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These should be a lot cheaper by now but I haven't noticed any change at all. Some mags (@3.99) are selling 2 euro over what they actually should be. Rip off Ireland's last stand?
So why does every other retailer have to pass on sterling differences straight away??Eason's, who are also a wholesaler, buy stg every 3 months, and so the stg prices will take a while to adjust.
Eason's, who are also a wholesaler, buy stg every 3 months, and so the stg prices will take a while to adjust.
eh? Sounds very Joe Duffy-esque. Do you know for a fact that Easons make a profit unethically? Do you know what their Irish cost base vs a UK equivalent cost base is? Do you know what their profit margins are? Do you know what supply and demand is? Maybe that's why the prices are different?Profiteering by Eason's and the like who know the docile Irish sheep will keep paying whatever is asked of them.
So why does every other retailer have to pass on sterling differences straight away??
i am in the newsagency business and a customer of Easons. How's this for cuteness? Easons supply all their customers at full retail price (their designated price of course including 13.5% vat) less a discount of between 20% and 25%. So our hands are tied at what price we can charge. Easons should be roasted for their pricing policy.
Allowing for a 3 month delay, £1 sterling was €1.26 last Sept. Today a magazine priced at £1 retails at €1.69 or €1.70. £1 converted = €1.26, add 10% import and handling charge and then 13.5% vat on that = €1.57 tops. Minimum 10% extra for Easons. Nice one eh?
Eason's, who are also a wholesaler, buy stg every 3 months, and so the stg prices will take a while to adjust.