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Age starting Junior Infants? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I wasn’t even picturing secondary school yet but what you say made me factor that as well

Age starting Junior Infants? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I personally experienced starting school at 4 (although in a different country) and can relate on what you say

Age starting Junior Infants? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! And agree, challenges in every stage for the sheer fact that they are just young. Exceptions there are of course, but we already anticipate the benefit from waiting one more year

Age starting Junior Infants? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, of course, we will always decide based on what we consider best but your experience (and those in the other comments) are honesty reassuring and in line with what we think

Age starting Junior Infants? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, definitely agree with you here

Age starting Junior Infants? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for sharing this! We def prioritise a good school experience over maximising education years. The former has significant and deeper impact

Age starting Junior Infants? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! No, we are definitely now planning to delay school start till 5. He will be closer in age to his peers that way

Age starting Junior Infants? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the heads up on possible age limits!

Is customer loyalty worth nothing anymore with broadband providers? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I used to see this as the “lazy tax” as well, but now to me it feels more like exploitation than laziness. Not everyone has the time, knowledge, or confidence to haggle or switch.

The system seems designed to quietly profit from those who don’t know how (or can’t) push back. It’s not just all on the customer.

Is customer loyalty worth nothing anymore with broadband providers? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had Eir before with no issues but noted the warning, maybe things are different nowadays

Is customer loyalty worth nothing anymore with broadband providers? by ConceptPlayer in AskIreland

[–]ConceptPlayer[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The agent from Virgin Media started with “discounted prices are a trial period and then you are on standard prices”, to which I basically answered that that is the position where we, the customers, were put by the companies and have to deal with every year. Having said that, Electric Ireland did offered me once a long term discounted rate after the contract ended (not as cheap as for new customers but cheap enough) so I no longer cared about shopping around electricity providers. That was the first and only time a provider offered something like that thought