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• Driven to distraction

  January 21, 2008 @ 11:20 am | by Conor Pope

  Conor Geraghty applied and paid for his Driver Theory Test over the phone. When he asked if the receipt could be sent to him as he needed to claim the cost from his employer, he was told that the confirmation letter would act as the receipt.
  “When I got the confirmation letter, it did not state how much the test had cost, so I rang up again to ask them if they could send me a receipt stating how much I had paid, as it was for work,” Geraghty writes. He was told, however, that the Driver Theory Test folk did not do receipts. “When I asked why, as I had paid money for a service, surely I was entitled to a receipt, the man I was speaking to said I could use my credit-card statement.” Surely, Geraghty adds, “after paying €35.60 for the test and €17.99 for the theory test book, a receipt stating how much one has paid is not too much to ask for?”. It certainly is not.
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• Anyone else come across this?

  January 18, 2008 @ 11:24 am | by Conor Pope

  Got a post to the blog this morning that went something like (actually exactly like) this: “Hi I went to the movies last night to Movies @ Swords. I bought a bottle of water advertised as €2.50 and some pick and mix for €1.85. The total was €3.60 and then tax added of 0.75. = 21% Total €4.35. Is this correct surely the water should be advertised as €3.02. I’ve never seen this before. Can you let me know if this is correct. Thanks. While adding the tax on to the displayed price is common (and really, really annoying) in the US, I’ve never come across it in Ireland until this week, when two seperate people got in touch – this lady and a listener to the Ray Darcy show who had a similar experience in a restaurant. I will find out more by making a few calls but I was wondering if anyone else had come across this?
  UPDATE Cian did the maths and has posted to point out that €2.50 for the water and €1.85 for the sweets comes to €4.35 which is what the poster was asked to pay so the prices on display were actually right and the reciept was simply providing additional info! So, move along, nothing to see here!