Johnny8977

Hi all.

Does anyone have any experience of the effect the euro has had on prices in
Tenerife? I'm going there in February and haven't been before, so I don't
know what the prices were like before the introduction of the euro.

However, I have a friend that has just come back from Majorca who said the
prices there are astronomical, eg. equivalent of £9 for 3 bananas!

I heard that Tenerife wasn't exactly cheap before, but now is it really
ridiculous?

Thanks for any views.

Derek F

"johnny8977" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi all.
    > Does anyone have any experience of the effect the euro has had on prices
in
    > Tenerife? I'm going there in February and haven't been before, so I don't
    > know what the prices were like before the introduction of the euro.
    > However, I have a friend that has just come back from Majorca who said the
    > prices there are astronomical, eg. equivalent of £9 for 3 bananas!
    > I heard that Tenerife wasn't exactly cheap before, but now is it really
    > ridiculous?
    > Thanks for any views.
Come mister tally man, tally me banana
I heard the price and wanna go home. (Sorry Mr Belafonte)
Derek.

Tim

"johnny8977" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi all.
    > Does anyone have any experience of the effect the euro has had on prices in
    > Tenerife? I'm going there in February and haven't been before, so I don't
    > know what the prices were like before the introduction of the euro.

Neither do I, but I'd have though it would have made them more
'reasonable'. Given that many visitors are Germans they will now be
spending their own currency and will no longer be caught by
missunderstanding the money

    > However, I have a friend that has just come back from Majorca who said the
    > prices there are astronomical, eg. equivalent of £9 for 3 bananas!

If this is what bananas cost then this is what they cost. I doubt that
the 'euro' is responsible for the price

Tim

    > I heard that Tenerife wasn't exactly cheap before, but now is it really
    > ridiculous?
    > Thanks for any views.

Owain

"tim" wrote
    | "johnny8977" wrote
    | > However, I have a friend that has just come back from Majorca who
    | > said the prices there are astronomical, eg. equivalent of £9 for
    | > 3 bananas!
    | If this is what bananas cost then this is what they cost. I doubt that
    | the 'euro' is responsible for the price

I wonder if the £9 bananas were from some grossly overpriced shop within a
self-catering development, or a similar situation where there is a
near-captive market.

Owain

Derek F

"tim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "johnny8977" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Hi all.
    > >
    > > Does anyone have any experience of the effect the euro has had on prices
in
    > > Tenerife? I'm going there in February and haven't been before, so I
don't
    > > know what the prices were like before the introduction of the euro.
    > Neither do I, but I'd have though it would have made them more
    > 'reasonable'. Given that many visitors are Germans they will now be
    > spending their own currency and will no longer be caught by
    > missunderstanding the money
    > >
    > > However, I have a friend that has just come back from Majorca who said
the
    > > prices there are astronomical, eg. equivalent of £9 for 3 bananas!
    > If this is what bananas cost then this is what they cost. I doubt that
    > the 'euro' is responsible for the price
    > Tim
    > > I heard that Tenerife wasn't exactly cheap before, but now is it really
    > > ridiculous?
    > >
    > > Thanks for any views.
    > >
    > >
Sixt nine pence a kilo in the Co-op in Edinburgh today and they had to bring
them all the way from Costa Rica.
Derek.

Derek F

"Owain" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "tim" wrote
    > | "johnny8977" wrote
    > | > However, I have a friend that has just come back from Majorca who
    > | > said the prices there are astronomical, eg. equivalent of £9 for
    > | > 3 bananas!
    > | If this is what bananas cost then this is what they cost. I doubt that
    > | the 'euro' is responsible for the price
    > I wonder if the £9 bananas were from some grossly overpriced shop within a
    > self-catering development, or a similar situation where there is a
    > near-captive market.
    > Owain
Even more than Harvey Nicks in Ediburgh charge, it cannot be right.
Derek.

Derek F

"johnny8977" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hi all.
    > Does anyone have any experience of the effect the euro has had on prices
in
    > Tenerife? I'm going there in February and haven't been before, so I don't
    > know what the prices were like before the introduction of the euro.
    > However, I have a friend that has just come back from Majorca who said the
    > prices there are astronomical, eg. equivalent of £9 for 3 bananas!
    > I heard that Tenerife wasn't exactly cheap before, but now is it really
    > ridiculous?
    > Thanks for any views.
Actress Joan Collins wrote an article for the Daily Mail last week against
the Euro. Three of her points on pricing were that the running costs of her
home in France have gone up 30% since the "Ooorgheau" was introduced. A pair
of moccasins in her local market in Place De Lices, St Tropez which
previously cost the equivalent of £25 now cost over £35. but what really
incensed her was being charged eight Euros (about £6) for six lemons.
Derek.

The Reid

Following up to johnny8977

    >However, I have a friend that has just come back from Majorca who said the
    >prices there are astronomical, eg. equivalent of £9 for 3 bananas!

sounds like balls. Only problem I noticed in Tenerife is silly
prices like E 2.79 where they did an exact conversion.
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