Dalaman Airport prices on the up !

[Phil]

A necessary evil of passing through Dalaman Airport is the purchase of a small bottle of water.

A little game I play to ease the pain of paying 4 TL for what costs ½ TL in the shops is to collect all the little 10 Kurus coins I can during my stay and then pay for the bottle with a large handful of coins.

Childish I know – but watching the sales assistant spending a couple of minutes counting the coins just makes me feel a little better.

I was a bit miffed to find out last week that the price has now gone up to 4.5TL and I didn’t have enough coins to pay for my bottle – I was forced to pay with paper money and ended up bringing back my pocketful of coins back to England to put in the charity box.

Next time I will hand over a pile of coins I know to be 10 kurus missing and watch the assistant count it several times and see if she asks for the missing 10 ! .................

Like I say ........ childish ........

[angela]

but entirely understandable!

[KKOB]

Just remember though, it's not those poor little buggers that set the prices. They have to put up with the abuse too.

[scorcher]

Just remember though, it's not those poor little buggers that set the prices. They have to put up with the abuse too.

I really think that your ire should be directed at whoever determines the rental charges on the concessions not the poor beggers that work there. They always get the flak !

[scorcher]

Snap !

[Phil]

I see it as more of a peaceful, non violent protest delivered with good humour rather than abuse and ire ....................

[philrose]

I see it as more of a peaceful, non violent protest delivered with good humour rather than abuse and ire ....................

But perhaps delivered to the wrong person?

[Scunner]

Why is paying with money delivering something unsavoury to the wrong person?

[philrose]

It's not at all. I meant that it was a peaceful protest but delivered to the the wrong person, i.e. the sales assistant, rather than the person responsible for the pricing...

[Karennina]

what I normally do now is drink my bottle of water before security and keep the empty bottle then I put a bit of tap water in just enough to see me through until I can buy a bottle on the plane, which even though expensive (we have found Easyjet to be a bit more sensibly priced!) I used to do the same as you Phil and count out all my loose change but then I begrudged handing that over in the end, not because I was being a tight a**e but the principal of a 50 kourus bottle being sold at a stupid price...
I realise my method would not be suitable if you had children with you or the intense heat of August but I have gained a little satisfaction the last few years by not purchasing any water at Dalaman  
apologies for going off topic but this should be my 2500th post yah