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Topic: The Cost of Living Thread
Posted By: McG
Subject: The Cost of Living Thread
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2022 at 9:26am
Was only a matter of time....
Gas said to have taken another 10% hike with Russia invading Ukraine and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The main EU gas supplies come from Russia AFAIK and sure ffs, he will cut us off.
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Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2022 at 9:48am
McG wrote:
Was only a matter of time....
Gas said to have taken another 10% hike with Russia invading Ukraine and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The main EU gas supplies come from Russia AFAIK and sure ffs, he will cut us off.
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Who will he sell his gas to instead?
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Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2022 at 10:10am
Time to ramp up production in the Corrib gas fields and turn us into the next UAE. The government will end buying Oldham and taking them to the Europa League or something.
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Posted By: oldbilly
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2022 at 10:28am
nah Bertie and the ff boys gave the Corrine gas fields away to private, just out of patriotic duty you understand.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2022 at 10:54am
McG wrote:
Was only a matter of time....
Gas said to have taken another 10% hike with Russia invading Ukraine and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The main EU gas supplies come from Russia AFAIK and sure ffs, he will cut us off.
| as I type uk gas futures are now up 34% (who supply most of our gas). If this isn't a wake up call for Western Europe nothing will. Very little of Irelands gas comes from Russia nevertheless we are at the very end of the gas pipeline. The government needs to get its act together and accelerate the rollout of renewables.
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Posted By: Darraghn92
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2022 at 11:04am
Borussia wrote:
McG wrote:
Was only a matter of time....
Gas said to have taken another 10% hike with Russia invading Ukraine and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The main EU gas supplies come from Russia AFAIK and sure ffs, he will cut us off.
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Who will he sell his gas to instead? |
They've recently made a 30 year deal with China to supply gas via their Siberian pipeline
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2022 at 2:17pm
'The Cost of Living'
Sounds like a Bond movie
A return to the barter system is on the cards. Turf is back in fashion. The Offaly Oligarchs will make billions.
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 7:52pm
Excise to be reduced on fuel at the pumps. Probably be 25c. Meaning it’s the same as it was last week. Some amount of people fuelled up today!
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 8:37pm
McG wrote:
Excise to be reduced on fuel at the pumps. Probably be 25c. Meaning it’s the same as it was last week. Some amount of people fuelled up today! | Was out and about Sunday, within about 10k of my house I saw prices from 1.85 to 2.05 for petrol. Looked like the petrol stations couldnt agree on it quick enough
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 9:00pm
The state take a euro a litre and sure the hikes will increase next week and then we are back to square one.
Not enough of a reduction and pressure will be back on.
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 9:03pm
Put 93e into the tank yesterday, got distracted by my phone and the it just clicked!
The last time I filled the tank to the brim, I drove it home and it got robbed that night! 
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Posted By: oldbilly
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 10:03pm
you were using your mobile while refuelling???
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 10:26pm
oldbilly wrote:
you were using your mobile while refuelling??? |
The supposed dangers associated have proven to be unfounded as far as I know.
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Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 10:31pm
oldbilly wrote:
you were using your mobile while refuelling??? | was trying to sort his tickets for Friday night....you know the SP. Anyone can get sidetracked. KOH.
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Posted By: Fitzinho
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 9:17am
McG wrote:
oldbilly wrote:
you were using your mobile while refuelling??? |
The supposed dangers associated have proven to be unfounded as far as I know. |
I saw that episode of Mythbusters also 
Though I had the phone out while at the pump recently and the lad in the shop got on the Tannoy to ask me to put it away so it's still a thing I guess
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Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 9:55am
McG wrote:
The state take a euro a litre and sure the hikes will increase next week and then we are back to square one.
Not enough of a reduction and pressure will be back on. |
Was there a mention of putting a cap on the price as of midnight tonight also? I normally get a text with my fuel card prices for the week on a Friday, I've got a text everyday this week so far with increases. It's mad.
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 1:10pm
any word on gargle going up? Let’s cut to the f**king chase
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 1:34pm
If there are increases with wheat/barley prices then they would likely be passed on, however, it doesn't appear that Europe are really getting their grains from there.
I see irish farmers here are being asked to grow more grain to address shortages
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Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 1:42pm
BigStrongMan wrote:
any word on gargle going up? Let’s cut to the f**king chase |
Most pubs seem to be putting it up unfortunately. I reckon with more people tapping their cards or running a tab you'll see more regular price increases as it wont be as obvious as getting change back into your hand.
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Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 2:44pm
Apparently the lack of fertilisers from Russia and Ukraine will cause a draught in Europe
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 3:01pm
Artie Ziff wrote:
Apparently the lack of fertilisers from Russia and Ukraine will cause a draught in Europe | Guinness draught?
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 3:15pm
Artie Ziff wrote:
Apparently the lack of fertilisers from Russia and Ukraine will cause a draught in Europe |
a cold air will come in from the east?
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Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 3:15pm
BigStrongMan wrote:
Artie Ziff wrote:
Apparently the lack of fertilisers from Russia and Ukraine will cause a draught in Europe | Guinness draught? |
I dealt with a publican before who wrote in looking to put an overdraught on his bank account.
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 3:17pm
I assume he met with a chilly response?
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Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 3:50pm
Sham157 wrote:
I assume he met with a chilly response? |
He got a stout response.
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 4:21pm
sausy wrote:
Sham157 wrote:
I assume he met with a chilly response? |
He got a stout response. |
His bank told him to pull a fast one.
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2022 at 4:54pm
With mortgage rates going down, anyone think they're in a better off position than 5 years ago?
I don't drive much so petrol doesn't impact me, Electricity is up €100/month or so but the mortgage probably cancels that increase.
Tesco has definitely gone up, routinely over €150 for a family shop, where it used to be about €100.
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2022 at 5:24pm
Any of you with Netflix about to be hit also. Basic package up a yoyo and the others up €2. Its such a pity that theyre not a very profitable successful company and have no choice but to hit peoples pockets.
Mass cancellation of subscriptions would soon soften their cough but I doubt that’ll happen.
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2022 at 6:39pm
Sham157 wrote:
Any of you with Netflix about to be hit also. Basic package up a yoyo and the others up €2. Its such a pity that theyre not a very profitable successful company and have no choice but to hit peoples pockets.
Mass cancellation of subscriptions would soon soften their cough but I doubt that’ll happen. |
Increase in cost of fueling their delivery trucks 
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2022 at 8:00pm
Shedite wrote:
With mortgage rates going down, anyone think they're in a better off position than 5 years ago?
I don't drive much so petrol doesn't impact me, Electricity is up €100/month or so but the mortgage probably cancels that increase.
Tesco has definitely gone up, routinely over €150 for a family shop, where it used to be about €100. |
Fuel and food defo where the worst pain is felt. We have prepay gas and electricity and whereas you would get the whole month for 90 not so long ago on the electricy, it's about 140 (although I need to switch somewhere else to get back onto q better rate). Gas similar, going through about 6 quid a day. Don't have to fill the car as much with us both at home. It prob about 15 euro more to fill the car but only have to fill it once a month so not feeling it too bad.
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Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2022 at 8:20pm
Shedite wrote:
With mortgage rates going down, anyone think they're in a better off position than 5 years ago?
I don't drive much so petrol doesn't impact me, Electricity is up €100/month or so but the mortgage probably cancels that increase.
Tesco has definitely gone up, routinely over €150 for a family shop, where it used to be about €100. |
Interest rates went up in Feb and ECB rates are due to go up in September/October.
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2022 at 8:21pm
Sham157 wrote:
Any of you with Netflix about to be hit also. Basic package up a yoyo and the others up €2. Its such a pity that theyre not a very profitable successful company and have no choice but to hit peoples pockets.
Mass cancellation of subscriptions would soon soften their cough but I doubt that’ll happen. | Subscriber growth slowed for the first time last year, if you're not expanding your customer base the other way to keep profits growing is to increase the amount you get from each customer.
Some great shows on it to be fair, I'd definitely give up my sky subscription before Netflix at this stage
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Posted By: Badgersboys9
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2022 at 8:27pm
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2022 at 8:59pm
Badgersboys9 wrote:
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Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2022 at 4:41am
Sham157 wrote:
Any of you with Netflix about to be hit also. Basic package up a yoyo and the others up €2. Its such a pity that theyre not a very profitable successful company and have no choice but to hit peoples pockets.
Mass cancellation of subscriptions would soon soften their cough but I doubt that’ll happen. |
Just watch Netflix slower.
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2022 at 7:11am
Badgersboys9 wrote:
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2022 at 9:05am
Badgersboys9 wrote:
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Reminds me of this classic from Shaq. Still not sure if he's serious or not...
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Posted By: Badgersboys9
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2022 at 9:24am
1/2 of 80=20. Fact!
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2022 at 12:29pm
t_rAndy wrote:
Shedite wrote:
With mortgage rates going down, anyone think they're in a better off position than 5 years ago?
I don't drive much so petrol doesn't impact me, Electricity is up €100/month or so but the mortgage probably cancels that increase.
Tesco has definitely gone up, routinely over €150 for a family shop, where it used to be about €100. |
Fuel and food defo where the worst pain is felt. We have prepay gas and electricity and whereas you would get the whole month for 90 not so long ago on the electricy, it's about 140 (although I need to switch somewhere else to get back onto q better rate). Gas similar, going through about 6 quid a day. Don't have to fill the car as much with us both at home. It prob about 15 euro more to fill the car but only have to fill it once a month so not feeling it too bad.
| Andy, those prepay plans are a scam. Ridiculous prices and fees. Get yourself off it ASAP and sign up to a 12 month level pay/equaliser plan. I recently switched to Electric Ireland, got €200 cash back and paying a lot less per unit. Youll pay a set amount a month for gas and leccy with an annual adjustment but you can also just ring up and stick a few quid on your account from time to time.
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2022 at 2:37pm
Sham157 wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
Shedite wrote:
With mortgage rates going down, anyone think they're in a better off position than 5 years ago?
I don't drive much so petrol doesn't impact me, Electricity is up €100/month or so but the mortgage probably cancels that increase.
Tesco has definitely gone up, routinely over €150 for a family shop, where it used to be about €100. |
Fuel and food defo where the worst pain is felt. We have prepay gas and electricity and whereas you would get the whole month for 90 not so long ago on the electricy, it's about 140 (although I need to switch somewhere else to get back onto q better rate). Gas similar, going through about 6 quid a day. Don't have to fill the car as much with us both at home. It prob about 15 euro more to fill the car but only have to fill it once a month so not feeling it too bad.
| Andy, those prepay plans are a scam. Ridiculous prices and fees. Get yourself off it ASAP and sign up to a 12 month level pay/equaliser plan. I recently switched to Electric Ireland, got €200 cash back and paying a lot less per unit. Youll pay a set amount a month for gas and leccy with an annual adjustment but you can also just ring up and stick a few quid on your account from time to time. |
Yeah I know. We had prepaid gas with bord gais since we got.the house as that was the meter that came with the house. Switched over to prepay last year sold it was a better deal but has turned out to be a nightmare (f**ker who installed the electricity box even dropped a tool and damaged me architrave, basically trouble from the get go). I'm through the contract so just need to get me finger out me hole. Would need to pay to get a non prepare meter installed for the gas though.
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2022 at 4:20pm
You sure you’d have to pay? Its Gas Networks Ireland that install the meters I thought, not the company you pay the bill to.
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2022 at 3:08pm
CM mentioned his mrs upgrading in another thread and it got me wondering….when I say she upgraded, I mean her phone.
Anyhow, I haven't bought a phone as part of a plan in almost 10 years Id guess. Had my last phone for over 4 years bought direct from the manufacturer for €400 and then had sim only plans ranging from €10-€15 during that time.
My current phone I again bought for €400 pre covid and have had a sim only plan of €9.99. Roughly speaking, it works out at €18pm yet loads of people are happy to fork out an upfront fee to a network and then pay anything up to €50pm. I know youd need the money there and then to buy upfront but even so, there are plenty of bargains to be had on the likes of adverts and little phone repair shops on great phones without being tied to vodafone or whoever for 12/24 months.
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2022 at 8:12pm
Sham157 wrote:
CM mentioned his mrs upgrading in another thread and it got me wondering….when I say she upgraded, I mean her phone.
Anyhow, I haven't bought a phone as part of a plan in almost 10 years Id guess. Had my last phone for over 4 years bought direct from the manufacturer for €400 and then had sim only plans ranging from €10-€15 during that time.
My current phone I again bought for €400 pre covid and have had a sim only plan of €9.99. Roughly speaking, it works out at €18pm yet loads of people are happy to fork out an upfront fee to a network and then pay anything up to €50pm. I know youd need the money there and then to buy upfront but even so, there are plenty of bargains to be had on the likes of adverts and little phone repair shops on great phones without being tied to vodafone or whoever for 12/24 months. | My missus does the same, buys a new iPhone for €600 or whatever it is, then goes for the sim-free plan. I've always gone for the €45/month for 24 months option. I know the maths works out better in the long run but I'd feel a once-off €600 more
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Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 12:28am
Shedite wrote:
Sham157 wrote:
CM mentioned his mrs upgrading in another thread and it got me wondering….when I say she upgraded, I mean her phone.
Anyhow, I haven't bought a phone as part of a plan in almost 10 years Id guess. Had my last phone for over 4 years bought direct from the manufacturer for €400 and then had sim only plans ranging from €10-€15 during that time.
My current phone I again bought for €400 pre covid and have had a sim only plan of €9.99. Roughly speaking, it works out at €18pm yet loads of people are happy to fork out an upfront fee to a network and then pay anything up to €50pm. I know youd need the money there and then to buy upfront but even so, there are plenty of bargains to be had on the likes of adverts and little phone repair shops on great phones without being tied to vodafone or whoever for 12/24 months. | My missus does the same, buys a new iPhone for €600 or whatever it is, then goes for the sim-free plan. I've always gone for the €45/month for 24 months option. I know the maths works out better in the long run but I'd feel a once-off €600 more |
A second hand phone for much less and sim only is your only man. Spending a grand or 600 on a phone either through a bill or upfront is madness. Wouldn’t spend more than 200 to be honest.
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 8:33am
Baldrick wrote:
Shedite wrote:
Sham157 wrote:
CM mentioned his mrs upgrading in another thread and it got me wondering….when I say she upgraded, I mean her phone.
Anyhow, I haven't bought a phone as part of a plan in almost 10 years Id guess. Had my last phone for over 4 years bought direct from the manufacturer for €400 and then had sim only plans ranging from €10-€15 during that time.
My current phone I again bought for €400 pre covid and have had a sim only plan of €9.99. Roughly speaking, it works out at €18pm yet loads of people are happy to fork out an upfront fee to a network and then pay anything up to €50pm. I know youd need the money there and then to buy upfront but even so, there are plenty of bargains to be had on the likes of adverts and little phone repair shops on great phones without being tied to vodafone or whoever for 12/24 months. | My missus does the same, buys a new iPhone for €600 or whatever it is, then goes for the sim-free plan. I've always gone for the €45/month for 24 months option. I know the maths works out better in the long run but I'd feel a once-off €600 more |
A second hand phone for much less and sim only is your only man. Spending a grand or 600 on a phone either through a bill or upfront is madness. Wouldn’t spend more than 200 to be honest. | What would ya get for that?
Phone plays a fairly big part of my life at this stage so I'm happy to spend the fiver a week or whatever it works out at
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 8:41am
Baldrick wrote:
Shedite wrote:
Sham157 wrote:
CM mentioned his mrs upgrading in another thread and it got me wondering….when I say she upgraded, I mean her phone.
Anyhow, I haven't bought a phone as part of a plan in almost 10 years Id guess. Had my last phone for over 4 years bought direct from the manufacturer for €400 and then had sim only plans ranging from €10-€15 during that time.
My current phone I again bought for €400 pre covid and have had a sim only plan of €9.99. Roughly speaking, it works out at €18pm yet loads of people are happy to fork out an upfront fee to a network and then pay anything up to €50pm. I know youd need the money there and then to buy upfront but even so, there are plenty of bargains to be had on the likes of adverts and little phone repair shops on great phones without being tied to vodafone or whoever for 12/24 months. | My missus does the same, buys a new iPhone for €600 or whatever it is, then goes for the sim-free plan. I've always gone for the €45/month for 24 months option. I know the maths works out better in the long run but I'd feel a once-off €600 more |
A second hand phone for much less and sim only is your only man. Spending a grand or 600 on a phone either through a bill or upfront is madness. Wouldn’t spend more than 200 to be honest. |
swappie is your only man.
2nd hand phone which looks brand new for a fraction of the price
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 8:45am
horsebox wrote:
Baldrick wrote:
Shedite wrote:
Sham157 wrote:
CM mentioned his mrs upgrading in another thread and it got me wondering….when I say she upgraded, I mean her phone.
Anyhow, I haven't bought a phone as part of a plan in almost 10 years Id guess. Had my last phone for over 4 years bought direct from the manufacturer for €400 and then had sim only plans ranging from €10-€15 during that time.
My current phone I again bought for €400 pre covid and have had a sim only plan of €9.99. Roughly speaking, it works out at €18pm yet loads of people are happy to fork out an upfront fee to a network and then pay anything up to €50pm. I know youd need the money there and then to buy upfront but even so, there are plenty of bargains to be had on the likes of adverts and little phone repair shops on great phones without being tied to vodafone or whoever for 12/24 months. | My missus does the same, buys a new iPhone for €600 or whatever it is, then goes for the sim-free plan. I've always gone for the €45/month for 24 months option. I know the maths works out better in the long run but I'd feel a once-off €600 more |
A second hand phone for much less and sim only is your only man. Spending a grand or 600 on a phone either through a bill or upfront is madness. Wouldn’t spend more than 200 to be honest. |
swappie is your only man.
2nd hand phone which looks brand new for a fraction of the price
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 10:20am
Used refurbed.ie at Christmas for the daughters phone. Phone was like brand new so yeah any time I need a new phone I'll just go down that route and sim only
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Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 11:13am
exactly lads. We buy second hand cars why wouldn’t we buy second hand phones.
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Posted By: Cabs88
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 11:23am
t_rAndy wrote:
Used refurbed.ie at Christmas for the daughters phone. Phone was like brand new so yeah any time I need a new phone I'll just go down that route and sim only |
I’m on the lookout for a new phone and came across this site. I’ve never bought a refurbished phone in the past so I’m a bit reluctant. I’m looking for an IPhone 11 and refurbed seems to have good deals. No issues with them?
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 11:32am
Cabs88 wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
Used refurbed.ie at Christmas for the daughters phone. Phone was like brand new so yeah any time I need a new phone I'll just go down that route and sim only |
I’m on the lookout for a new phone and came across this site. I’ve never bought a refurbished phone in the past so I’m a bit reluctant. I’m looking for an IPhone 11 and refurbed seems to have good deals. No issues with them? |
I got 3 second hand phones from swappie and they all looked brand new. You'd never think they were second hand.
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Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 1:49pm
Baldrick wrote:
exactly lads. We buy second hand cars why wouldn’t we buy second hand phones. |
Warranty is a big thing for me! Have a phone that I bought with 3 contract 16 months ago which stopped working, it was costing over £300 to fix but I was covered with warranty so didn’t cost me anything and got a complete new phone out of it.
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Posted By: counterlock
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 2:34pm
BrendanD88 wrote:
Baldrick wrote:
exactly lads. We buy second hand cars why wouldn’t we buy second hand phones. |
Warranty is a big thing for me! Have a phone that I bought with 3 contract 16 months ago which stopped working, it was costing over £300 to fix but I was covered with warranty so didn’t cost me anything and got a complete new phone out of it. |
12 month warranty with Swappie too, same as you'd get with a brand new iphone. I'm a convert too, ordered one and it arrived in 3 days.
As an aside, steer clear of the fonefix/eir-store.ie/eir.ie refurbs. The swappie order was to replace one I got from eir, supposedly like new and wouldn't charge. 3 months later still waiting for them to refund me.
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Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 3:18pm
counterlock wrote:
BrendanD88 wrote:
Baldrick wrote:
exactly lads. We buy second hand cars why wouldn’t we buy second hand phones. |
Warranty is a big thing for me! Have a phone that I bought with 3 contract 16 months ago which stopped working, it was costing over £300 to fix but I was covered with warranty so didn’t cost me anything and got a complete new phone out of it. |
12 month warranty with Swappie too, same as you'd get with a brand new iphone. I'm a convert too, ordered one and it arrived in 3 days.
As an aside, steer clear of the fonefix/eir-store.ie/eir.ie refurbs. The swappie order was to replace one I got from eir, supposedly like new and wouldn't charge. 3 months later still waiting for them to refund me.
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12 month warranty wouldn’t have covered me, my network provider cover the second year which certainly came in handy.
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Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2022 at 4:33pm
I have had a GoMo monthly account for around 2 years, it's €11 a month. I bought a new Samsung phone for €270. I just pick a model that's a year old. I've had that phone 2.5 years.
So my bills and phone have cost a total of €600 over 30 months which is about €20 a month. I doubt you will get a much better deal than that.
I'll probably get a phone soon, I'll check out that Swappie option
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 1:46pm
We will be standing around a barrel fire soon enough
Bord Gáis Energy is increasing its rates for both electricity and gas customers.According to a statement from the company, the average electricity bill will go up by 27% and the average gas bill will go up by 39%. The company is ending its 'winter price pledge' and the changes will take effect from 15 April. The company said it was working with the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) and is also establishing an energy support fund to help customers who ‘experience difficulties in managing their bills.’ Bord Gáis Energy blamed the price rises on "...the persistence of high demand on gas worldwide, reduced supplies, low storage volumes, geo-political issues and late winter conditions." "As part of Centrica plc, and with decades of local experience, we will navigate through these unprecedented times with our customers," Dave Kirwan, Managing Director with Bord Gáis Energy said in a statement. "However, there have been continued increases in wholesale energy costs over the past two years, particularly in the past 12 months. "This, together with the expectation that costs will remain both high and volatile for some time, means we are forced to increase our prices," he said.
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Posted By: GoneToShowgies
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2022 at 12:09pm
Cost of diesel far higher than petrol. Used always be the other way around.
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 4:52pm
Some hike in the aul average weekly shopping bill.
Basics like bread, milk etc. have shot up. This was all to be expected but still.
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Posted By: King_Kenny
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 4:53pm
McG wrote:
Some hike in the aul average weekly shopping bill.
Basics like bread, milk etc. have shot up. This was all to be expected but still. |
Inflation 9/10% me hole. 25 more like.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 5:36pm
How much has milk gone up in Ireland? In London a 2.2 litre drum of milk has gone up from £1.10 to £1.40 in the past 6 months. that's a significant increase, most other staples increasing sharply as well.
Am procrastinating when it comes to updating my online energy supplier with meter readings. That's going to be a painful bill.
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Posted By: drog addict
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 6:08pm
You are gonna see the cost of everything that comes from China rise, especially many will see when it come to Christmas. I'd advise buy your presents now if you know what the wee wans want. Container from China in the past was around 3k, now its 18k.
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Posted By: MayoMark
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 6:14pm
Definitely going to try to eat cheaper, better, fresher food. Shopping bill has been ****ish lately
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 6:15pm
drog addict wrote:
You are gonna see the cost of everything that comes from China rise, especially many will see when it come to Christmas. I'd advise buy your presents now if you know what the wee wans want. Container from China in the past was around 3k, now its 18k. |
why?
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Posted By: drog addict
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 7:02pm
Trap junior wrote:
drog addict wrote:
You are gonna see the cost of everything that comes from China rise, especially many will see when it come to Christmas. I'd advise buy your presents now if you know what the wee wans want. Container from China in the past was around 3k, now its 18k. |
why?
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There is a few things at play but the great bunch of lads have us by the bollix and know it. last year it was due to the lack of containers in China and the Chinese were charging a fortune for the ones that they had. I heard of one company digging up old containers burried in the middle of nowhere, got their goods on a barge down to the port on the sly and paid some lad off to take them. This year it hasn't changed and the cost of fuel along with increase in paper/cardboard and manufacturing isn't gonna bring the prices down. Take your basic plastic toy, takes petroleum to make this product, add the cardboard/paper, increased labour costs, cost of the container (if its a big box you will get f**k all in a container) and shipping costs(fuel for air/sea&road) and it fairly adds up. You will see prices increase up to 30% if not more. I do think we are over reliant on China for most of non food goods but there aren't many other options as other countries like India, Vietnam etc aren't up to scratch when it comes to quality.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 9:05pm
It's never a good idea to be relying on one source for most of your goods especially one where democracy is unheard of but another reason is the changing demographics in China where the population is forecasted to half by 2050. There's going to be a serious labour shortage in their factories in the not too distant future.
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 9:07pm
airport parking up by about 30% since before the pandemic. Everywhere you turn it’s just gone through the roof.
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Posted By: drog addict
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 9:15pm
colemanY2K wrote:
It's never a good idea to be relying on one source for most of your goods especially one where democracy is unheard of but another reason is the changing demographics in China where the population is forecasted to half by 2050. There's going to be a serious labour shortage in their factories in the not too distant future.
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By that stage I think many importers will have sourced elsewhere and alot closer to home to keep shipping costs down. Company I work with are investing heavily into their own factory to produce the goods that have doubled in price from China since last year.
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 9:38pm
t_rAndy wrote:
airport parking up by about 30% since before the pandemic.Everywhere you turn it’s just gone through the roof. |
And unlikely to ever come back down. That’s it.
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 9:54pm
Everyone is using covid as an excuse to hike up their prices.
Customer: 'A pint 6.50??' Barman: ''Covid caused a shortage in wheat.''
Or some such bollox
f**k right off
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Posted By: ConorMac77
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 10:02pm
Trap junior wrote:
Everyone is using covid as an excuse to hike up their prices.
Customer: 'A pint 6.50??' Barman: ''Covid caused a shortage in wheat.''
Or some such bollox
f**k right off
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And if its not that, it'll be the war in Ukraine. 
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Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 10:15pm
You'd want about 100,000 euro up front to buy a house these days.
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Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 10:17pm
Certainly seems to be some business people taking the piss, the old "never waste a crisis" mantra coming to the fore.
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 24 May 2022 at 10:18pm
McG wrote:
t_rAndy wrote:
airport parking up by about 30% since before the pandemic.Everywhere you turn it’s just gone through the roof. |
And unlikely to ever come back down. That’s it. | Quickpark closing down is a massive factor in that.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 25 May 2022 at 7:55am
drog addict wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
It's never a good idea to be relying on one source for most of your goods especially one where democracy is unheard of but another reason is the changing demographics in China where the population is forecasted to half by 2050. There's going to be a serious labour shortage in their factories in the not too distant future.
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By that stage I think many importers will have sourced elsewhere and alot closer to home to keep shipping costs down. Company I work with are investing heavily into their own factory to produce the goods that have doubled in price from China since last year. |
Which as you say will drive the price of goods up even if demand is lower, the dreaded stagflation.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 25 May 2022 at 10:44pm
€103.15 for the cheapest ticket to see Bruce Springsteen in Dublin next year, the other categories are priced at €138.15, €148.15 and €163.15.
Love the boss but that's taking the piss.
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Posted By: King_Kenny
Date Posted: 25 May 2022 at 11:12pm
colemanY2K wrote:
€103.15 for the cheapest ticket to see Bruce Springsteen in Dublin next year, the other categories are priced at €138.15, €148.15 and €163.15.
Love the boss but that's taking the piss. |
The boss always loved the cash!
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Posted By: Il Principe
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 4:49pm
King_Kenny wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
€103.15 for the cheapest ticket to see Bruce Springsteen in Dublin next year, the other categories are priced at €138.15, €148.15 and €163.15.
Love the boss but that's taking the piss. |
The boss always loved the cash! |
ridiculous
at least at a sporting event, you don't know the outcome and something out of the ordinary can actually happen
paying to listen to music is such a waste of money, there are hundreds of his full concerts online, you have heard all the songs before and it is literally no different
unless you're going there for the likes 
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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 4:56pm
Il Principe wrote:
ridiculous
at least at a sporting event, you don't know the outcome and something out of the ordinary can actually happen
paying to listen to music is such a waste of money, there are hundreds of his full concerts online, you have heard all the songs before and it is literally no different
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Serious question, have you been to a concert?
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 5:00pm
colemanY2K wrote:
€103.15 for the cheapest ticket to see Bruce Springsteen in Dublin next year, the other categories are priced at €138.15, €148.15 and €163.15.
Love the boss but that's taking the piss. | for 3hrs top class entertainment,not too bad
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 5:07pm
BigStrongMan wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
€103.15 for the cheapest ticket to see Bruce Springsteen in Dublin next year, the other categories are priced at €138.15, €148.15 and €163.15.
Love the boss but that's taking the piss. | for 3hrs top class entertainment,not too bad |
The amount of notice given was shoddy...
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 5:47pm
McG wrote:
BigStrongMan wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
€103.15 for the cheapest ticket to see Bruce Springsteen in Dublin next year, the other categories are priced at €138.15, €148.15 and €163.15.
Love the boss but that's taking the piss. | for 3hrs top class entertainment,not too bad |
The amount of notice given was shoddy... | the highest category priced ticket for the Barcelona gig is less than the cheapest category ticket for the Dublin gig.
For those of us outside Dublin we could bank the cost of a Dublin hotel, the difference in the cost of a ticket, the spending money that you would need for Dublin and instead book a Ryanair flight to Barcelona, go to the gig, spend a few nights in the city or a week in an apartment on the Costa Brava and probably still have change leftover to put towards spending money.
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Posted By: seanyshuffler
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 5:52pm
colemanY2K wrote:
McG wrote:
BigStrongMan wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
€103.15 for the cheapest ticket to see Bruce Springsteen in Dublin next year, the other categories are priced at €138.15, €148.15 and €163.15.
Love the boss but that's taking the piss. | for 3hrs top class entertainment,not too bad |
The amount of notice given was shoddy... | the highest category priced ticket for the Barcelona gig is less than the cheapest category ticket for the Dublin gig.
For those of us outside Dublin we could bank the cost of a Dublin hotel, the difference in the cost of a ticket, the spending money that you would need for Dublin and instead book a Ryanair flight to Barcelona, go to the gig, spend a few nights in the city or a week in an apartment on the Costa Brava and probably still have change leftover to put towards spending money.
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Presume the reason the tickets are cheaper in Barcelona is that he'd have to be dubbed so people could understand him, while in Dublin most speak English so get to hear the real Boss!
Good value in my opinion for that 
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 6:00pm
Bill O'Reilly had Springsteen's number that time when he talked about how much of a capitalist he is.
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Posted By: Il Principe
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 6:08pm
there you go lads
same songs, different city
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Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 6:50pm
Il Principe wrote:
King_Kenny wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
€103.15 for the cheapest ticket to see Bruce Springsteen in Dublin next year, the other categories are priced at €138.15, €148.15 and €163.15.
Love the boss but that's taking the piss. |
The boss always loved the cash! |
ridiculous
at least at a sporting event, you don't know the outcome and something out of the ordinary can actually happen
paying to listen to music is such a waste of money, there are hundreds of his full concerts online, you have heard all the songs before and it is literally no different
unless you're going there for the likes  |
The strangest take on music I’ve heard to be honest!
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Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 26 May 2022 at 11:35pm
€500 to stay one night in Jury's in Cork next week. A city turning into the walking dead with the amount of junkies all over the place.
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Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 27 May 2022 at 7:06am
I don't care who it is, those ticket prices are ridiculous.
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Posted By: theheff1989
Date Posted: 27 May 2022 at 7:40am
Jackal wrote:
€500 to stay one night in Jury's in Cork next week. A city turning into the walking dead with the amount of junkies all over the place. |
Was at a stag in Cork few weeks back. Couldn’t get over how rough the place is gone.
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 12:30pm
Well up over the €2 for a litre of fuel now 
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Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 12:36pm
Drive up and down last night was about 50 euro in diesel before tolls which push it to well over 60 euro return.
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 12:47pm
The airport is a state at the moment so you can't leave the place, can't travel around with the price of fuel. Very hard to find somewhere to rent and if you are lucky and do, it's scarely affordable. Anywhere near Dublin is eyewateringly expensive to buy. Large parts of the country has no public transport and parts of Dublin it is shoddy at best. Hospital waiting lists are the pits and you will be waiting half a day if you have the misfortune of visiting A and E. Many countries have some of the problems above but it does feel like the most depressing time to be living in Ireland in my lifetime and I include the recession times in that!!
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 12:59pm
Saw it at 2.25e for a litre of diesel in some garage in Kildare.
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Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 1:22pm
Simple thing like bread. €2.70 pre covid, up to €3.00 post lockdown and now €3.25. Almost 20% rise. This will most likely rise even further.
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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 2:19pm
reddladd wrote:
Simple thing like bread. €2.70 pre covid, up to €3.00 post lockdown and now €3.25. Almost 20% rise. This will most likely rise even further. |
Bread normally does rise RL , think its the yeast
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 2:22pm
reddladd wrote:
Simple thing like bread. €2.70 pre covid, up to €3.00 post lockdown and now €3.25. Almost 20% rise. This will most likely rise even further. | Wouldnt have a clue about the price of bread,milk etc. How do people know the price of all these things?
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Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 2:25pm
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 3:43pm
BigStrongMan wrote:
reddladd wrote:
Simple thing like bread. €2.70 pre covid, up to €3.00 post lockdown and now €3.25. Almost 20% rise. This will most likely rise even further. | Wouldnt have a clue about the price of bread,milk etc. How do people know the price of all these things? |
Staples such as the above are fairly well documented of late due to inflation. I certainly don't go around comparing prices on such items from last year etc but i definitely look more closely at what discretionary items im putting in the trolley. Pretty sure we all spot the hikes when it comes to coughing up the cash when paying for the trolley.
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 6:24pm
BSM must be absolutely rolling in it
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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 6:57pm
1 litre bottle of barcardi up from 11 quid to 12.25 in duty free 
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Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2022 at 7:00pm
Newryrep wrote:
1 litre bottle of barcardi up from 11 quid to 12.25 in duty free  |
Last time we flew out of Dublin a bottle of Dingle Vodka was €36 Now a few days before it was in Dunnes for €31 , work that one out .
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