Rip Off Ireland Prices

[pete]

When booking flights for say 6 people.

- check price for 6
- then check price for 3
it is usually cheaper if you book for 3 people twice than if you book for 6.

Done it before and worked out at about 20eur cheaper per ticket.

That will definitely work on Ryanair. You will get say 3 * E59 & 3 * E79 (next increment) as opposed to 6 * E79.

There is little competition in most areas of the Irish economy. All businesses charge what people are willing to pay.

[dublinred]

Just came across another classic rip off this week , have to buy specialist lactose free baby milk powder which costs about e6.39 in local chemist , the same stuff is 7.50 in Tesco and by co-incidence 7.50 in Dunnes as well, I would of expected the supermarket to be a lot cheaper than the chemists as they carry more stock but was shocked when they were both charging the same inflated price.

[Macy]

I think one of the papers is carrying a report about the same issue this morning. Haven't had time to look on line, but assume it's Tesco and Dunnes charging the same prices. As I mentioned on another thread, for all the hype all Tesco have done is price match Lidl in their supposed cuts - they won't even go the whole hog of a price war.

[pete]

I think one of the papers is carrying a report about the same issue this morning. Haven't had time to look on line, but assume it's Tesco and Dunnes charging the same prices. As I mentioned on another thread, for all the hype all Tesco have done is price match Lidl in their supposed cuts - they won't even go the whole hog of a price war.

I think it is on the front of the Daily I should I say Irish Mail.

Good article in the price watch section of the Irish Times last week about the Tesco v Lidl/Aldi price war. I think Lidl were calling Tesco yellow packs trash watchers. Lidl seemed to be targeting Tesco saying their products were as cheap as theirs but inferior quality. Used example of processed cheese slices which had 19% cheese - begs the question what the other 81% is.

[Macy]

Yeah, Tesco have price matched Lidl, but now Lidl are running adds comparing the quality. The one I saw was Sausage Rolls - Lidl were a bigger pack, and with far higher pork content. A lot of the tesco yellow (and black) pack stuff is Tesco Value, and in fairness to Lidl their stuff was always way better than that.

[Dodge]

From talking to people, it seems many are shopping around. Loads more in lidl and Aldi (I prefer aldi myself) but still prefer dunnes and tesco for stuff like meat, dairy products. Most don't mind spending a bit on the odd brand name either