Ever been screwed?

Pottler · 21-07-2012 10:43PM

Hande hoche! wrote: »

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From experience, a crash helmet is weapon of choice for a lot of chaps, 1.It hurts when you hit someone with it. 2.It is an innocent item.
I preferred fire extinguishers meself, there's always loads hung about in Nighclubs etc and they make a nice "clonk" sound when you catch someone correctly with them.:)

Hande hoche! · 21-07-2012 10:52PM

Pottler wrote: »

From experience, a crash helmet is weapon of choice for a lot of chaps, 1.It hurts when you hit someone with it. 2.It is an innocent item.
I preferred fire extinguishers meself, there's always loads hung about in Nighclubs etc and they make a nice "clonk" sound when you catch someone correctly with them.:)

Thanks. You learn something new every day.

Rothko · 21-07-2012 10:56PM

The whole country has been screwed

Pottler · 21-07-2012 10:57PM

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Thanks. You learn something new every day.

No bother. Fire extinguishers are also better as you generally do not arrive with them, ie, no intent etc. They also handily make them in lots of different sizes, which is good, as you can select appropriatly according to the degree of "night night" required.:) Bit off topic, but every little helps.:D

Senna · 21-07-2012 11:00PM

No-one posted the "yeah i paid €450k for a flat in Dublin" yet?

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 21-07-2012 11:02PM

Senna wrote: »

No-one posted the "yeah i paid €450k for a flat in Dublin" yet?

Ohes Noes, If Alison O Riordan hears about this thread.

The Internet will collapse upon itself.

Pottler · 21-07-2012 11:08PM

Senna wrote: »

No-one posted the "yeah i paid €450k for a flat in Dublin" yet?

That's not really "screwed" though, is it? That's more like "shafted using an ESB pole as a dildo".

Jesus Shaves · 21-07-2012 11:09PM

I have some shocking images in my mind right now

OwenM · 21-07-2012 11:13PM

How about Advance Pitstop charging €70 to supply and fit two wipers?

No I didn't pay it, my sister had her car in for a service (with a voucher) and I warned her to tell them nothing extra was to be done to the car without her prior consent. They duly rang her and said the front suspension was leaking oil on one side and that they reccommended replacing both in front - €280 parts - didn't hear what the labour for this would have been but couldn't see it being less than an hour each side, the car is 5 years old and did an NCT 10 months ago. She said no and if that wasn't bad enough he said the wipers should be replaced for €70.

Does a cars suspension even use oil - I thought they were pneumatic and mechanical (i.e. a spring?)

the keen edge · 21-07-2012 11:15PM

Pottler wrote: »

No bother. Fire extinguishers are also better as you generally do not arrive with them, ie, no intent etc. They also handily make them in lots of different sizes, which is good, as you can select appropriatly according to the degree of "night night" required.:) Bit off topic, but every little helps.:D

Right.
So how many times exactly have you beat someone unconscious with a fire extinguisher. Your posts seem to suggest many, many times.

racso1975 · 21-07-2012 11:22PM

13 quid for a pint in Milan! Obviously hit with bill after. nasty

mikemac1 · 21-07-2012 11:31PM

When I moved to Belfast I used the black cabs

They must have heard my bogger accent as they'd take me for trips all over the city

After a few weeks I know the area well and they'd still try it on with me, even an entire lap of Ormeau Park

And for late night fares demanding a tenner off me for a trip that should only cost about 4 pounds

I later found out none of the locals use them

Now I know how tourists feel.

Steffano2002 · 21-07-2012 11:39PM

€200 EUR for a single lap of the Portimão circuit in a Porsche 911 GT3. Lasted 2 minutes...

Pure rip-off but just had to do it!

Steffano2002 · 21-07-2012 11:41PM

Oh and in Amsterdam some arab taxi driver tried ripping me off by charging me €70 EUR for a 5-minute journey! When he saw I was having none of it and that I was taking down his taxi licence details he panicked and drove away! Fooker...

mikemac1 · 21-07-2012 11:46PM

Train from Rome airport to Termini, the largest train station, €14
Local train only two stops away, €2.60

By the end of my trip I was buying the cheap ticket and just staying for the extra two stops.

Italians are leaders when it comes to price gouging. Trains were filthy and air conditioning bust too. I stopped giving out about Irish Rail for a while afterwards

Paid €4 for a small bottle of water in the city centre

That was cheap, you can pay a lot more then that from the street sellers

You'd be needing the services of the Pope after your heart attack if you saw the prices the cafes charge outside the Vatican

Loved Rome but felt everyone was trying to rip me off, place is full of tourist traps

EoghanIRL · 21-07-2012 11:47PM

Always get Screwed by the theme parks and cinemas. They overprice food so much.

superblu · 21-07-2012 11:54PM

Some chancer in the ifsc farmers market charged me a tenner for a bag a fancy nuts

fat__tony · 22-07-2012 12:07AM

beertons wrote: »

Paid €16 in Venice for a cappucino

That is insane, how can they justify such a cost?

Annasopra · 22-07-2012 12:13AM

We've all been screwed

http://m.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/21/global-elite-tax-offshore-economy?cat=business&type=article

Pottler · 22-07-2012 12:41AM

the keen edge wrote: »

Right.
So how many times exactly have you beat someone unconscious with a fire extinguisher. Your posts seem to suggest many, many times.

Bouncer in London west end for a fair while. Carrying a weapon was a no no but everyone loves fire safety equipment. Especially when theres about ten of them fighting and they're all big.:) Still have a large hole in my thigh where a love struck charmer decided to shoot the wrong person and another misguided individual cut my thumb off one night, while attempting to eviscerate me. Lovely. Discovered thumbs are over-rated anyway.
Another rip off is €5 for a Coffee in Paris. Which is about the going rate everywhere there, or was last week anyway, that and €26 for a five minute cab ride. Gotta love the Parisians.

mauzo · 22-07-2012 12:45AM

superblu wrote: »

Some chancer in the ifsc farmers market charged me a tenner for a bag a fancy nuts

I always get screwed when i buy nuts from markets.

Im a b*tch for honey roasted almonds:D bloody expensive though!

MaroonAndGreen · 22-07-2012 12:50AM

well isnt alcohol in Ireland expensive too :P I feel screwed everytime I come out of a club

NoQuarter · 22-07-2012 12:56AM

6 quid for a red lemonade in the Shelbourne hotel bar the other day!!

tdv123 · 22-07-2012 01:31AM

Last week some chap sold me a bag of gear' for €40, it was only worth 30.

nibtrix · 22-07-2012 01:32AM

Senna wrote: »

No-one posted the "yeah i paid €450k for a flat in Dublin" yet?

This is the "being screwed thread" not the "did something stupid thread"...

Brokentime · 22-07-2012 01:35AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

...racially abused by greasers ...

gammygils · 22-07-2012 01:44AM

Just paid E649 for House Insurance!!

Well & truly screwed

Mickey H · 22-07-2012 01:59AM

gammygils wrote: »

Just paid E649 for House Insurance!!

Well & truly screwed

You just reminded me to pay mine!

See, some good did come out of that.

Thank you.

1ZRed · 22-07-2012 02:39AM

I'd make a sex joke but I just couldn't be arsed

SusieBlue · 22-07-2012 02:46AM

€10 for a bottle of water in a secluded night club in Crete. It was only a small bottle too. I think it was to discourage people from sobering up :rolleyes:

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