Statoil on Ushers Quay Dublin about €1.65!

mike65

/faints

Mike.

Nuttzz

all the cops cars fill there, happy days for him

C_Breeze

passed by that yesterday, i thought it was 1.69 ?

I hope i never see the day when those prices are widespread across the country ... then me faints also

mikemac

Nuttzz wrote:

all the cops cars fill there, happy days for him

I realy hope they are not paying that rate.

The taxpayers of Ireland demand value for their money

crosstownk

€1.65 :eek:

Crazy. Just crazy. How do they justify this and why do motorists continue to buy at this price. I've a Statoil Fuel Card so my employer pays, but I still wouldn't fill up at that money, on principle.

crosstownk

shoutman wrote:

That place is always ridiculous, I think its a case of supply and demand, where is the next nearest petrol station to there?

At those prices I hope it's not too far


It seems I've entered the twilight zone......................

shoutman

That place is always ridiculous, I think its a case of supply and demand, where is the next nearest petrol station to there?

HelterSkelter

micmclo wrote:

I realy hope they are not paying that rate.

The taxpayers of Ireland demand value for their money

This was discussed before and I think the Guards get the fuel at a set rate which is a lot less than the €1.69 a litre!

Stephen

micmclo wrote:

I realy hope they are not paying that rate.

The taxpayers of Ireland demand value for their money

They're not. The cops have statoil fuel cards that give them the same rate at every statoil garage. Those of us with Benchmark fuel cards could use them there and get your petrol for about €1.15

HelterSkelter

shoutman wrote:

That place is always ridiculous, I think its a case of supply and demand, where is the next nearest petrol station to there?

North Strand, Kilmaingham, James Street are the nearest I can think of. The one on James Street is less than 5 mins away.

RuggieBear

I assume that with all that fuel card contracts they can chance their arm and fleece the unsuspecting normal punter

wet-paint

Motorcard guys, get one. This week's price is 1.15 a litre, and you can get it from there, saving fifty cent a litre. Wow.

Zaph

It's probably the first station many cars coming off the ferries pass, so they probably catch a fair few unsuspecting tourists.

jayok

It's actually 164.9c per litre - not nearly as bad a €1.65

Seriously, it's ridiculous, but then again they always were. I'd imagine their business comes from unsuspecting tourists and the like. There are hardly regulars there.

darkskol

Seriously expensive!

jayok wrote:

. I'd imagine their business comes from unsuspecting tourists and the like. There are hardly regulars there.

I'd agree here

blastman

Sweet Jebus, petrol was less expensive in Norway when I was there at the weekend!

So, fuel cards, what are the pros and cons?

wet-paint

http://motorcard.ie/
I got that link here on boards. I really can't see any cons at all, unless you are extremely loyal to top or Campus or an independant petrol seller.
They give you about four to five pence off the price of petrol in pretty much every statoil in the country.

mike65

Statoil just issued statment on Today FM saying they are powerless to change the price and people should not shop there.

Mike.

Kadeshh

that petrol station is on prime real estate right in the heart of town. they charge so high so as the place can make enough profit to justify not selling and turning it into offices.

Our man in Havana

I reckon the city council gets a fair bit out of them from rates.

Is there any one in the country that even comes close to them for price?

cormie

There can't be too many folks actually filling up fully there, they'd probably do a lot more business if they were the cheapest in the country as the amount of cars that pass by there every day would fill up and stop in for a sandwich/milk/bread/paper on the way home.

colly10

Ye I can't actually understand how it even makes business sense, I practically never see anyone in it.

ballooba

I'm sure they car survive on the public service and fuel card users alone. It's the only station in the city centre or so the Sunday Independent said. Any users who are paying full rate are obviously just a bonus.

tuxy

That benchmark card sounds good. But the nearest Statoil is over 20 miles from me. Are there any alternatives?

JHMEG

mike65 wrote:

Statoil just issued statment on Today FM saying they are powerless to change the price and people should not shop there.

Mike.

I heard the first bit, but not the 2nd. Did Statoil *really* say on the radio that people should not shop there?

Statoil really should not supply petrol there.

Seth Brundle

JHMEG wrote:

I heard the first bit, but not the 2nd. Did Statoil *really* say on the radio that people should not shop there?

Matt Cooper read out a statement from them and he said that they could not justify the charge and people should not buy there!

JHMEG wrote:

Statoil really should not supply petrol there.

There may be a contract in place!

mike65

That place is in danger of becoming famous.

Mike.

LostinBlanch

shoutman wrote:

That place is always ridiculous, I think its a case of supply and demand, where is the next nearest petrol station to there?

Constitution hill. Means crossing the river and backtracking a bit, but at that price definitely worth it.

I saw soemthing int he herald I think about the rip off prices there in the good old days when it was only €1.50 :rolleyes: Even Dermot Jewell (I think) said that anyone who bought petrol there deserved to get ripped off.

muletide

Its quite simple, I dont really understand all the shock and horror being expressed here. The garage are targeting customers with fuel cards or with price agreements (including Gardai) around 1.15 a litre. They then increase their price so as to keep the forecourt free for these custoimers.

Its the owners business decision, whats the problem, if you really are caught short just buy the minimum two litres and go some where else. No one is forcing you to do your weekly fill in there. Shop around people.

And that line about it being the first petrol station you hit after the ferry is sh1te. If you are stupid enough to get on a ferry with an almost empty tank going to a foreign country then you deserve to be ripped off.

People have little too be outraged about if this is the main topic of a nationalk talk radio show

Quint

Yep, and just don't go there if it's too expensive! Same as every product that's overpriced.

jimmycrackcorm

Funnily enough if all stations where to charge the same low price there would be an outcry about lack of price competition, now people complain when there is evidental price competition...

People who pay what they ask have only themselves to blame. Mind you, for English tourists coming from the port it probably is cheap.