Random Irritations

[chico]

Crazy prices?
Some punter put his receipt online for a round of drinks in The Temple Bar pub in Dublin, howling about the ripoff price for 5 pints of Guinness, understandably.
But..... I'd have been more peed off about the second item - a pint of Harp Lager!!
Does anybody still drink that carp?? I think of it as on a par with Double Diamond and Worthington E View attachment 56836

Harp in Ireland is actually OK albeit not at that price.

 

[Neilds]

Air BNB wanting, and you'll never believe this, a copy of some form of GOV ID, before they will allow you to book on their site. Madness! No way I'm putting that on ANY website!
And it's worse, I can't find this place on any other site. Everywhere else want a fortune. £250+ a night for a pokey cottage in North Yorkshire.

Is that an Airbnb requirement or the owner? I’ve not used the site before but will be looking at it in the near future.

 

[ADB]

Crazy prices?
Some punter put his receipt online for a round of drinks in The Temple Bar pub in Dublin, howling about the ripoff price for 5 pints of Guinness, understandably.
But..... I'd have been more peed off about the second item - a pint of Harp Lager!!
Does anybody still drink that carp?? I think of it as on a par with Double Diamond and Worthington E View attachment 56836

That’s like £8.30 per pint of Guinness in the most touristy bar in the most touristy part of Dublin - I think that’s about right

 

[IanM]

Is that an Airbnb requirement or the owner? I’ve not used the site before but will be looking at it in the near future.

No idea. Used them lots, never seen an id request

 

[Red devil]

Crazy prices?
Some punter put his receipt online for a round of drinks in The Temple Bar pub in Dublin, howling about the ripoff price for 5 pints of Guinness, understandably.
But..... I'd have been more peed off about the second item - a pint of Harp Lager!!
Does anybody still drink that carp?? I think of it as on a par with Double Diamond and Worthington E View attachment 56836

That'll be in Euros more than likely. Even so it's still astronomical. As you say I remember Harp from back in the day, dreadful stuff.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

That'll be in Euros more than likely. Even so it's still astronomical. As you say I remember Harp from back in the day, dreadful stuff.

It is euros.
Still ridiculous and yes, Harp was dreadful.

 

[chellie]

Is that an Airbnb requirement or the owner? I’ve not used the site before but will be looking at it in the near future.

It might be some owners as when I wanted to book somewhere as a first time user it wanted me to do the same.

 

[Red devil]

It is euros.
Still ridiculous and yes, Harp was dreadful.

Don't mind paying a bit over the odds but getting fleeced? No chance

 

[KenL]

Airbnb booking fees. Was looking at an apartment in Algarve. Price went up by about £175 for cleaning and their ripoff fees.
Never used them, doubt I ever will.

 

[ADB]

Don't mind paying a bit over the odds but getting fleeced? No chance

This is one of the most famous pubs in Dublin if not Ireland….what was that punter expecting, €6 a pint like his local boozer

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

This is one of the most famous pubs in Dublin if not Ireland….what was that punter expecting, €6 a pint like his local boozer

How about a big sign outside?
"We are famous, therefore we can sting you €10 for Guinness and even more for, wait for it.... Harp!"

 

[KenL]

How about a big sign outside?
"We are famous, therefore we can sting you €10 for Guinness and even more for, wait for it.... Harp!"

Not condoning the prices but perhaps Harp is a decent pint these days?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I've never been to Dublin but even I know they take your eyes out there. It's the equivalent of having a coffee in St Mark's square Venice, or on the Champs Elysee. You do it for a treat and accept the spanking it's going to give you.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

I’m off to Dublin today for the rugby on Saturday, sat in terminal 2 Heathrow as I type this.

My credit card has been forewarned

 

[Beezerk]

Worst thing, it’s a proper naff pub lol. or at least it was the last time I went in 20 years ago.

 

[Billysboots]

I've never been to Dublin but even I know they take your eyes out there. It's the equivalent of having a coffee in St Mark's square Venice, or on the Champs Elysee.

Or two cups of coffee outside a mountainside bar in Courchavel in the French Alps. 12 Euros. Way back in 2005.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Or two cups of coffee outside a mountainside bar in Courchavel in the French Alps. 12 Euros. Way back in 2005.

My kids still laugh at me for my reaction to overpaying for drinks in Paris one time. It looked a harmless cafe, it really wasn't but it was too late by the time I realised. They were quite young at the time but it's one of those that stuck in their minds. Those moments still live with us and hurt . I hate being ripped off

 

[D-S]

Dirt cheap versus a beer in a Dubai hotel. It was around £12 in Happy Hour!

 

[Imurg]

We had replacement Gas and Electricity smart meters fitted, at the request of BG, late spring last year...
I wonder why they bothered....
I'm not convinced the gas one does anything at all and the electricity has been read twice by an old fashioned man in a hiviz jacket since installation.....
They don't seem very Smart...absolutely bloody useless springs to mind...

 

[Bazz]

I've never been to Dublin but even I know they take your eyes out there. It's the equivalent of having a coffee in St Mark's square Venice, or on the Champs Elysee. You do it for a treat and accept the spanking it's going to give you.

Been to all three and didn't get a spanking, feel left out now.