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stevethesatguy wrote: »

Fair point lads, but if you get a bargain online from a company abroad , do not take the piss and advertise that fact in this public forum,, unless of course you want to hurt Irish retailers,,,be smart, enjoy your purchase and keep your mouth shut.

Please don't, please post bargains, preferably in the Bargain Alerts forum on Boards.

We're in Europe, we're Europeans and the retailers here either need to lower their rediculous prices and compete with the rest of Europe, or don't and deal with the consequences of Irish people continuing to purchase outside of our own country. Don't blame the consumer, not their fault they're not willing to pay rediculous prices here just to prop up someone elses business' profits.

I know you have overheads, wages to pay, rents to pay etc., but again, not my fault as a consumer and nothing that I should have to worry about.
If I want a product and I can purchase it elsewhere for sometimes even 100% or more cheaper than in Ireland, you can bet I and others will, and continue to do so until such a stage that Irish business start lowering their prices enough to make purchasing same products here worthy.
If it's impossible for you to lower prices to meet your own business overheads, then you need to rethink your continued business operating as it is and instead make (sometimes drastic) changes in order to compete.

...and that's what it is really, competition. Europe opened the market to enable better competition, and improved internet access in particular made it easier for consumers to purchase products outside of Ireland a lot easier.

I feel your pain for sure as a business trying to compete with the rediculous overheads you have to put up with here in Ireland but maybe what you need to do is approach that manufacturer, ask them to sell to you at more competetive prices, at least comparible to what they can be purchased from others elsewhere in the world, or dump them and stop selling their products.

EDIT: In saying all that Steve, the prices on your site aren't that bad at all either.