The difference is we're Irish...

02-09-2009 09:55PM #1

Thank you for buying Irish...

etc etc...

Is it just me or does anyone else find this very irritating as if it's a very effective clause that would make me want to buy this? Do they not realise I am sick of being ripped off by 'the Irish'?

So if something of equal or better value is German, French or whatever, why on God's earth do they think I will buy their overpriced under quality product?

I know I will have a wealth of people on here who will cry out for Irish jobs etc but I don't really care for that, if I can get better value elsewhere I will.

This isn't a rant but just highlighting a tacky strapline used by a lot of companies here. Anyone else got any others that are ridiculous?

:rolleyes:

Biggins · 02-09-2009 09:56PM

Jay D wrote: »

Thank you for buying Irish...

etc etc...

Is it just me or does anyone else find this very irritating as if it's a very effective clause that would make me want to buy this? Do they not realise I am sick of being ripped off by 'the Irish'?

So if something of equal or better value is German, French or whatever, why on God's earth do they think I will buy their overpriced under quality product?

I know I will have a wealth of people on here who will cry out for Irish jobs etc but I don't really care for that, if I can get better value elsewhere I will.

This isn't a rant but just highlighting a tacky strapline used by a lot of companies here. Anyone else got any others that are ridiculous?

:rolleyes:

Yea, this thread.

Buy Irish for gods sake and help your own if ya can afford it.
...If ya can't, don't pay the rip-off folk. End of story.

brummytom · 02-09-2009 09:58PM

It's about helping your own country's economy.. what's so wrong about that?

02-09-2009 09:59PM

Biggins wrote: »

Yea, this thread.

Don't worry I had braced myself for the first smart ass going for a load of thanks'

jackrussell007 · 02-09-2009 09:59PM

Jay D wrote: »

Thank you for buying Irish...

etc etc...

Is it just me or does anyone else find this very irritating as if it's a very effective clause that would make me want to buy this? Do they not realise I am sick of being ripped off by 'the Irish'?

So if something of equal or better value is German, French or whatever, why on God's earth do they think I will buy their overpriced under quality product?

I know I will have a wealth of people on here who will cry out for Irish jobs etc but I don't really care for that, if I can get better value elsewhere I will.

This isn't a rant but just highlighting a tacky strapline used by a lot of companies here. Anyone else got any others that are ridiculous?

:rolleyes:

spoken like a guy that doesnt have to worry about his job.

good for you. thats all that matters i suppose

TheZohanS · 02-09-2009 10:00PM

Oh dear...not another "I'll buy the cheapest things I can thread" and feck the Irish economy and their products and workers.

Then 6 months later, "I've been made redundant" because nobody is buying/paying for the goods and services that my company supplies...

chin_grin · 02-09-2009 10:01PM

Well wouldn't we not buy Irish to buy Irish is to buy Irish therefore I accidentally the whole thing.

Agent J · 02-09-2009 10:03PM

Just because its Irish doesnt mean you should be gouged by your own either.

Take a look at Dunnes stores EUR/GBP conversion rate on its products.
I've seen it as low as 0.50. There is no defence for that.

Or reflagging your ships to another country to get around Irish laws but still calling yourself "Irish" ferries.

Don't be blinded by patrioism and get taken advantage of your own either.

mink_man · 02-09-2009 10:07PM

ur too maaaaaaaaiiinnneeee to buy irish foods!

Dyr · 02-09-2009 10:07PM

Funny thing is in my local "irish" supermarket you have nothing but sanjits and karolina's employed there wearing t-shirts boasting about supporting irish jobs

While the big evil english supermarket has only local irish staff who've worked there for years...buy irish me arse. Irish profiteers.

chin_grin · 02-09-2009 10:11PM

Bambi wrote: »

Funny thing is in my local "irish" supermarket you have nothing but sanjits and karolina's employed there wearing t-shirts boasting about supporting irish jobs.

Yes that is a funny thing, but has absolutely nothing to do with "buying Irish". What has nationality to do with goods and services working in a place if the money is going back in to the economy from where that business is placed?

Rented Mule · 02-09-2009 10:25PM

Nothing like taking aim to make sure you shoot yourself in both feet.

The current governement hasn't done anything to help this situation with the income levies and the VAT fiasco last Christmas.

I really feel for the people who are going to be left paying for this mess, but I can say that I will not be one of them.

Dyr · 02-09-2009 10:47PM

chin_grin wrote: »

Yes that is a funny thing, but has absolutely nothing to do with "buying Irish". What has nationality to do with goods and services working in a place if the money is going back in to the economy from where that business is placed?

It has plenty to do with it my odd-sentence-constructing fellow boardsie, if you want to appeal to my sense of of patriotism to shop in your establishment then those wages i'm supposed to be supporting out of some sense of national solidarity had better be going to workers with irish passports. As opposed to going back into the economy of sri lanka.:)

Saadyst · 02-09-2009 10:53PM

A dose of protectionism, nationalism and soon-to-be racism - quality thread.

But, yes, I do hate the 'Buy it because it's Irish' crap.

mike65 · 02-09-2009 10:55PM

Its just a merkating wheeze, taking pot shots at Tesco. Not lidl or Aldi though as Dunnes believe themselves to be above that sort of thing.

Bonavox · 02-09-2009 10:56PM

We're Irish as well, so it's not much of a difference

Overheal · 02-09-2009 10:57PM

Thing is, if the Irish dont want to buy their own products - who is buying them?

NOBODY.

****ing fix your product, take back control of your own Home Market. If you're so worried about keeping your jobs, as one poster put it.

Not the rosy response I could have posted - but I liked this one better. Cop on folks.

02-09-2009 11:00PM

Glad there are people who can actually see this for what it is.

Like I have gotten purely to the stage now where I see clothes in town, will try them on etc, go online and can get them just over 50% cheaper. In some cases more and in some cases less. The fact is I'm not being screwed for 'buying Irish' or supporting 'Irish industry' as some have put it. I'm buying a typically foreign designer product at a fraction of what it costs here. It goes so much further. Is there anyone who feels they are getting value shopping in certain music shops or indeed book shops?

Saadyst · 02-09-2009 11:04PM

Overheal wrote: »

Thing is, if the Irish dont want to buy their own products - who is buying them?

NOBODY.

****ing fix your product, take back control of your own Home Market. If you're so worried about keeping your jobs, as one poster put it.

Not the rosy response I could have posted - but I liked this one better. Cop on folks.

How about some solid price cuts to keep products even borderline competitive? Instead of putting the prices to a level like everyone is in 2006 and has a few hundred thousand Euro in the bank.

I'm happy with allowing the market to correct itself - unfortunately that will translate into jobs lost and businesses going under. But Ireland needs to learn to compete internationally as well, so hopefully the "next generation" of Irish business will be able to represent value for money.

mike65 · 02-09-2009 11:06PM

Ireland needs to fix its internal markets, not just play the patriotic card,

whatdoicare · 02-09-2009 11:13PM

Believe it or not but there's more Irish produce in Aldi and Lidl than in Dunnes (including local meat, eggs, milk and veg)...My dad and I had a competition to see and Aldi won (Yes- I know- but we had this debate one Friday evening and we were like- right, lets go see!). Also there was a 30 Euro price difference for same grocery list.:rolleyes:
How on earth are we expected to keep paying that much of a price difference! Fair play to Tesco for bringing down their prices to compete with Aldi and Lidl and they do have quite alot of Irish products too.:P
I have noticed that superquinn and dunnes have done very little to change their prices and encourage sales- so what do they expect??

Resi12 · 02-09-2009 11:18PM

Jay D wrote: »

Thank you for buying Irish...

etc etc...

Is it just me or does anyone else find this very irritating as if it's a very effective clause that would make me want to buy this? Do they not realise I am sick of being ripped off by 'the Irish'?

So if something of equal or better value is German, French or whatever, why on God's earth do they think I will buy their overpriced under quality product?

I know I will have a wealth of people on here who will cry out for Irish jobs etc but I don't really care for that, if I can get better value elsewhere I will.

This isn't a rant but just highlighting a tacky strapline used by a lot of companies here. Anyone else got any others that are ridiculous?

:rolleyes:

Completly agree 100%, all those 'Buy me I'm Irish' stickers they use in tesco pis me right off. I'll buy what i like and what i want not be goaded into buying Irish.

mike65 · 02-09-2009 11:25PM

The reason Tesco use the Buy Me I'm Irish is of course to counter the propaganda put out by Irish suppliers. Nothing more than that. Tesco don't care what you buy only that you buy it in thier shop - ditto Dunnes.

Poor Uncle Tom · 02-09-2009 11:26PM

Free choice,
Buy what you want, when you want, in whatever shop you want.

But there's no harm in being reminded to buy Irish either.
Your money, your choice, just think a little more about it before you choose. Simpulls.

Joey the lips · 02-09-2009 11:32PM

Love this thread have been working for the baxtards ages as a percentage i reckon 30% of the staff are irish!

Irish my asre! Desperate for you money I think!

Fratton Fred · 02-09-2009 11:53PM

Is Ireland really a charity case?

marcsignal · 03-09-2009 12:09AM

Jay D wrote: »

Thank you for buying Irish...

etc etc...
........ just highlighting a tacky strapline used by a lot of companies here. Anyone else got any others that are ridiculous?

:rolleyes:

considering the last 2 summers we've had, I sure have, what about this ftw

Alessandra · 03-09-2009 12:51AM

I'd "buy Irish" everything if I could afford it and/or if we had a decent selection of Irish made products available to us bar the staples.

K-9 · 03-09-2009 01:21AM

Bambi wrote: »

if you want to appeal to my sense of of patriotism to shop in your establishment then those wages i'm supposed to be supporting out of some sense of national solidarity had better be going to workers with irish passports.

Wow, just Wow.

partyatmygaff · 03-09-2009 01:31AM

Bambi wrote: »

It has plenty to do with it my odd-sentence-constructing fellow boardsie, if you want to appeal to my sense of of patriotism to shop in your establishment then those wages i'm supposed to be supporting out of some sense of national solidarity had better be going to workers with irish passports. As opposed to going back into the economy of sri lanka.:)

Pure racism....

Yes and these for example Sri Lankan people take home their paycheques and send them immediately back home and live on air of course....
They spend it in irish businesses, help support the rental market etc

Whos to say they do not have irish citizenship?

palaver · 03-09-2009 02:02AM

This buy-Irish-stuff is just a scam. It translates as spend-your-money-so-that-irish-owners-can-profit.

Look at Dunnes ("because we're Irish"): They sell potatoes from Israel, tomatoes from Holland, wine from Australia, peaches from Spain, coffe from Colombia and any stuff from everywhere in the world. As do other shops. It's a globalized market. Look at the packages and see the origin.

So what's the difference? What does it really mean to buy Irish? It means the Irish big shots in retail who sell the very same as any other retailer are afraid to loose their easy profits after decades of rip-off.

Good for the consumers to have a choice.

The Irish producers sell their stuff anyway because even Tesco, Aldi, Lidl sell Irish goods as someone mentioned it here.

The difference is we're Irish...

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