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"Circle K...any size coffee plus sandwich €6 Do someone switch this site to boards.ie overnight "Ha ha...it was a maxol | |||
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"Circle K...any size coffee plus sandwich €6 Do someone switch this site to boards.ie overnight " feels like it lately | |||
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"Circle K...any size coffee plus sandwich €6 Do someone switch this site to boards.ie overnight
feels like it lately"No he posted here cos he got rode  | |||
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"Circle K...any size coffee plus sandwich €6 Do someone switch this site to boards.ie overnight
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"Ok, this is a rant but I am sick to my back teeth of rip off Ireland. €8.10 for a very average pre made sandwich and a black americano...and before anyone says i shouldn't have bought it..I agree. My point is after lockdown we are likely to see price hikes everywhere and this has got to stop. €8.10 in a shop means you have to earn €16 odd gross (assuming 50% tax) to pay for it. A friend of mine knows a garage owner and the fuel his says is a break even product...they make the profit on coffee and sambos....where is my tartan thermos flask... " Pretty much no profit is made on the sale of petrol and diesel for the garage owner.. Maybe a cent a litre.. 70% of a litre of derv and petrol is tax and goes straight to the government.. They only have pumps to attract customers inside to buy items in their shops which is how they make a profit.. | |||
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"I rather eat nothing than one of those premade sandwiches. They're disgusting and madly overpriced. I travel quite a lot WHEN I work, most of the time I bring my own homemade sandwich and flask with me (it has to be Barry's). On the odd occasions I get a freshly made sandwich from the Deli counter and cappuccino at the N4 Lucan petrol station, the one that is full of cops all the time. "I got a tuna sambo and a cuppa there yesterday  | |||
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"I'm usually on the road for lunch twice a week Always get a coffee and sandwich in a circle K with a deli that makes the sandwich fresh €6 is worth it considering I'm allowed claim either €15 or €33 in expenses by the government " €6 is very good, yes you can claim an 8hr or a 10 hr allowance against tax but for most its costing € 12 in earning to pay out the €6... | |||
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"I'm usually on the road for lunch twice a week Always get a coffee and sandwich in a circle K with a deli that makes the sandwich fresh €6 is worth it considering I'm allowed claim either €15 or €33 in expenses by the government €6 is very good, yes you can claim an 8hr or a 10 hr allowance against tax but for most its costing € 12 in earning to pay out the €6..." Yes agreed but when working its tax free otherwise its a home made sandwich in work | |||
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"I'm usually on the road for lunch twice a week Always get a coffee and sandwich in a circle K with a deli that makes the sandwich fresh €6 is worth it considering I'm allowed claim either €15 or €33 in expenses by the government €6 is very good, yes you can claim an 8hr or a 10 hr allowance against tax but for most its costing € 12 in earning to pay out the €6..." Only if you take it out of your higher tax band pay, if you take it out of your tax allowance pay then it’s at cost | |||
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"Ok, this is a rant but I am sick to my back teeth of rip off Ireland. €8.10 for a very average pre made sandwich and a black americano...and before anyone says i shouldn't have bought it..I agree. My point is after lockdown we are likely to see price hikes everywhere and this has got to stop. €8.10 in a shop means you have to earn €16 odd gross (assuming 50% tax) to pay for it. A friend of mine knows a garage owner and the fuel his says is a break even product...they make the profit on coffee and sambos....where is my tartan thermos flask... " Restrictions will be lifted soon....Heard an ad for Breakfast Rolls yesterday morning | |||
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"Ok, this is a rant but I am sick to my back teeth of rip off Ireland. " you should be grateful - what with lockdown its the only way you'll get screwed at the minute...
as an aside, prices in Spain going up. Expect the same here as businesses try to recoup lost earnings. | |||
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"Ok, this is a rant but I am sick to my back teeth of rip off Ireland. you should be grateful - what with lockdown its the only way you'll get screwed at the minute...
as an aside, prices in Spain going up. Expect the same here as businesses try to recoup lost earnings. "Id expect ourmtax will go up too... | |||
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"I find it interesting how many people on the thread and in general buy their lunch every day. As the OP said at €8 a day you need to earn €16 so that's €80 p/w and €4000 per year assuming you buy it every day. I couldn't afford to do that so I make my own each day for a fraction of the price. Now I do have the occasional day where I buy lunch but I'm general I cant justify the cost. I get some like nice coffee but I'm a tea drinker so it's no great bother. In the end its down to market forces, if your willing to pay that much then the outlets will keep charging it. " I make my lunch when i can but its probbably 50% of the time i cant. I suppose i was in shock because itmwas so expensive. I wasnt expecting it.. | |||
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"Was it a nice sandwich at least?  "No, I think that was what pissed me off the most...lol | |||
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"I rather eat nothing than one of those premade sandwiches. They're disgusting and madly overpriced. I travel quite a lot WHEN I work, most of the time I bring my own homemade sandwich and flask with me (it has to be Barry's). On the odd occasions I get a freshly made sandwich from the Deli counter and cappuccino at the N4 Lucan petrol station, the one that is full of cops all the time. "That place has a very good deli and the queue could be out the door and you’re still in and out in few minutes.... | |||
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"VAT has gone up on pretty much all food items. But hasn't really been discussed due to riots, Covid, elections, vaccines etc. But people are starting to notice their shopping is way higher and getting exactly the same as usual. Rents are beyond ridiculous. " Really? I'm sure the government would make an announcement if that was the case.. Food prices are deliberately low because poor people spend most of their income on food.. Last thing we need is starving people to add to our list of other problems.. | |||
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"The food shop has gone up... Petrol....diesel has gone up..." I shop in lidl and aldi.. Still the same price pre covid Petrol and diesel has gone up because a barrel of crude oil has risen in price due to demand.. That was always the same.. | |||
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"VAT has gone up on pretty much all food items. But hasn't really been discussed due to riots, Covid, elections, vaccines etc. But people are starting to notice their shopping is way higher and getting exactly the same as usual. Rents are beyond ridiculous. " As far as I know most food is zero rated for VAT Rents...well due to the date I was born i never had to worry about rent thank god | |||
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feels like it lately"It's hard to talk about swinging when no one is swinging  | |||
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"VAT has gone up on pretty much all food items. But hasn't really been discussed due to riots, Covid, elections, vaccines etc. But people are starting to notice their shopping is way higher and getting exactly the same as usual. Rents are beyond ridiculous. As far as I know most food is zero rated for VAT Rents...well due to the date I was born i never had to worry about rent thank god " +1 no vat on food thank god | |||
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"The food shop has gone up... Petrol....diesel has gone up... I shop in lidl and aldi.. Still the same price pre covid Petrol and diesel has gone up because a barrel of crude oil has risen in price due to demand.. That was always the same.. " 2 days ago the wall street journal had an article saying oil prices had fallen 10% due to low demand | |||
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"The food shop has gone up... Petrol....diesel has gone up..." My food shop has doubled in cost thanks to my son being at home No idea on the cost of fuel as I so rarely have to get a fill - a positive of restrictions! | |||
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"Ok, this is a rant but I am sick to my back teeth of rip off Ireland. €8.10 for a very average pre made sandwich and a black americano...and before anyone says i shouldn't have bought it..I agree. My point is after lockdown we are likely to see price hikes everywhere and this has got to stop. €8.10 in a shop means you have to earn €16 odd gross (assuming 50% tax) to pay for it. A friend of mine knows a garage owner and the fuel his says is a break even product...they make the profit on coffee and sambos....where is my tartan thermos flask... " why not just make a sandwich and a black coffee at home | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons "Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good | |||
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"The food shop has gone up... Petrol....diesel has gone up... I shop in lidl and aldi.. Still the same price pre covid Petrol and diesel has gone up because a barrel of crude oil has risen in price due to demand.. That was always the same.. 2 days ago the wall street journal had an article saying oil prices had fallen 10% due to low demand" Last month oil price had risen hence the spike in petrol diesel now but as you said oil prices are slumping and rightly so.. It will however take a number of weeks before we see a reflection of the falling prices at the pumps  | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good "It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops. | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops. "Always used to think it was the best coffee on the road until recently but just another thing the poster has highlighted The coffee down here is €2.20 a cup or €3 with a toastie | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops.
Always used to think it was the best coffee on the road until recently but just another thing the poster has highlighted
The coffee down here is €2.20 a cup or €3 with a toastie "And wages are much higher also | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops.
Always used to think it was the best coffee on the road until recently but just another thing the poster has highlighted
The coffee down here is €2.20 a cup or €3 with a toastie
And wages are much higher also"The Belfast company i work at gigs for pays the belfast staff about 5 euro an hour less than the Dublin staff even when we're all working at the same gig like slane | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops.
Always used to think it was the best coffee on the road until recently but just another thing the poster has highlighted
The coffee down here is €2.20 a cup or €3 with a toastie
And wages are much higher also
The Belfast company i work at gigs for pays the belfast staff about 5 euro an hour less than the Dublin staff even when we're all working at the same gig like slane "Less than 2 years ago I offered a job to a guy who was living up here but was from Dublin originally. The position was a 38.5 hr week and the starting pay was £320 pw which was 60p an hour more than the minimum wage at that time. He turned it down asking why he would consider a paltry offer like that when he could use his Dublin address to claim an equivalent amount in dole. I know of other instances where people have refused to work in NI because they would be better off on the dole down South. For most people crossing the border for years with the price differential it has always been rip-off Ireland. | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops.
Always used to think it was the best coffee on the road until recently but just another thing the poster has highlighted
The coffee down here is €2.20 a cup or €3 with a toastie
And wages are much higher also
The Belfast company i work at gigs for pays the belfast staff about 5 euro an hour less than the Dublin staff even when we're all working at the same gig like slane
Less than 2 years ago I offered a job to a guy who was living up here but was from Dublin originally.
The position was a 38.5 hr week and the starting pay was £320 pw which was 60p an hour more than the minimum wage at that time.
He turned it down asking why he would consider a paltry offer like that when he could use his Dublin address to claim an equivalent amount in dole.
I know of other instances where people have refused to work in NI because they would be better off on the dole down South.
For most people crossing the border for years with the price differential it has always been rip-off Ireland. "The dole in the Republic is around 200 euro even at a 1:1 exchange rate it's nowhere near equivalent | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops.
Always used to think it was the best coffee on the road until recently but just another thing the poster has highlighted
The coffee down here is €2.20 a cup or €3 with a toastie
And wages are much higher also
The Belfast company i work at gigs for pays the belfast staff about 5 euro an hour less than the Dublin staff even when we're all working at the same gig like slane
Less than 2 years ago I offered a job to a guy who was living up here but was from Dublin originally.
The position was a 38.5 hr week and the starting pay was £320 pw which was 60p an hour more than the minimum wage at that time.
He turned it down asking why he would consider a paltry offer like that when he could use his Dublin address to claim an equivalent amount in dole.
I know of other instances where people have refused to work in NI because they would be better off on the dole down South.
For most people crossing the border for years with the price differential it has always been rip-off Ireland.
The dole in the Republic is around 200 euro even at a 1:1 exchange rate it's nowhere near equivalent"I've no idea to be honest but that was his reason for refusing the job and before commenting I googled it and the figures given were €203 plus an additional €134.70 for a qualified adult which totals €337.70. Almost 5 times the rate in NI but equivalent to what we were able to pay him. | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops.
Always used to think it was the best coffee on the road until recently but just another thing the poster has highlighted
The coffee down here is €2.20 a cup or €3 with a toastie
And wages are much higher also
The Belfast company i work at gigs for pays the belfast staff about 5 euro an hour less than the Dublin staff even when we're all working at the same gig like slane
Less than 2 years ago I offered a job to a guy who was living up here but was from Dublin originally.
The position was a 38.5 hr week and the starting pay was £320 pw which was 60p an hour more than the minimum wage at that time.
He turned it down asking why he would consider a paltry offer like that when he could use his Dublin address to claim an equivalent amount in dole.
I know of other instances where people have refused to work in NI because they would be better off on the dole down South.
For most people crossing the border for years with the price differential it has always been rip-off Ireland.
The dole in the Republic is around 200 euro even at a 1:1 exchange rate it's nowhere near equivalent
I've no idea to be honest but that was his reason for refusing the job and before commenting I googled it and the figures given were €203 plus an additional €134.70 for a qualified adult which totals €337.70. Almost 5 times the rate in NI but equivalent to what we were able to pay him. "Dont know where you are getting that 337 figure.. The standard rate is around 200 euro mark and with other expenses claimed like fuel and pet allowance it could rise to 250.. Its an awful lot of money for doing nothing but this is a welfare state always has been.. | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
It's a well known fact they buy a higher quality bean than the so called big name coffee shops.
Always used to think it was the best coffee on the road until recently but just another thing the poster has highlighted
The coffee down here is €2.20 a cup or €3 with a toastie
And wages are much higher also
The Belfast company i work at gigs for pays the belfast staff about 5 euro an hour less than the Dublin staff even when we're all working at the same gig like slane
Less than 2 years ago I offered a job to a guy who was living up here but was from Dublin originally.
The position was a 38.5 hr week and the starting pay was £320 pw which was 60p an hour more than the minimum wage at that time.
He turned it down asking why he would consider a paltry offer like that when he could use his Dublin address to claim an equivalent amount in dole.
I know of other instances where people have refused to work in NI because they would be better off on the dole down South.
For most people crossing the border for years with the price differential it has always been rip-off Ireland.
The dole in the Republic is around 200 euro even at a 1:1 exchange rate it's nowhere near equivalent
I've no idea to be honest but that was his reason for refusing the job and before commenting I googled it and the figures given were €203 plus an additional €134.70 for a qualified adult which totals €337.70. Almost 5 times the rate in NI but equivalent to what we were able to pay him.
Dont know where you are getting that 337 figure.. The standard rate is around 200 euro mark and with other expenses claimed like fuel and pet allowance it could rise to 250.. Its an awful lot of money for doing nothing but this is a welfare state always has been.. "The info is on Irishjobs.ie. I've no experience of it so have no idea but even at €200 it's 3 times what we get up here. | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good "If im not mistaken an americano in McD in the south is €2 or €2.10.. Lidl have a decent coffee for €1 | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
If im not mistaken an americano in McD in the south is €2 or €2.10.. Lidl have a decent coffee for €1"McDonald's coffee is undrinkable. And the lidl one is only good because of its price. The best cappuccino comes out of my coffee machine. | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
If im not mistaken an americano in McD in the south is €2 or €2.10.. Lidl have a decent coffee for €1
McDonald's coffee is undrinkable. And the lidl one is only good because of its price. The best cappuccino comes out of my coffee machine. "Aghem....wrong. You'll find it's my machine that makes coffee beans sing Bohemian Rhapsody....just saying like  | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
If im not mistaken an americano in McD in the south is €2 or €2.10.. Lidl have a decent coffee for €1
McDonald's coffee is undrinkable. And the lidl one is only good because of its price. The best cappuccino comes out of my coffee machine. "Good morning DH Agreed, coffee and tea is down to individual taste. Don't buy coffee out anymore as I love my machine coffee at home too much. | |||
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"why not do a list?decent places to grab a coffee and a sambo or a few goujons
Mcdonalds coffee 99p and tastes pretty good
If im not mistaken an americano in McD in the south is €2 or €2.10.. Lidl have a decent coffee for €1
McDonald's coffee is undrinkable. And the lidl one is only good because of its price. The best cappuccino comes out of my coffee machine.
Good morning DH
Agreed, coffee and tea is down to individual taste.
Don't buy coffee out anymore as I love my machine coffee at home too much. "Same as that.. i take my coffee from home for my drive.. 3 nespresso pods in the morning will wake you up... | |||
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"Until your willing to say no I'm not going to pay those silly prices out loud then they will continue to think they are acceptable prices. And there's no point in just walking out the door in silence,you need to point it out that the prices are excessive" The problem with doing that is your saying it to someone who has zero control over the price, isn't earning a huge amount themselves, had to listen and be polite to rude people all day. | |||
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"Until your willing to say no I'm not going to pay those silly prices out loud then they will continue to think they are acceptable prices. And there's no point in just walking out the door in silence,you need to point it out that the prices are excessive The problem with doing that is your saying it to someone who has zero control over the price, isn't earning a huge amount themselves, had to listen and be polite to rude people all day. " I agree by all means complain to the people who control the pricing .But complaining to a sales assistant who is usually on the lowest wage the employer can get away with paying just make you look like a twat. It happened to me so many times when I worked in a shop and usually was done because they know you answer back. | |||
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