I committed Mega Mart Suicide

LOL Brin! So you were responsible for the cookie mix! We will have to talk to the manager about that salad dressing!

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nice tricks rather suiciding your one month salary in a day!

I generally check the price at the cash counter before punching and leave there to take it back.

I had cookie mix brought in because I could never find it.

They carried it about 6 months ago.... then they quit. About 2 months ago I asked the manager and they said they'd discontinued carrying it. I'd told him I really wanted it and he said he was able to bring over smaller quantities if I like from another distributor.

They guy actually called me a few days later when it came in.

Thats just one example.... another one was sloppy joe mix. I haven't seen it for awhile but he was able to get it after i requested it... I bought like 12 cans!

Brin

A few times I've selected some fruit and vegetables from the shelf and had them bagged and priced. Then as I walk around the supermarket I notice the 2 tomatoes cost 21QR (so I left them in the chocolate aisle) the brocolli was going to set me back 35QR (so it was left in the toiletries aisle) and a sliver of pumpkin was priced at about 27QR (so I left it in the freezer cabinet).

I left with a litre of milk and an untouched shopping list.

Hey Brin, what have you had Giant bring in for you? I am really wanting some Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing. Will they bring in stuff like that?

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Although they are overpriced, but I admit that they have stuff I can't find anywhere else, and I enjoy shopping in it than anywhere else.

In the Cookies of Life, FRIENDS are the Chocolate Chips

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Nice place to pass time but definitely not good for buying household stuff at almost triple the prices at hypermarkets

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CONFUSE ............ if you cannot convince!

stuck on the product label (Generally White colored slip in Arabic) indicating that the cost wouldn't be reasonable, so better check the price at cash counters before purchasing (Commiting Suicide!).

Muwaha, thank God I haven't stepped in Mega Mart for ages. I remember buying a couple of boxes of Special K... when I got home I was shocked to see that I spent the much just for Cereal. Bullocks.

The internet is our revenge machine

with the tonic water racket as well

You know this is all extortion?

80 riyals for a bottle of Tide laundry liquid

Anything you want.... ask the manager at Giant Stores (atleast at Hyatt Plaza). They've had brought in anything I ask for.

Megamart pricing is driven off of the expats that go there just for the sake of going there because they think no-where else carries the stuff we want.

Regardless, imported stuff will cost more.... but Giant has been very cool about getting what I've wanted and its cheaper than Megamart anytime!

Brin

HAHAHAHA! Not in the long run it's not!

I must resist the nestle crucnh bars when in there. One time they tried overcharging for some washing powder and then tried peeling the price lable off!!

Touch wood only time i have been done is a haircut in some local place near TV roundabout which i though would be cheap - 70QR!!! Used to paying 2BD (20QR) in bahrain

gypsy you should replace it with smoking instead ... its cheaper !

No I give into my addiction at MegaMart. They replace my potato chip addiction.

when i go on holiday i eat them nonstop ... i only can drool at it at megamart lol

ROFLING! I know Novita, it was in Korea that I became addicted to them! There I could get a packet for about 2 Won (4 QR), here they're 17.75!

haha ... sorry i meant asia ... far east asia lol

Far East? where's that?

gypsy .... you can buy nori in far east cost next to nothing ...

10 packs of Spicy Nori strips at 17.75 a pack :(

i went to lulu this morning after over 2 years never been there. They now have some imported UK product and some thai stuffs. Prices alot cheaper than megamart. For comparison the soup in a tin that cost me QR 13 in megamart is only 8,50

a small imported American half and half for 13QR

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"let's slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini" Mae West

My husband now requires that I obtain an NOC from him after I bought 1.5 litres of tonic water at a cost of 37QAR and the smallest amount of clotted cream at 40QAR (and it didn't even taste as it should)

I once bought a chocolate pudding worth 46 riyals, and the original price printed on the box is 99 pence, and oh yeah, i used to buy my brocolli there before coz i could'nt find it in carrefour ,for 36 riyals.... ):

I tried buying the specials and I got them home and I either ate them that second or they went to the dogs.

I once bought chicken from them. Got home and it STUNK.

I know, I know it is great for the treats, I know FFC isn't everybodys cup of tea. I just refuse to pay rip of prices for stuff that is either below standard or I can get somewhere else for half price.

My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.

the specials

from xena guys

my favourite time in MegaMart when they mark things down (sell by date), like the cold cuts and franks.... you can pick up those turkey and cheese franks that normally cost about 28QR for 5 and 10 QR... I buy them for my dogs, and sometimes sneak one or two for me too.... They still taste good;-)

"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME

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Cherry coke at Megamart + Pot Noodles + Kettle Chips= recurring suicide every Wednesday evening.

WHERE'S MEGAMART?????

I think you ve taken the lead with 85QAR for a small vegemite, that was prob a lottery pick price.

Mikaylasmum coming in a close second with 50 US$ for three boxes of goldfish crackers.

theres a couple more suicides in the thread :)

I shop there regularly but I (usually) avoid stuff if the price is an outrage. I did pay something like QR28 (about four pounds back then) for six English eggs during the Great Egg Crisis of '07-08.

Sorry guys

I hate for those that cant afford to shop in Megamart, but I could afford the prices...only in the discount department and the bread department.

If God dropped acid, would he see people? -- George Carlin

Ditto, Tiny. Liked the varieties and fresh fruits and vege but now retail therapy in CC and necessities in Carrefour.

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Don't want no drama,

No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama

hay what to do guys, with this global financial crisies going ahead.....might aswell stop shopping too....

i mean i use to buy from megamart cause of all the varities of stuff they have...but then prices just climbed up, so now im just buying of store behind my place....seems way cheaper and i can pay in the end of the month...

lol

my own bank credit

Yep believe me wasn't happy..but it was either that or my daughter was going on a hunger strike....

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

If everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died....Chad Kroeger

I think most of the prices at MegaMart are pulled out of a lottery wheel. They should have smelling salts at the checkout!

My biggest sins there: A bottle of Fanta light - QR 38

and recently some organic apples. 4 little apples for I don't know what and I do not care, cause they have some taste and smell like apples not like those others waxed, spraypainted and artificially bloated things they call apples here.

I hate places like carrefour or giant and I never ever buy again in FFC. That place stinks!

I just spent $50 on 3 boxes of Goldfish crackers for my daughter there day before yesterday. thing is I could buy a case of them and have them shipped here for $50 total. Hmmm...

Motherhood...The hardest job you'll ever love! : )

at the prices. There is so few things (really) that I buy here in Doha that I tend to splurge on the things I want at Megamart. I consider it therapy.

And the cut fruits and vegetables( fresh) cost the earth too- only thing worth buying in MM are the pastries and doughnuts .

AP

Now we all admit that we have spent in that shop (spit), but we also know we can get the same stuff for half price elsewhere; why not ignore it.

All the stuff we like could be brought in by other shops if we asked.

So let's ask FFC, Giant and Carrefour?

They could do it. They would want it. It means more custom.

Since I stopped shopping there, I have got all the products I needed and more.

My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.

ooops

ATM card is useless if there is no money in the account bleu :O

+ Pay with your ATM card, it's a lot easier :P

committed suicide too many times, i dont even look at the price now when i went shopping over there ...

the cabbage tasted great as I cooked it with spices and whine (sic). However, it was the last time I went to MM.

My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.

confess your sins, dont be afraid, its for the greater good! "you want the truth, you cant handle the truth"

dd, why do you insist on reminding us all of our sins.

Here are the rules of megamart:

The first rule of megamart is that you don't talk about megamart.

The second rule of megamart is that you don't talk about megamart.

at least fight club was for free.

does that beat 14 quid choco milk?

My friend (honestly, it wasn't me) bought five parsnips for ten quid.

love some cathedral city extra mature right now!

"Mature" in Qatar? What's mature in Qatar? Maybe you, tallg, but else?

Talking of cheese - why does Carrefour have 4 or 5 varieties of MILD cheddar at the cheese counter, but no MATURE?

(well occasionally they do, but only very very occasionaly)

who has bought the 80QAR chocolate milk!

I spent QR54 on some cheese in there and told a beggar to eff off :(

your the man! i salute you!

You have no idea what a ridiculous price I paid to ship over a dozen large bags of cheddar flavored popcorn from the US to Qatar...the shipping cost more than the popcorn itself!

In-country, overly-decadent purchases would have to include bags of Reeses Pieces (QR28), boxes of Cheerios (QR40), mint chocolate covered Oreo cookies (the box had 12 cookies inside and cost QR28).

fess up mate, admit your sins

I think we can all admit to engaging in a little grocery store retail therapy at Megamart over the years...

Some things they just don't carry anywhere else.

I ordered a CASE of Smartfood white cheddar popcorn from the USA because I couldn't find it here...

You often find that when Megamart get something new in they slap a ridiculously high price on it in the hope that people will just buy it (which we often do, clearly). But I've quite often seen that a few weeks later the price is drastically reduced, sometimes halved, presumably because not enough people were buying it at the ridiculous price.

TallG youve made me feel better, although i now wonder what i paid for my shreddies last month. Penny how great did that cabbage taste and when was the last time you went?

Haha - great post doubledown. I've had a box of Shreddies for around the QR50 mark, and various fruit and veg that required a re-mortgage to buy.

When I first came here and Mega Mart was the 'in' place for me (I hate the place now) I bought a cabbage and it cost over 5 quid.

My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.

most items in mega mart should be bought with eyes closed at the price,just look at the labels and think how it tastes good. i just go there once a month, so i can stay within my monthly budget. my kids loves the variety of chocolates and chips they offer.

Gogi berry juice, QR 149 for 1 litre (I thought it would feel better to admit this but it just makes me feel worse).

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"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"

You can't teach experience...

Biopot yoghurt for 24QR. (I can't believe I'm admitting to this.)

Mandi

I quit buying the cans of Dr. Pepper when they went up from 2.50 QR to 10 QR for one can! I used to enjoy the one at Landmark but now they have really priced me out of the shop...

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nearly got caught with imported "Coke Light" one day.... QR12.... nearly passed out from shock when the lady rang it up....

"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME

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