TVs in the north and never had any problems. If in doubt the lads in the terrestrial TV forum will tell you for sure.

    Dooish wrote: »
    btw you will be be able to get freeview around the border counties from the north's signal
    Not in all cases. Im in the Finn Valley area of Donegal and cant pick up freeview. I have clear sight of the transmitter outside of Strabane but as its not freeview enabled yet no one can get the digital signals. Not due to go digital either till 2011.


  • #1958
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    If you receive VHF signals (eg, Truskmore transmitter, or analogue cable sometimes), you'll need to make sure the UK TV has VHF tuner, as some don't (Panasonic is one brand that can vary).

    If, however you just use a digital box like Sky or NTL/UPC, or your analogue channels are all UHF (like muffler), you'll be grand regardless.


  • #1959
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,770 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    Went to Newry on Friday and left the house in Drogheda at 9AM and was parked in the Quays by 9:45. No queues, no delays and lots of parking. Early birds and worms etc., although I didn't think I was massively early tbh.


  • #1960
    Luckycharm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭Luckycharm


    Well I finally went up north on Sat - traffic was quite bad coming into Newry but bar that fine. I got a Wii in smyths newry €171 when converted cheapest here €240 - bought a load of stuff in Tesco banbridge non perishables - was staying in a hotel in Bettystown New tesco 2 mins walk away went in and some things were 3 times the price like razors, wine - a litre of baileys €10.70 40 miles up the road €27 in tesco in Bettystown. Brillant clothes shopping in outlets in Banbrigde- Trousers in gap there €7!!

    I avoided Newry bar smyths which outside the town and went straight to the outlets in Banbridge some brillant bargains there, missus got a top from Oasis there which she saw before Xmas in Dundrum for €75 she got it for £10.


  • #1961
    positron
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    delly wrote: »
    Went to Newry...

    I will bring this to the attention of Drogheda Leader etc - name and shame delly! :D

    I was coming back from North yesterday, so stopped by Asda, price difference on some items were unbelievable. Same brand face wash Dunnes €6.49, £Asda 2.69, the Indian curry jars - Dunnes €2.49, Asda £1 etc. Service was superb too!

    The shop owners here can cry fowl but unless they themselves AND government does something, there is going to be nothing but corner shops in the border counties.


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  • #1962
    spockety
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    positron wrote: »
    I will bring this to the attention of Drogheda Leader etc - name and shame delly! :D

    I was coming back from North yesterday, so stopped by Asda, price difference on some items were unbelievable. Same brand face wash Dunnes €6.49, £Asda 2.69, the Indian curry jars - Dunnes €2.49, Asda £1 etc. Service was superb too!

    The shop owners here can cry fowl but unless they themselves AND government does something, there is going to be nothing but corner shops in the border counties.

    On the other hand, as UK producers find it more and more expensive to import the goods they need to make these things, you might find prices there going up.

    Similar with electronics.. I mean Sony aren't going to sell TV's to the UK suppliers at the old exchange rate.............


  • #1963
    dlambirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dlambirl


    Hi everyone.

    Where are there good furniture stores in the north??

    Was in Navan yesterday and the prices on some things were shocking - never mind the so called "sale"


  • #1964
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,770 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    positron wrote: »
    I will bring this to the attention of Drogheda Leader etc - name and shame delly! :D
    Haha, i laughed when I saw that article, talk about kissing up to the advertisers.


  • #1965
    jister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭jister


    spockety wrote: »
    On the other hand, as UK producers find it more and more expensive to import the goods they need to make these things, you might find prices there going up.

    Similar with electronics.. I mean Sony aren't going to sell TV's to the UK suppliers at the old exchange rate.............

    While there is bound to be some noise in the system at the moment due to recent currency fluctuations it appears that there is an awful lot of stuff that would have been 30% cheaper over the last few years had we known about it.

    The problem now is that everybody has copped it, we can all go online and crosscheck prices, we know where the stores are, when the best time to travel is, what to buy at a big discount etc.

    Even if sterling goes back to 0.8 people will still travel due to the huge differences IMO.


  • #1966
    Tazz T
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,223 ✭✭✭Tazz T


    Spent the past week in Derry and used the credit card a lot. When purchases were exchanged into € by my bank the difference was nominal. Unreal bargains to be had. Many of the shops are now giving £1=€1.

    A pint of Guinness in JD Wetherspoons works out at €2.30. Two meal inthe same establishment (fish and chips and cottage pie) came out at €7. So under €5 each for a decent bit of grub and a pint. You'd be lucky to get a pint for under a fiver in Dub.


  • #1967
    smashey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    Tazz T wrote: »
    A pint of Guinness in JD Wetherspoons works out at €2.30. Two meal inthe same establishment (fish and chips and cottage pie) came out at €7. So under €5 each for a decent bit of grub and a pint. You'd be lucky to get a pint for under a fiver in Dub.
    You should try their curry night. ;)


  • #1968
    zokrez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭zokrez


    Received an AIB Credit Card bill today for purchases recently made in the north and it is stated "Includes a Currency Conversion Fee of 1.75%"


  • #1969
    parsi
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    jister wrote: »
    While there is bound to be some noise in the system at the moment due to recent currency fluctuations it appears that there is an awful lot of stuff that would have been 30% cheaper over the last few years had we known about it.

    In respect of electronics and the like there wasn't a significant difference before sterling plunged (1 year ago 74p sterling bought a euro, 2 years ago 67p bought a euro) probably due to the proliferation of fixed recommended prices.

    Remember that now we go up north because cheap beer is cheap as chips but for the past good few years the UK'ians were going across the English Channel because cheap beer was as cheap as frites due to their strong exchange rate and lower French duty.


  • #1970
    navannoel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭navannoel


    zokrez wrote: »
    Received an AIB Credit Card bill today for purchases recently made in the north and it is stated "Includes a Currency Conversion Fee of 1.75%"

    AIB introduced this fee in October of 2008 and it is 1.75% for use of card in Europe and 2.25% for rest of the world:mad:


  • #1971
    Daz R1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭Daz R1


    "AIB introduced this fee in October of 2008 and it is 1.75% for use of card in Europe and 2.25% for rest of the world"


    There not the only ones BOI are doing the same ,just noticed on my statment for our trip up last week :mad:


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  • #1972
    beolight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭beolight


    delly wrote: »
    Haha, i laughed when I saw that article, talk about kissing up to the advertisers.

    me too

    but i do remember the same paper regularly carrying full page sometimes 2 page adverts from sainsburys


  • #1973
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭bogman


    1.75%
    Wouldnt expect anything better from BOI or AIB
    Typical


  • #1974
    leex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭leex


    bogman wrote: »
    1.75%
    Wouldnt expect anything better from BOI or AIB
    Typical


    I'm not a fan of any of the banks but is this not fairly standard anway. I moved from MBNA to BOI recently and IMO am seeing better conversions with BOI.

    If you go into bank to buy sterling you pay commission. Similarly if you take money from ATM up there.

    I see PTSB are "up to 1.75%" also for non Euro transactions
    Ulster Bank is 2%


  • #1975
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,770 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    Just as an FYI, I checked my AIB credit card online and for £249 it cost me €264 which i'm more than happy with.


  • #1976
    sudo911
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭sudo911


    Seems Euro's rally against Sterling is running out of steam?

    €1 = .91p today.


  • #1977
    Bluetonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,588 ✭✭✭Bluetonic


    sudo911 wrote: »
    Seems Euro's rally against Sterling is running out of steam?

    €1 = .91p today.
    Currencies fluctuate, thats a fact of the markets. It's late December rush towards parity was unsustainable in the short term, which doesn't mean it won't head towards parity again soon. You'll find a lot of long positions on eurgbp are now taking their profits.


  • #1978
    sitstill
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    And I was going to go to Belfast this weekend :(


  • #1979
    greenman09
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    sudo911 wrote: »
    Seems Euro's rally against Sterling is running out of steam?

    1 = .91p today.


    88p in ptsb. Dropped 4p since yesterday


  • #1980
    flanzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,148 ✭✭✭flanzer


    sudo911 wrote: »
    Seems Euro's rally against Sterling is running out of steam?

    €1 = .91p today.

    That's only because the ECB are rumoured to be decreasing interest rates again in the coming weeks. Don't worry, the Bank of England will follow suit, thus weakening the sterling yet again


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  • #1981
    eden_my_ass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭eden_my_ass


    I might be wrong but I think its the other way around, the Bank of England are expected to drop rates this Thursday, but what the ECB do next week is still up in the air....possibly .5% cut....either way sterling is likely to continue its slide once that uncertainty is cleared up


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