Whats the most daily item you've seen at a crazy expensive price?

Biggins · 03-05-2011 02:44PM #1

Whats the most daily item you've seen at a crazy expensive price?

The reason I ask is because I was at the Point in Dublin last night (Peter Kay. funny but FAR, far too short for money paid) and was the usual lads with their bottle bags on their backs and trying to see Smirnoff Ice at €7 a bottle - which I thought was a crazy price. Needless to say there was very few takers.

Anyway, that put the further thought in my head, besides (or including) drink, whats the most over priced daily consumed or daily spotted item you might have seen recently?

DrumSteve · 03-05-2011 02:46PM

Bottles and cans of coke.

Totally arbirtrary pricing.

whiskeyman · 03-05-2011 02:46PM

Popcorn and any other food and drink at a cinema.

maglite · 03-05-2011 02:47PM

Petrol?

dvpower · 03-05-2011 02:48PM

Biggins wrote: »

Anyway, that put the further thought in my head, besides (or including) drink, whats the most over over priced daily consumed item you might have seen recently?

If you're going to be consuming Snirnoff Ice every day, €7 a bottle is far too expensive.

Biggins · 03-05-2011 02:49PM

dvpower wrote: »

If you're going to be consuming Smirnoff Ice every day, €7 a bottle is far too expensive.

Good point.
Should have said "consumed or seen..."
Will edit above.

Morlar · 03-05-2011 02:50PM

Booking a play at the Gaeity. If you walk to the boxoffice there is no extra charge. If you use ticketmaster's automated system there is a €7.50 surcharge for 2 tickets. €7.50 to use an automated system or free to buy from a person.

starviewadams · 03-05-2011 02:51PM

Rolls at lunchtime,can't believe I used to (and some people still do) pay €4 something for a bit of ham and tomato on a stale roll,I'm a lunchbox man now though!

FesterBeatty · 03-05-2011 02:51PM

Second hand tampons - they're a bloody rip off!

dj jarvis · 03-05-2011 02:52PM

a few year back now but once picked up crumbed ham in tescos , 4 slices
and guess how much it was priced at ???

5.70 :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
so thats 1.42 per slice !!!! - thieving blastards :mad:

i would not pay that even if it was albino unicorn ham

**** tescos

aido179 · 03-05-2011 02:53PM

HDMI cables.
Tickets to the Trinity ball (im not a trinners student though)
Drink at any festival.

but most of all:
Accomodation in Galway city. (can't speak for the rest of the country but for what you get, its daylight robbery)

Biggins · 03-05-2011 02:54PM

Morlar wrote: »

Booking a play at the Gaeity. If you walk to the boxoffice there is no extra charge. If you use ticketmaster's automated system there is a €7.50 surcharge for 2 tickets. €7.50 to use an automated system or free to buy from a person.

Totally agree with that one and that practise is becoming more wide-scale.
Rip-Off Ireland still exists.

Martyn1989 · 03-05-2011 02:54PM

The one that stands out has to be razor blades, a documentary I saw a few years ago said Gillette razor blades are the most shoplifted item ever......
Still the prices of Gillette razor blades is €16 for 5 or something (cant remember exactly, stocked up ages ago)

Korvanica · 03-05-2011 02:54PM

Spar near me... Kinder Bueno... 1.30

WHAT THE HELL!!!

aido179 · 03-05-2011 02:55PM

Martyn1989 wrote: »

The one that stands out has to be razor blades, a documentary I saw a few years ago said Gillette razor blades are the most shoplifted item ever......
Still the prices of Gillette razor blades is €16 for 5 or something (cant remember exactly, stocked up ages ago)

forgot about those. The actual blade must be a precious metal. gram for gram I wonder how they compare to gold and silver

irishejit · 03-05-2011 02:55PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

Bottles and cans of coke.

Totally arbirtrary pricing.

Completely agree with you here.

In nearly all of my local shops its £1.19 for a 500ml bottle of coke, however a 2l bottle is £1.25??????

Susie_Q · 03-05-2011 02:55PM

Bell peppers are €1 each in my local SuperValu. A bag of spinach is about €4. Crazy prices, I won't pay them.

Biggins · 03-05-2011 02:58PM

Minerals is another one.
For example: Just in the Point last night - and previous nights I was there - they were charging €3 for a mineral.
Same size bottle you can buy in most newsagents for €1 - and at €1 they are still making a profit even if it is a small one.

Gummy Panda · 03-05-2011 03:03PM

Korvanica wrote: »

Spar near me... Kinder Bueno... 1.30

WHAT THE HELL!!!

Lucozade is the same. Can of Lucozade (regular not sport) is around €1.30. I was thinking this is strange considering in soft drinks Coca-Cola is probably no.1 so wouldn't you want to at least price match them.

Martyn1989 · 03-05-2011 03:04PM

aido179 wrote: »

forgot about those. The actual blade must be a precious metal. gram for gram I wonder how they compare to gold and silver

Forget that, all the money is being spent on that green stripe of eucalyptis extract or whatever it is infront of the blades. Supposed to make it a smooter shave, but then why are they trying to get us to buy pre shave scrub and aftershave lotion AND aftershave moisturiser, not to mention just regular aftershave.
Also they put that single blade on the back, for edges and stuff, not necessary, dosnt even work.
Im getting a cut throat :cool:

GavRedKing · 03-05-2011 03:05PM

Has to be petrol for me anyway.

Susie_Q · 03-05-2011 03:06PM

Remembered one that really surprised me lately - went to a Spar and saw a Turkish Delight bar, haven't had one in years so decided to buy it. It was very small and square, about half the size of a regular chocolate bar, and it scanned in at €1.20. Needless to say I didn't eat Turkish that day after all.

pragmatic1 · 03-05-2011 03:06PM

Martyn1989 wrote: »

The one that stands out has to be razor blades, a documentary I saw a few years ago said Gillette razor blades are the most shoplifted item ever......
Still the prices of Gillette razor blades is €16 for 5 or something (cant remember exactly, stocked up ages ago)

+1. They are ridiculously expensive.
Cigarettes for me.

petebricquette · 03-05-2011 03:08PM

Breakfast cereal. In the Centra across the road from me, a regular-sized box of cereal can be anywhere from €4 to €5. Robbery. Although, Centra seem to be among the more expensive chains.

whiskeyman · 03-05-2011 03:15PM

Bottled water

03-05-2011 03:17PM

Cigarettes in Ireland.. Thank god I only pay about 60cent a pack here.
Most overpriced thing where I am is literally everything if you can't or are too lazy to haggle. My best was a pair of shoes from $81 to $12.

Dyr · 03-05-2011 03:20PM

Martyn1989 wrote: »

The one that stands out has to be razor blades, a documentary I saw a few years ago said Gillette razor blades are the most shoplifted item ever......
Still the prices of Gillette razor blades is €16 for 5 or something (cant remember exactly, stocked up ages ago)

check the shaving.ie thread..16 euros for nearly a years supply of these bad boys http://www.shaving.ie/products/100-Astra-Superior-Platinum-DE-Blades-Carton.html