superscouse wrote: » Get used to it. They - shops - we, earn 19 cent for doing it. Then the bank charges us 50c per hundred to lodge it. You now have to pay for the service provided to you. Expect it - and more.... Did I mention, the staff member expects to be paid aswell? Absolutely shocking.
SpaceTime wrote: » Can you vote with your feet and just buy the top up elsewhere, like the post office for example?
allthedoyles wrote: » Its true , I heard that the retailer gets 6% per lotto ticket , so now I do it in Paddy Powers instead
MYOB wrote: » So 12 cent then? For the workload involved its not really worth it. You're also not doing the Lotto in Paddy Power, you're making a bet with them on the results of the Lotto. Where you need to bet on a specific outcome rather than all the outcomes; and they don't offer the full 6 balls, and have maximum payouts well below the Lotto, and and and - its not the same thing at all.
billie1b wrote: » Exactly, or top up on line, the shop owners always giving out about being charged this and that, and somehow they have to pay it, what they seem to forget is their prices for everything else is already over inflated to a maximum and they pay staff minimum
ben.schlomo wrote: » Id say youve done a lot of research to back up these assertions?
george tobin wrote: » Supervalu charging 20 cent per top up on pre pay gas and electricity cards!! Hitting the most vulnerable!
Arthur Beesley wrote: » OP, if you have evidence that they are assaulting 'the most vulnerable', then I suggest you contact the relevant authorities. Out of interest, who do you consider 'the most vulnerable' to be? Homeless? Drug addicts? The unemployed?
Paddy Constable wrote: » Easy Arthur ....the guy is absolutely on the money ! The prepay electricity is attractive to the less well paid...as such they are vulnerable and are gouged for the extra percentage. Bringing the homeless and drug addicts into it ..just let let's you down Dude and is a complete red herring. Man up pal and quit talking rubbish....
billie1b wrote: » Between shopping around different stores to find the cheapest, yes, Supervalu is not that cheap compared to others for the same product. Would be one of the most expensive around. Also in my local store there's about 75% of the workforce that are under 18 so they only have to pay them €6 per hour. Paying cheap and overpricing to maximise profits, Not the only ones doing though.
ben.schlomo wrote: » Right so but your assertion that they have over inflated prices for everything is wrong though, and they are paying the going rate to inexperienced staff, whats the issue with that? Should 16 and 17 year olds be paid €10 an hour?
the groutch wrote: » If they are paying €10 an hour to people over 18 from day 1, then yes.
