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[VAT goes up] Who is heading North to do their Christmas shop?

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  • #32
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    hondasam wrote: »
    Yes but what are the real savings?

    SFA as I said for every 100 spent on things @21 at 23% its a whole €2 extra and then theres the whol,e costing 10% more for buying sterling :confused:


  • #33
    Gee Bag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Gee Bag


    Ghandee wrote: »
    First Time using this phrase in five years, but 'stupid post is stupid'

    First time using this post ever 'mong post is mongy'


  • #34
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Gee Bag wrote: »
    First time using this post ever 'mong post is mongy'

    Go do your homework or something.:rolleyes:


  • #35
    Gee Bag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Gee Bag


    Ghandee wrote: »
    Go do your homework or something.:rolleyes:

    Well aren't we very self important!


  • #36
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭GSF


    ItsAWindUp wrote: »
    You know what I realised today? I've never been further north than Raheny. I'm a disgrace!
    never been to the airport then so?


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  • #37
    wardy2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 365 ✭✭wardy2


    Sainsbury's here i come :D


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
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    Saila wrote: »
    SFA as I said for every 100 spent on things @21 at 23% its a whole €2 extra and then theres the whol,e costing 10% more for buying sterling :confused:


    Lots of shops in the North still offer £1 for €1, not to mention that if your planning on buying big ticket items its well worth doing a bulk shop in the north.

    I know many families who already pop up there once a month to do a bulk shop, its not just the VAT but they find everything cheaper even on Southern Irish produce.

    When the VAT Increase comes into force here it will do more than just add a few pence to Items, business costs will increase adding to either more closures and unemployment or extra costs to prices.


  • #39
    323
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    Defiantly heading North

    Nothing to do with the VAT hike coming. Already cheaper, Santa list done, in Derry, why spend in the same stores in the south only to be ripped off?

    Stock up on booze for Christmas in a week or two.

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



  • #40
    klose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,335 ✭✭✭✭klose


    For people going up for drink theres pretty much unbeatable offers here atm so ya could just stock up now for christmas

    tesco has most slabs for 25 quid just picked up one of heiniken there, supervalu have good offers on slabs aswell as bottles, 20x330mls bottles heiniken 15 quid.
    Yes it is my tipple but theres offers on em all, even bulmers!
    feck the queen etc etc...

    What are spirir prices like across the border?


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
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    whippedcream wrote: »
    For people going up for drink theres pretty much unbeatable offers here atm so ya could just stock up now for christmas

    tesco has most slabs for 25 quid just picked up one of heiniken there, supervalu have good offers on slabs aswell as bottles, 20x330mls bottles heiniken 15 quid.
    Yes it is my tipple but theres offers on em all, even bulmers!
    feck the queen etc etc...

    What are spirir prices like across the border?
    Budweiser Lager 20x300ml

    Buy 2 for £20.00

    SAinsburys are doing some good offers.

    http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/grocerie...=1321646444460


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  • #42
    SeaFields
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    Living in the south of the country so wont be going up although with the price of petrol wouldn't the trip even be costly from Dublin unless you were willing to do some serious bulk shopping to offset travel costs? :confused:


  • #43
    WindSock
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Im going for the beer, not toys.


    Righto.

    I'm gonna head up too then, buy a 6 pack. Spend more on gas and stick it to the paddy!


  • #44
    Jess16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭Jess16


    I'm probably going to get kneecapped annihilated for this but there's just something about the going 'up North' mentality that I really dislike


  • #45
    Dotrel
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    WindSock wrote: »
    Righto.

    I'm gonna head up too then, buy a 6 pack. Spend more on gas and stick it to the paddy!

    The trick is to buy 6000 then you come out ahead. Paddy is left fuming!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1blsZxXDCU


  • #46
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    Good way to improve the Republic's economy. Keep it up.


  • #47
    gurramok
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    Although prices for most groceries, booze and petrol is about the same in both NI and ROI recently, this VAT change just might tip the balance assuming the exchange rate is still .85p+. Still the north is still cheaper even after exchange rates for 'luxury' goods like that plasma tv so I suspect there will be a steady flow of shoppers up north but not a stampede just yet. But then again if all retailers slap their own rise on top of the VAT rise, consumers will react pretty fast with their feet(aka cars)!


  • #48
    Fromthetrees
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    I can get 8 cold delicious crisp tins of carlsberg for 10 euro in the offie next to me, that's like 1 euro odd a tin, surely that can't be beaten.......


  • #49
    UrbanSea
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    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    I can get 8 cold delicious crisp tins of carlsberg for 10 euro in the offie next to me, that's like 1 euro odd a tin, surely that can't be beaten.......

    Yes it can,a euro a can in the Spar across from me ;)


  • #50
    goat2
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    i am keeping it local all the way, my turkey is being bought from a neighbour, my veg is from local veg shop, the veg is grown three miles from where i live,eggs are from poultry farm about six miles away and my groceries are being bought at the local supermarket i have been using with years, the staff and owners are local, so i beleive in supporting our economy, alcohol, we are moderate drinkers, a bottle whiskey, vodka and brandy is all i need, along with about dozen cans of beer, and guinness i drink and only guinness about a dozen cans also,
    why go north, when it is eight hours driving each way, then there are the tailbacks and the tiredness of it all, there are plenty bargains to be found here,


  • #51
    SIRREX
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    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    I can get 8 cold delicious crisp tins of carlsberg for 10 euro in the offie next to me, that's like 1 euro odd a tin, surely that can't be beaten.......

    Which works out as €2 /litre, in sainsburys' it's 40 x 440ml bottles for £20, which works out as about €1.33 /litre a saving of about 33%

    Fill your boots!!

    Edit: someone told me that the alcohol content is lower so maybe not so good


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  • #52
    Minstrel27
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    I have the internet for buying cheap goods. Alcohol is cheap enough here atm and I feel it would be a waste of a journey from the south coast just to buy some food. Wales would probably be handier

    I do wonder how many people going north buy far more than what they need.


  • #53
    battser
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    I don't quite get the whole going up there for drink anymore! 3 years ago maybe but now? I will take the petrol savings and 6 cases of hino bottles from superquinn for 15 euro each everytime. I am also seeing lots of good deals on spirits too lately.

    Waste of petrol and time going north unless your planning on spending a couple of hundred.


  • #54
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    Enniskillen 40 min drive from me. Used to shop in asda every week. Now I only head up at christmas time.

    Litre smirnoff £16
    70cl baileys £7
    Beers 15 cans £7
    Litres bacardi and whiskey around the £16 mark too.

    I'll also stock up on all non perishable stuff too. It is so much cheaper but only if you're not travelling up every week.


  • #55
    Fromthetrees
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    UrbanSea wrote: »
    Yes it can,a euro a can in the Spar across from me ;)

    Fair enough but I meant going up north for gat, walking minutes for fairly cheap good quality beer is one of the things that make me :D.


  • #56
    the groutch
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    All I need is my Festivus Pole and I'm sorted


  • #57
    saywhatyousee
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Im going for the beer, not toys.

    The ironic thing is "beer" is actually cheaper here than it is up north when you factor in smaller bottles and lower alcohol content,you might save a euro or two on spirits.I am up in Enniskillen often and unless you live close enough to the border it really is not worth your while.


  • #58
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    So the Irish government plan to increase the VAT rate next January by 2% and the solution to this problem is to travel to the North where the VAT rate was increased this January by 2.5%?

    Hmm.


  • #59
    saywhatyousee
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    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    I can get 8 cold delicious crisp tins of carlsberg for 10 euro in the offie next to me, that's like 1 euro odd a tin, surely that can't be beaten.......

    You can get 6 cans of dutch gold a naggin of vodka and a 2L of coke for a tenner in an offie beside me surely that cant be beaten


  • #60
    sgb
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    saywhatyousee wrote: »
    You can get 6 cans of dutch gold a naggin of vodka and a 2L of coke for a tenner in an offie beside me surely that cant be beaten

    Emm Dutch Gold lovely


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  • #61
    gigino
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    Jess16 wrote: »
    I'm probably going to get kneecapped annihilated for this but there's just something about the going 'up North' mentality that I really dislike

    what about shopping online from abroad, where vat is lower ?

    Its a pity the government does not want to save retailers jobs here. I know towns where half the shops are closed already.


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