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The place has officially gone mad. €100 to get into Penneys

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    #2
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users Posts: 3,524 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Whoever is behind their marketing is pure evil. :)

    🙈🙉🙊



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    #3
    EmmetSpiceland
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    You can’t put a price on stupidity.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #4
    Leg End Reject
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    Paying €100 just to get in to the shop to buy tat?

    Fools and their money, they're open as normal from next week anyway.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




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    #5
    Strumms
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    you’d be a prick to even consider doing that, a real barrel scraper of a human. Ireland 2021 though, I can’t say I’m massively surprised from what I’ve seen during this pandemic and the preceding couple of years too .

    Funny, there must be a demand which is a head scratcher.. I managed to procure a shît load of stuff for the summer online two weeks ago... loads of stuff from two of my favorite clothing retailers ... I spent a couple of hundred euros on 6 designer t-shirts, underwear and a stylish light summer jacket..

    It worked at 360 euros worth of stuff for 240 euros.... I lucked out a ‘bit’ as when delivered everything was an absolute perfect and comfy fit...

    The fûck I’d be paying any scavenger scab to enter a premises to shop...


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    #6
    [Deleted User]
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    Probably happened once and then a clickbait site like Lovin.ie make an issue of it.

    The main thing we need to take away from all this is that Lovin.ie was created by a man who wore a back to front baseball cap in his 40’s.


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    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,179 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Montage of Feck wrote: »
    Whoever is behind their marketing is pure evil. :)

    I wouldnt give them that much credit :pac:
    This is just morons thinking they can sell some appointments.

    Like, I get that a fool is born every minute, but who in their right minds is gonna pay for it?
    There's nothing stopping me from putting up jars of air or magic beans on done deal right now. Doesn't mean anyone is going to buy them.


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    ablelocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,697 ✭✭✭ablelocks


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    I wouldnt give them that much credit :pac:
    This is just morons thinking they can sell some appointments.

    Like, I get that a fool is born every minute, but who in their right minds is gonna pay for it?
    There's nothing stopping me from putting up jars of air or magic beans on done deal right now. Doesn't mean anyone is going to buy them.

    i dunno, B.A. Baracus Beans has a nice ring to it

    "Buy Beans, Fool"

    there are enough of them out there that actually would.


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    Antares35
    Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    How much shíte would you have to buy to even get value for money after you'd spent 100 quid to get in? What is Irish women's obsession with this shop? It's embarrassing.


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    The J Stands for Jay
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    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    I wouldnt give them that much credit :pac:
    This is just morons thinking they can sell some appointments.

    Like, I get that a fool is born every minute, but who in their right minds is gonna pay for it?
    There's nothing stopping me from putting up jars of air or magic beans on done deal right now. Doesn't mean anyone is going to buy them.

    Given the prices of crap in penny's, and the difference in price to say h&m who are online and not as crap, you'd need to be pretty thick to urgently need to shop in Penny's, never mind pay much more than any potential difference in price over the next online shop for the privilege.


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    #11
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    You can’t put a price on stupidity.

    A hundred snots, apparently.


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    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,610 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Antares35 wrote: »
    How much shíte would you have to buy to even get value for money after you'd spent 100 quid to get in? What is Irish women's obsession with this shop? It's embarrassing.

    My wife was chatting to another woman about getting in to even buy a few bits just because. It's like video games for lads, it's the achievement dopamine thing. For a woman to have achieved "shopping" she must return with something.

    If someone goes shopping and returns home with nothing were they really out shopping at all?

    First they came for the socialists...



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    ablelocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,697 ✭✭✭ablelocks


    Feisar wrote: »

    If someone goes shopping and returns home with nothing were they really out shopping at all?

    quick survey of the resident females here :

    ..."that's the very essence of shopping"
    ..."shopping does not necessarily mean you have to buy something - it's the process, not the end result"
    ..."would you ever eff off you gob****e - you roar at the tv when there's a match on"


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    Church on Tuesday
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    If people actually buy those appointments, I say fair play to the sellers. Handy few bob.

    People are desperate for any kind of normality and they want it right now, hence why some people will buy those appointments. You also have to remember that €100 is nothing to some people out there. It's obscene I know, but that's the way it is.


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    Wibbs
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »

    Fools and their money.
    I want to find out how these fools and their money get together in the first place. Crack that and I'll be a millionaire by autumn.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    Feisar
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    ablelocks wrote: »
    quick survey of the resident females here :

    ..."that's the very essence of shopping"
    ..."shopping does not necessarily mean you have to buy something - it's the process, not the end result"
    ..."would you ever eff off you gob****e - you roar at the tv when there's a match on"

    Huh?

    First they came for the socialists...



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    Allinall
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    Church on Tuesday wrote: »
    If people actually buy those appointments, I say fair play to the sellers. Handy few bob.

    People are desperate for any kind of normality and they want it right now, hence why some people will buy those appointments. You also have to remember that €100 is nothing to some people out there. It's obscene I know, but that's the way it is.

    Especially if it's collected from the post office each week.


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    #18
    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    I could put up an advert for a Penny's shopping time slot for €1000 and make the headlines. It doesn't mean anyone is paying it.


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    #19
    Jequ0n
    Registered Users Posts: 6,062 ✭✭✭Jequ0n


    Nothing wrong with it. If people want to be used grant them their wish


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    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Allinall wrote: »
    Especially if it's collected from the post office each week.

    There was a time I had to collect money from the post office every week.

    Spending €100 on an appointment for Penneys (or otherwise) simply would not be an option.


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    #21
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 15,675 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
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    I heard they were going for €150. Crazy just to get into a shop. Penneys is very overrated but the odd time you will find a nice shirt, a nice skirt or a dress in there. I would not be paying to go into the store do no way crazy. It is fast fashion and changes in normal times nearly every week so unless you live near a store it us impossible to keep up with it and just easier to do shopping like that online.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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    Collie D
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    AMKC wrote: »
    I heard they were going for €150. Crazy just to get into a shop. Penneys is very overrated but the odd time you will find a nice shirt, a nice skirt or a dress in there. I would not be paying to go into the store do no way crazy. It is fast fashion and changes in normal times nearly every week so unless you live near a store it us impossible to keep up with it and just easier to do shopping like that online.

    I would say they’re being offered for €150. I would almost bet that same amount that nobody is actually buying them at that price.

    Any chancer can put an ad up on Facebook selling something. Finding a buyer is completely different. Nothing story IMO.


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    #23
    freshpopcorn
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    I’d say that’s just a click bait article.
    I had a look at the appointments last week. (No intention of going).
    I started off in a three hour queue which ended up lasting for ten minutes loads of appointments available. They also had loads of appointments. It’s just used to hype things up.


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    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,179 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Feisar wrote: »
    My wife was chatting to another woman about getting in to even buy a few bits just because. It's like video games for lads, it's the achievement dopamine thing. For a woman to have achieved "shopping" she must return with something.

    If someone goes shopping and returns home with nothing were they really out shopping at all?

    I read your reply out loud to my girl and she completely agreed with you.

    :/


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    #25
    Church on Tuesday
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    I wonder has anyone actually bought an appointment?


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    TomSweeney
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Probably happened once and then a clickbait site like Lovin.ie make an issue of it.

    The main thing we need to take away from all this is that Lovin.ie was created by a man who wore a back to front baseball cap in his 40’s.


    Who is that ?


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    #27
    pgj2015
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    Pennys should be selling slots for 100 euro. why would they let some parasite get the 100 euro just because they have a done deal account?


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    #28
    Northernlily
    Registered Users Posts: 2,732 ✭✭✭Northernlily


    Targeted hype driven marketing is a very powerful thing. I would be interested to see the types of feeds and advertisements these people are receiving on their socials.

    It's Penneys ffs and its bloody embarressing behaviour by some of these wans. Have they never heard of online shopping? If I was married to someone like that I'd be questioning the whole lot.


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    #29
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,249 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Pure clickbait....


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    #30
    For Forks Sake
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    TomSweeney wrote: »
    Who is that ?

    Niall "Harbo" Harbison presumably


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    #31
    Hyperbollix
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    Being ad old person, I really can't understand the logic in paying that much money to get access to a shop which sells the lowest and cheapest quality clobber in Ireland....

    But then I realized you must get into the Gen Z mindset. They aren't paying it to buy cheap clothes, they are buying a social media self marketing opportunity or an experience by being able to vlog themselves buying leggings on the first week of Ireland re-opening.


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