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[Z4]

Are you seriously comparing Gatwick airport & The Conrad London Hotel with a bar in Pissouri?

You are absolutely right , starting of course with Gatwick airport filled with , just as Heathrow is, overpriced shops prying on the impulse buyer , offering goods way above high street prices , exchange con shops , a burger and chops for £9.99 , and Pissouri , relaxed atmosphere , sunshine , swimming in clear blue seas having a great time .No comparison mate , as a matter of fact the Chelsea Harbour Hotel , now called The Windham , happens to be one of my favourite UK hotels , only because it overlooks Chelsea harbour with all the boats that so remind me of Cyprus.

I will only drink Keo that thieves bar in Pissouri, nothing else.

Good point though. Relaxing atmosphere+guard down=rip off prices!

Which 'thieves bar'?

One with the pool table.

[cyprusgrump]

Are you seriously comparing Gatwick airport & The Conrad London Hotel with a bar in Pissouri?

You are absolutely right , starting of course with Gatwick airport filled with , just as Heathrow is, overpriced shops prying on the impulse buyer , offering goods way above high street prices , exchange con shops , a burger and chops for £9.99 , and Pissouri , relaxed atmosphere , sunshine , swimming in clear blue seas having a great time .No comparison mate , as a matter of fact the Chelsea Harbour Hotel , now called The Windham , happens to be one of my favourite UK hotels , only because it overlooks Chelsea harbour with all the boats that so remind me of Cyprus.

I will only drink Keo that thieves bar in Pissouri, nothing else.

Good point though. Relaxing atmosphere+guard down=rip off prices!

Which 'thieves bar'?

One with the pool table.

The Sultana...?

[Feisty]

In actuality, can anything be called a rip off while people are prepared to pay it?

When businesses have a captive audience it can be understood to an extent (eg petrol at motorway service areas in the UK) but surely only people who are desperate pay these prices. In the example I chose wouldn't it be better to charge a more realistic price and then more people would fill up to be on the safe side than to put in barely enough to get them to a more normal petrol station.

If the bar in Pissouri gets away with these prices surely it is because people will pay it and therefore is it a rip off? Surely there's other bars to chose from?

[cyprusgrump]

In actuality, can anything be called a rip off while people are prepared to pay it?

When businesses have a captive audience it can be understood to an extent (eg petrol at motorway service areas in the UK) but surely only people who are desperate pay these prices. In the example I chose wouldn't it be better to charge a more realistic price and then more people would fill up to be on the safe side than to put in barely enough to get them to a more normal petrol station.

If the bar in Pissouri gets away with these prices surely it is because people will pay it and therefore is it a rip off? Surely there's other bars to chose from?

Precisely...

[Z4]

Are you seriously comparing Gatwick airport & The Conrad London Hotel with a bar in Pissouri?

You are absolutely right , starting of course with Gatwick airport filled with , just as Heathrow is, overpriced shops prying on the impulse buyer , offering goods way above high street prices , exchange con shops , a burger and chops for £9.99 , and Pissouri , relaxed atmosphere , sunshine , swimming in clear blue seas having a great time .No comparison mate , as a matter of fact the Chelsea Harbour Hotel , now called The Windham , happens to be one of my favourite UK hotels , only because it overlooks Chelsea harbour with all the boats that so remind me of Cyprus.

I will only drink Keo that thieves bar in Pissouri, nothing else.

Good point though. Relaxing atmosphere+guard down=rip off prices!

Which 'thieves bar'?

One with the pool table.

The Sultana...?

yes

[Z4]

In actuality, can anything be called a rip off while people are prepared to pay it?

When businesses have a captive audience it can be understood to an extent (eg petrol at motorway service areas in the UK) but surely only people who are desperate pay these prices. In the example I chose wouldn't it be better to charge a more realistic price and then more people would fill up to be on the safe side than to put in barely enough to get them to a more normal petrol station.

If the bar in Pissouri gets away with these prices surely it is because people will pay it and therefore is it a rip off? Surely there's other bars to chose from?

But hang on. When you order drinks there is very rarely/if at all a price list on the table so you dont know what the hell they are charging. How often would you go upto a bar and ask

"barman how much is it for pint and half of Keo, two red bulls and four vodkas?" Never, you just get the drinks 'blind' not knowing the prices. If there was a price list on the bar i would not of ordered that round. I did not expect to be ripped off like that. 28 Euros is robbery and dont care what anyone says, the landlord should be in Prison for that.

[cyprusgrump]

In actuality, can anything be called a rip off while people are prepared to pay it?

When businesses have a captive audience it can be understood to an extent (eg petrol at motorway service areas in the UK) but surely only people who are desperate pay these prices. In the example I chose wouldn't it be better to charge a more realistic price and then more people would fill up to be on the safe side than to put in barely enough to get them to a more normal petrol station.

If the bar in Pissouri gets away with these prices surely it is because people will pay it and therefore is it a rip off? Surely there's other bars to chose from?

But hang on. When you order drinks there is very rarely/if at all a price list on the table so you dont know what the hell they are charging. How often would you go upto a bar and ask

"barman how much is it for pint and half of Keo, two red bulls and four vodkas?" Never, you just get the drinks 'blind' not knowing the prices. If there was a price list on the bar i would not of ordered that round. I did not expect to be ripped off like that. 28 Euros is robbery and dont care what anyone says, the landlord should be in Prison for that.

But you call The Sultana 'the thieves bar' yet still drink there... what does that make you...?

[Z4]

In actuality, can anything be called a rip off while people are prepared to pay it?

When businesses have a captive audience it can be understood to an extent (eg petrol at motorway service areas in the UK) but surely only people who are desperate pay these prices. In the example I chose wouldn't it be better to charge a more realistic price and then more people would fill up to be on the safe side than to put in barely enough to get them to a more normal petrol station.

If the bar in Pissouri gets away with these prices surely it is because people will pay it and therefore is it a rip off? Surely there's other bars to chose from?

But hang on. When you order drinks there is very rarely/if at all a price list on the table so you dont know what the hell they are charging. How often would you go upto a bar and ask

"barman how much is it for pint and half of Keo, two red bulls and four vodkas?" Never, you just get the drinks 'blind' not knowing the prices. If there was a price list on the bar i would not of ordered that round. I did not expect to be ripped off like that. 28 Euros is robbery and dont care what anyone says, the landlord should be in Prison for that.

But you call The Sultana 'the thieves bar' yet still drink there... what does that make you...?

No, I said I would only buy a Keo there nothing else. This way it is impossible to be ripped off like the above. The chance of us going there is slim anyway

[Feisty]

I wasn't particularly saying that to you Z4, as you say, the first time you might get ripped off in such a way but it wouldn't happen a second time and by the time you've told all your mates as well the bar owner is the one out of pocket.
I've just thought of the perfect phrase to my 'friend' that thinks it ok to ask me for £275 for going to look at 4 properties on one development for me. For that amount of money, I could have got a flight over, and hotel accomodation for one night and done it myself.

[cyprusgrump]

In actuality, can anything be called a rip off while people are prepared to pay it?

When businesses have a captive audience it can be understood to an extent (eg petrol at motorway service areas in the UK) but surely only people who are desperate pay these prices. In the example I chose wouldn't it be better to charge a more realistic price and then more people would fill up to be on the safe side than to put in barely enough to get them to a more normal petrol station.

If the bar in Pissouri gets away with these prices surely it is because people will pay it and therefore is it a rip off? Surely there's other bars to chose from?

But hang on. When you order drinks there is very rarely/if at all a price list on the table so you dont know what the hell they are charging. How often would you go upto a bar and ask

"barman how much is it for pint and half of Keo, two red bulls and four vodkas?" Never, you just get the drinks 'blind' not knowing the prices. If there was a price list on the bar i would not of ordered that round. I did not expect to be ripped off like that. 28 Euros is robbery and dont care what anyone says, the landlord should be in Prison for that.

But you call The Sultana 'the thieves bar' yet still drink there... what does that make you...?

No, I said I would only buy a Keo there nothing else. This way it is impossible to be ripped off like the above. The chance of us going there is slim anyway

So you do still drink there...?