Now, B & Q is relatively new in Ireland - but for us coming from the UK, it's one place that I know I can go to get most things cheaper than the local places - depending on what it is & how much we need to buy, it's sometimes the only affordable option.
So as we now have to enclose our gardens & we have to do it as cheap as we can, I looked at getting some chicken wire, ground stakes & battening.... I checked the B & Q UK prices (there's no irish prices for the B & Q site) and seeing as I was looking at about 20 rolls of wire, I would have made a huge saving against our local shop.... so off I went on the 50 mile round trip.....
UK B & Q price per roll... £10.98..... Irish B & Q price.... E33.72!!!!!!
Doing the pound/euro conversion, it should have been about 14 euros
So by my calculations, that was a difference of about £20 per roll - 20 rolls - £400 dearer -
I felt VERY wobbly, I can tell you!!So I went & found 2 guys who were sorting out their chrimbo tree displays & asked where the nearest northern ireland store was.... I told them about the UK price & how much I wanted to buy.....
15 minutes later & after they checked the website & then made a telephone call to 'the powers that be' & I was allowed to buy 20 rolls at 14 euros a roll - wahay!!
So I've proved that even against a huge corporation like B & Q, sometimes the little people CAN do battle & win!!
I'm dead chuffed - now if only I can secure the garden as easy....
Julie.
