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VAT Drop on local takeaways - none of them passing it on

  • 08-08-2011 04:51PM
    #1
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭


    Miserable prickazoids

    Every one in Athlone, Newbridge, Galway, Dublin (just ones ive checked sofar mind) has not dropped their prices one cent

    Put the VAT back pronto! :mad:


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  • #2
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    There was a VAT drop on takeaways?


  • #3
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    go on the takeaways


  • #4
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    Cook them all in a vat of grease.


  • #5
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭policarp


    They reduced the fat instead. . .


  • #6
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    There was a VAT drop on takeaways?

    Yep

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0701/tax-business.html


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  • #7
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Will this price drop be passed on to the consumer?

    Hah! Vat'll be the day!


  • #8
    DaveDaRave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭DaveDaRave


    Would you drop your prices if you were running one ?


  • #9
    DrGreenthumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 720 ✭✭✭DrGreenthumb


    maybe we should go around and assalt them or batter someone


  • #10
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,798 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    DaveDaRave wrote: »
    Would you drop your prices if you were running one ?

    Obviously yes. Same profit on each sale + cheaper than other chippers = more business.

    One of the reasons for Ireland's troubles is indeed corruption and fraud.
    One of the others is business incompetence.

    As angry as you are, as I am myself, about corruption, never overlook the latter either. Complaining about cross border shopping whilst charging 3x the price for the same goods, for instance, is absolutely moronic. Complaining about off licenses when you charge €5 for an effing bottle of Corona is also moronic. Etc.


  • #11
    latenia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭latenia


    You're losing about 8c on a bag of chips...


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  • #12
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    takeaway the vat now!!!


  • #13
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    You're right! It's only a cod!!


  • #14
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    There was a VAT drop on takeaways?

    Yep

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0701/tax-business.html

    Actually I do remember seeing a sign in McDonalds in the ilac saying something about passing on VAT changes


  • #15
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    Yeah McDonalds have done it.


  • #16
    talla10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭talla10


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    Actually I do remember seeing a sign in McDonalds in the ilac saying something about passing on VAT changes
    Chris P. Bacon wrote: »
    Yeah McDonalds have done it.

    I'm lovin' it.


  • #17
    Mr. Denton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Mr. Denton


    They should pass it on to the department of health.


  • #18
    The Internet Explorer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 789 ✭✭✭The Internet Explorer


    Sweet, sweet, kebab.


  • #19
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    OP, surely this is no surprise - savings not getting passed on to the customer. This is Ireland after all.


  • #20
    concur4u?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭concur4u?


    cant see it being done on private take away tbh was/is a very hard bussiness fo the revenune to access ie how many bags of chips do you get from 1 bag of potatoes ;)


  • #21
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    concur4u? wrote: »
    cant see it being done on private take away tbh was/is a very hard bussiness fo the revenune to access ie how many bags of chips do you get from 1 bag of potatoes ;)

    By that logic theyd never serve you a bag of chips cos who knows how many they are putting into it

    A bag of chips costs X. With the VAT reduction, the BAG should cost X minus the reducton% - not exactly rocket scence.

    Even if it is only 8c, the reducton was made to get customers in. Places should reduce and advertise on their windows the reducton. Small touch that actually does help business through goodwill


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  • #22
    Night_Prowler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭Night_Prowler


    Its sickening - the whole point of the vat decrease is to reduce the cost to the end consumer. Lower prices encourage people to spend more, this increases demand for these products and services which in turn creates jobs, jobs increase the tax take and reduce the dole numbers etc etc.

    The vat reduction is not there so that Mario and Luigi can pocket the benefit. The ecomony is the intended beneficiary !!! Mamma mia!


  • #23
    slavetothegrind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭slavetothegrind


    maybe it allows the businesses maintain their current levels of employment a bit longer?

    are you really going up the road to save 8c on a 2.20 bag of chips?

    just sayin'

    costs of running businesses are still very high, fuel still on the rise...

    and no, i don't own a chipper.


  • #24
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    it was intended as a tax reduction to entice tourism, how many tourists are going all the way out to the sticks for a chipper?


  • #25
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,911 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    wasnt there a big VAT drop for restaurants and takeaways? i do remember something about this on radio. i am not surprised they didnt drop price thought lol


  • #26
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    http://donegalvatchange.blogspot.com/

    started this few weeks back since i done it 2 places that said they would never change the price, changed it.

    start one for your local area too!


  • #27
    Suryavarman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭Suryavarman


    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    Obviously yes. Same profit on each sale + cheaper than other chippers = more business.

    As hard as times are, I very much doubt anyone is going to go out of their way to save a few cent on a bag of chips.


  • #28
    Magic Beans
    Closed Accounts Posts: 329 ✭✭Magic Beans


    Opportunism at it's best, if the VAT rate had gone up even half a percent they would have used the excuse to ladle on a price increase.

    Just wait until they start charging for the salt and vinegar. :rolleyes:


  • #29
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    There is a name and shame thread in the ripoff ireland forum - here


  • #30
    manual_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,267 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    single and batter sausage please


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  • #31
    mick.m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭mick.m


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Miserable prickazoids

    Every one in Athlone, Newbridge, Galway, Dublin (just ones ive checked sofar mind) has not dropped their prices one cent

    Am I the only one that thinks that that's a fair amount of chippers to visit in a month and a bit?


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