Make sure not to buy them so they know this didn’t work.
Le_nom_nom on
It has to have been priced at 3.90 for at least 30 days under consumer law I believe before you can mark it down and call it a sale. Report it to the CCPC they’re very strict on this stuff
have-to on
Everyone is doing it – Tesco, and I think Lidl too recently.
Substantial_Rope8225 on
They’re at this every week, makes me so irrationally angry!
What’s the point of having the CCPC
louiseber on
The suppliers do this to couch the price increases
Playlotto_Layblotto on
Monkey business
OutInABlazeOfGlory on
There needs to be stricter regulations on the price of consumer goods in general. Like, anywhere in the world where haggling is not permitted.
You shouldn’t be able to do a sale and raise the base price at the same time to increase savings. Hell, they should only be allowed to show the price difference from the last price. If it’s because it’s on sale, sure, say that. But they should be required to print on the label “this price has increased by <X amount>”
TheFilthy13 on
Tale as old as time. Wait till you hear how Black Friday works…
Outside-Monk-3399 on
I mean this sort of thing is as old as time though in fairness.
Pzurpo on
€3.00 in Tesco, surprisingly not on sale for €2.50 which is what I expected.
tharmor on
With 20% vouchers till the cheapest in Ireland 😄😄
Kast0r on
Works when the government is bringing out the budget, taxes for alcohol and tobacco go up by about 5% and then the do everyone a favor by bringing it back down but it’s still 50c or 1euro more than the original price…. This shit always happens when there’s an election looming.
Ndanuddaone on
Coles (and soon Woolies) were caught and lost a court case for doing exactly this in Australia. No reason our ombudsman couldn’t do the same.
Wait till you see the simply better housekeeper meat, the dunnstore housekeeper is a cheaper option with the only difference is a fancy lable to boost price,
221 on
It’s really not that hard for people to use their own common sense. One is 83c per bar, the other is 1.30 per bar, if you’re happy to pay 83c for a Daim bar that’s great, and if you want to buy them purely because there’s a perceived saving, that’s your own business. Neither case is really that big of a rip-off.
Strong-Sector-7605 on
This has been happening since the dawn of time.
XopherIE on
Nearly as bad as the Black Friday sales. Every shop does this to make the consumer think that are making savings.
Few-Ad-6322 on
You have proof they raised the price inside the 30 day window or is it trust me bro?
kieranfitz on
Its not just Dunnes
Otherwise-Winner9643 on
Many retailers use misleading prices within legal guidelines.
I contacted Curry’s because I had been waiting to buy a dishwasher, so I had been looking at prices for a while, but was waiting for the sale. They put up the price of the model I was looking at for the full 30 days before the sale, then lowered it to the „sale“ price, which was the RRP that it was for sale for prior to the 30 day increase. I sent them screenshots, and they sent me back the rules that say it is based on the previous 30 days‘ price, so they were entirely within the law to advertise it as a sale price.
My takeaway was, do not buy any big ticket items in the 30 days ***before*** a sale, because you will get shafted.
raverbashing on
Daim, this is sneaky!
pj_1981 on
Why did Dime change to Daim?
colb24 on
They seem to have the 20% discount built into their prices on many items.
kearkan on
This isn’t new.
cinderubella on
They’ll need much more potent marketeering sorcery before I’ll feel remotely intelligent buying chocolate. 2 normal sized bars for more than €3? A 28g daim bar for the guts of €1?
Valkyrie1-618 on
€1.75 in both Dealz and Normal 🙂 woof woof
defjam20000 on
The price increases in shit „food“ has been the best thing to happen to my health – I’m so disgusted at the price of chocolate I can’t enjoy it anymore – fuck ‚em is a great way to get off coca cola or cadburys. Once you’re off it for a while, it becomes painfully obvious that it’s pure muck.
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Make sure not to buy them so they know this didn’t work.
It has to have been priced at 3.90 for at least 30 days under consumer law I believe before you can mark it down and call it a sale. Report it to the CCPC they’re very strict on this stuff
Everyone is doing it – Tesco, and I think Lidl too recently.
They’re at this every week, makes me so irrationally angry!
What’s the point of having the CCPC
The suppliers do this to couch the price increases
Monkey business
There needs to be stricter regulations on the price of consumer goods in general. Like, anywhere in the world where haggling is not permitted.
You shouldn’t be able to do a sale and raise the base price at the same time to increase savings. Hell, they should only be allowed to show the price difference from the last price. If it’s because it’s on sale, sure, say that. But they should be required to print on the label “this price has increased by <X amount>”
Tale as old as time. Wait till you hear how Black Friday works…
I mean this sort of thing is as old as time though in fairness.
€3.00 in Tesco, surprisingly not on sale for €2.50 which is what I expected.
With 20% vouchers till the cheapest in Ireland 😄😄
Works when the government is bringing out the budget, taxes for alcohol and tobacco go up by about 5% and then the do everyone a favor by bringing it back down but it’s still 50c or 1euro more than the original price…. This shit always happens when there’s an election looming.
Coles (and soon Woolies) were caught and lost a court case for doing exactly this in Australia. No reason our ombudsman couldn’t do the same.
[Coles found to have misled shoppers on discounted items in bombshell Federal Court case, ABC News 14 May 2026](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800)
Wait till you see the simply better housekeeper meat, the dunnstore housekeeper is a cheaper option with the only difference is a fancy lable to boost price,
It’s really not that hard for people to use their own common sense. One is 83c per bar, the other is 1.30 per bar, if you’re happy to pay 83c for a Daim bar that’s great, and if you want to buy them purely because there’s a perceived saving, that’s your own business. Neither case is really that big of a rip-off.
This has been happening since the dawn of time.
Nearly as bad as the Black Friday sales. Every shop does this to make the consumer think that are making savings.
You have proof they raised the price inside the 30 day window or is it trust me bro?
Its not just Dunnes
Many retailers use misleading prices within legal guidelines.
I contacted Curry’s because I had been waiting to buy a dishwasher, so I had been looking at prices for a while, but was waiting for the sale. They put up the price of the model I was looking at for the full 30 days before the sale, then lowered it to the „sale“ price, which was the RRP that it was for sale for prior to the 30 day increase. I sent them screenshots, and they sent me back the rules that say it is based on the previous 30 days‘ price, so they were entirely within the law to advertise it as a sale price.
My takeaway was, do not buy any big ticket items in the 30 days ***before*** a sale, because you will get shafted.
Daim, this is sneaky!
Why did Dime change to Daim?
They seem to have the 20% discount built into their prices on many items.
This isn’t new.
They’ll need much more potent marketeering sorcery before I’ll feel remotely intelligent buying chocolate. 2 normal sized bars for more than €3? A 28g daim bar for the guts of €1?
€1.75 in both Dealz and Normal 🙂 woof woof
The price increases in shit „food“ has been the best thing to happen to my health – I’m so disgusted at the price of chocolate I can’t enjoy it anymore – fuck ‚em is a great way to get off coca cola or cadburys. Once you’re off it for a while, it becomes painfully obvious that it’s pure muck.