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Avoid the Taste Of Dublin

Unless you're a southsider who wants a day out and has more money than sense.

In my experience, this is an almighty rip-off. I recall, last year, getting a small punnet of chips with a few bits of chicken in it for €7. And that was the cheapest item on offer. In addition to this, you have to pay €25 just to get in.

To sum up, you pay €25 to get into a field where you have the privilege to buy food (at way over the odds) from a bunch of stalls.

In fairness to the organisers, it's a brilliant earner.

Rip-offs: Apple Store Ram memory

I'm writing a piece on everyday tech rip-offs this week, and continue to be amazed at the sheer audacity of the Irish Apple Store in their price structure for Ram memory.
Basically, you can buy a quality set of two 2GB Ram sticks (4GB in total) for about €70 from various reliable and reputable online stores (Crucial.com, Komplett.ie etc). Incredibly, Apple's Irish store charges €320 for exactly the same product, and I mean exactly the same product. Incredible. My own theory is that they reckon Apple Store customers are used to just reverting to the Apple Store for parts and accessories, thinking that other outlets don't sell Apple-compatible parts. I've also noticed the O2 Store passing on these ridiculous prices.