My other half decided today that my old T shirts needed replaced and suggested with an iron will that I go with her shopping to find some that don’t look like I have been wearing them for ten years.
So off we went to Marks today in Liffey Valley. I picked up a few T shirts that will do me fine – we are heading to her home of Prague during the week, so I am sure she wanted me to be a bit more presentable – ah come on I think, they know me already.
I wandered over to have a look at the jackets, because I know I could do with something newer in that area also. Someone had already ripped off the Euro sign they stick over the sterling amount.
I like Marks exchange rate £79 = €120 – not bad eh? Cheating bastards.
It was my second time in Marks & Spencers this week, must be a record for someone who hates to shop. My Dad was over visiting and had wanted something – that changed as soon as he saw the Euro price, my God he said that is X amount cheaper in Glasgow.
I told him I don’t shop in Dublin unless I have no choice. So what do you do? I shop in other places, when I visit Glasgow, it is so much cheaper; last year we were in Canada and I shopped there and spent enough to do me for a year.
The t-shirts I bought today cost €30, whereas if I had driven to Belfast which I prefer, I would have paid £18.
Tesco have decided at last to cut its prices in the south, as there are too many like me who will no longer shop there preferring to shop in Sainsbury’s in Newry at much reduced costs, including the petrol. Tesco’s defence was sourcing in Ireland – Marks don’t have that excuse, all their over priced goods are own label.
And the biggest problem I think these shops will have going forward is not the price it is the resentment they have caused by ripping us off over and over. I hate whenever I end up in Tesco for whatever reason, Alde is fine. Marks is now heading that direction also.
And while I am on this rant, it is a pleasure to be served in the North of Ireland; the service is far superior to Dublin. It is remarkable in Dublin only when you have good service, which is rare.