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Really not happy with this drivel out of the government. They need to make shopping attractive in ROI BY REDUCING RIDICULOUS PRICES. It really makes my blood boil them telling us to shop in ROI when we are perfectly entitled to shop in NI, for much better value. They should investigate why there is such a huge difference in the prices that are the reason for people going up there, not think of ways to stop people.
As an example of why my shopping will be done in Eniskillen/Belfast/Newry in the coming weeks:
e.g. In a well know clothes shop on Grafton St (its name is that of a tropical storm) yesterday Maude Flanders was llooking at an item that was priced in both pounds and euro.....£110 and €170. All might seem fine until you do a quick conversion of £110 using the current exchange rate.....€129.06.
How can the minister explain almost a €41 difference? Why would you not shop in the North when one purchase immediately covers petrol and eating out for lunch??
Other stores are much more sneaky and remove the sterling prices/cover them up so we cannot see how much we are being overcharged by compared to our NI and UK counteparts.
Similarly the Irish Daily Star....I bought a copy at 60p in when I was in BallyCastle in Antrim a month ago, that equates to 70c. But low and behond, us mugs down here at paying €1.35 for it.....again HOW is that justifiable?
BTW is outside the bounds of possibility to attempt to pay the £ price since the store left it on it? I had a bit of sterling in my pocket and was tempted to try it.....
Really not happy with this drivel out of the government. They need to make shopping attractive in ROI BY REDUCING RIDICULOUS PRICES. It really makes my blood boil them telling us to shop in ROI when we are perfectly entitled to shop in NI, for much better value. They should investigate why there is such a huge difference in the prices that are the reason for people going up there, not think of ways to stop people.
As an example of why my shopping will be done in Eniskillen/Belfast/Newry in the coming weeks:
e.g. In a well know clothes shop on Grafton St (its name is that of a tropical storm) yesterday Maude Flanders was llooking at an item that was priced in both pounds and euro.....£110 and €170. All might seem fine until you do a quick conversion of £110 using the current exchange rate.....€129.06.
How can the minister explain almost a €41 difference? Why would you not shop in the North when one purchase immediately covers petrol and eating out for lunch??
Other stores are much more sneaky and remove the sterling prices/cover them up so we cannot see how much we are being overcharged by compared to our NI and UK counteparts.
Similarly the Irish Daily Star....I bought a copy at 60p in when I was in BallyCastle in Antrim a month ago, that equates to 70c. But low and behond, us mugs down here at paying €1.35 for it.....again HOW is that justifiable?
BTW is outside the bounds of possibility to attempt to pay the £ price since the store left it on it? I had a bit of sterling in my pocket and was tempted to try it.....