Combination of lower vat rate and lower duty on alcohol
Now do cars, energy, food, houses (check out how to build a real house while you are it), entertainment and basically anything else. And once youd done with Vienna go to Prague. (Edit: ROADS, check the roads)
I think it’s a different country or something
They’re not?
I saw 70cl Jameson on sale in Supervalu yesterday for €25, Bushmills for €23
A bottle of Jameson is €22.35 in Tesco at the moment, a bottle of JD is €23
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In Spain Jameson is 17 euros.
Low taxes on alcohol
It’s tax but I’ve seen worse, I was in E-Mart in Seoul and it was around 16 euro for a bottle of Jameson there. Think about the logistics of that, made in Ireland, delivered to the port, put in a container, sent halfway around the world, cheaper price than where it was made.
I bought my Jameson in Lidl Germany for €17
Wait until you’ve seen a bottle of Gordon’s for €10 in Germany
Jameson was on sale for €22 in Aldi yesterday.
No MUP
I wanted to get my brother in South Africa a nice bottle of Irish whiskey and send it with a visiting family member, ended up being cheaper for me to buy it from an online shop in SA and have it gift wrapped and delivered. And it was a lot cheaper.
Tax, my man. Tax
Ireland is ruled by the greedy
Taxes obviously. I remember in college about 15 years ago buying Jagermeister for €10 in Berlin.
We tax the shite out of alcohol and tobacco in ireland
These are quite pricey OP, every couple of weeks Tesco in Slovakia sells Jameson for €12. I end up bringing more whiskey back to Ireland than over, it’s strange.
Father in Law is Polish, and he buys Irish Whiskey for a friend AFTER he gets back to Poland from visiting Ireland because it’s cheaper there!
Excise duty, VAT, and whatever else the government whacks on the price is probably the reason.
As a Dubliner I’m always perplexed how drinking Guinness, in a pub, less than a mile away from where it’s brewed and kegged, I have to pay through the nose. Where in every other place in the world the local beer is dirt cheap. Wrecks my head altogether.
The fact that in a different country that our Irish whiskey is even marginally cheaper than here is disgusting, not to mention the fact that in Poland, Slovakia and Germany that it’s incredibly cheaper. Vintners Association, the MUP and taxation in this country has us broke for just trying to enjoy a drink at home. Then you go into a pub only to get hit with increased prices there too. Chronic
Same in Germany. No one has so much tax on it like Ireland. That dropped the pricing
If you live anywhere near Northern Ireland, travel up there every 6 months and buy alcohol in bulk from Asda. The shop I done in the north (Asda) cost me the €315 when converted from £. I checked each item online, in Tesco ireland it would have cost me €605. Crazy price difference. It’s the minimum unit pricing tax that’s made alcohol so expensive in ireland. Although it was already more expensive than north beforehand.
We are ripped off in literally every Regard
Tax
The fact that more than 50% of the price in Ireland is tax.
Plus we now have minimum pricing nonsense here.
I just recently saw Tullamore for 13 Euros here in Germany
I was in a bar in Linz where they had a centenary bottle of Jameson (I forget exactly which one), I reckon it had been on the shelf for years, your man was doing it for €2 a pop.
I reckon I went through at least half the bottle that night.
Side note – Austria is s cool place in general, if you haven’t visited I highly recommend giving it a go.
Tax.
In Livigno (a tax free enclave in Italy) I got a bottle of Jameson for €7 and a bottle of Absolut Vodka for €5.05
We are taxed out the hole
Taxes. Here in the US, the taxes on liquor vary by state. New Hampshire has much lower liquor taxes than neighboring states. Market research shows that NH consumes a very high level of alcohol per capita but it is really out of stater buying here.
Jameson, 70cl, cost roughly 40€ in Norway.
It’s called tax.
You’re in Vienna?
That means nothing to me.
Is it that different? I’m just back from Tesco and its €24 for a bottle of Tullamore Dew right now. Jameson is €22.
The most shocking discrepancy with regards to prices is cigarette pricing. It’s beyond ridiculous. They’re about four times the price in Ireland compared to any other country
My guess is Ireland’s taxation.
For instance, I find it wild you need a special license as a franchise owner for selling beer.. but you can sell wine, mojito in a can etc.
There are 2 Spar close by. At 1 of them I can by all kinds of alcohol.. While the other one has the rule which I explained above.
Because doctor Leo and uncle Martin said it was for our own good that we pay more
Just bought the same Jameson here in Aldi an hour ago for €22.09.
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Tax
Combination of lower vat rate and lower duty on alcohol
Now do cars, energy, food, houses (check out how to build a real house while you are it), entertainment and basically anything else. And once youd done with Vienna go to Prague. (Edit: ROADS, check the roads)
I think it’s a different country or something
They’re not?
I saw 70cl Jameson on sale in Supervalu yesterday for €25, Bushmills for €23
A bottle of Jameson is €22.35 in Tesco at the moment, a bottle of JD is €23
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In Spain Jameson is 17 euros.
Low taxes on alcohol
It’s tax but I’ve seen worse, I was in E-Mart in Seoul and it was around 16 euro for a bottle of Jameson there. Think about the logistics of that, made in Ireland, delivered to the port, put in a container, sent halfway around the world, cheaper price than where it was made.
I bought my Jameson in Lidl Germany for €17
Wait until you’ve seen a bottle of Gordon’s for €10 in Germany
Jameson was on sale for €22 in Aldi yesterday.
No MUP
I wanted to get my brother in South Africa a nice bottle of Irish whiskey and send it with a visiting family member, ended up being cheaper for me to buy it from an online shop in SA and have it gift wrapped and delivered. And it was a lot cheaper.
Tax, my man. Tax
Ireland is ruled by the greedy
Taxes obviously. I remember in college about 15 years ago buying Jagermeister for €10 in Berlin.
We tax the shite out of alcohol and tobacco in ireland
These are quite pricey OP, every couple of weeks Tesco in Slovakia sells Jameson for €12. I end up bringing more whiskey back to Ireland than over, it’s strange.
Father in Law is Polish, and he buys Irish Whiskey for a friend AFTER he gets back to Poland from visiting Ireland because it’s cheaper there!
Excise duty, VAT, and whatever else the government whacks on the price is probably the reason.
As a Dubliner I’m always perplexed how drinking Guinness, in a pub, less than a mile away from where it’s brewed and kegged, I have to pay through the nose. Where in every other place in the world the local beer is dirt cheap. Wrecks my head altogether.
The fact that in a different country that our Irish whiskey is even marginally cheaper than here is disgusting, not to mention the fact that in Poland, Slovakia and Germany that it’s incredibly cheaper. Vintners Association, the MUP and taxation in this country has us broke for just trying to enjoy a drink at home. Then you go into a pub only to get hit with increased prices there too. Chronic
Same in Germany. No one has so much tax on it like Ireland. That dropped the pricing
If you live anywhere near Northern Ireland, travel up there every 6 months and buy alcohol in bulk from Asda. The shop I done in the north (Asda) cost me the €315 when converted from £. I checked each item online, in Tesco ireland it would have cost me €605. Crazy price difference. It’s the minimum unit pricing tax that’s made alcohol so expensive in ireland. Although it was already more expensive than north beforehand.
We are ripped off in literally every Regard
Tax
The fact that more than 50% of the price in Ireland is tax.
Plus we now have minimum pricing nonsense here.
I just recently saw Tullamore for 13 Euros here in Germany
I was in a bar in Linz where they had a centenary bottle of Jameson (I forget exactly which one), I reckon it had been on the shelf for years, your man was doing it for €2 a pop.
I reckon I went through at least half the bottle that night.
Side note – Austria is s cool place in general, if you haven’t visited I highly recommend giving it a go.
Tax.
In Livigno (a tax free enclave in Italy) I got a bottle of Jameson for €7 and a bottle of Absolut Vodka for €5.05
We are taxed out the hole
Taxes. Here in the US, the taxes on liquor vary by state. New Hampshire has much lower liquor taxes than neighboring states. Market research shows that NH consumes a very high level of alcohol per capita but it is really out of stater buying here.
Jameson, 70cl, cost roughly 40€ in Norway.
It’s called tax.
You’re in Vienna?
That means nothing to me.
Is it that different? I’m just back from Tesco and its €24 for a bottle of Tullamore Dew right now. Jameson is €22.
The most shocking discrepancy with regards to prices is cigarette pricing. It’s beyond ridiculous. They’re about four times the price in Ireland compared to any other country
My guess is Ireland’s taxation.
For instance, I find it wild you need a special license as a franchise owner for selling beer.. but you can sell wine, mojito in a can etc.
There are 2 Spar close by. At 1 of them I can by all kinds of alcohol.. While the other one has the rule which I explained above.
Because doctor Leo and uncle Martin said it was for our own good that we pay more
Just bought the same Jameson here in Aldi an hour ago for €22.09.