Let the good times roll......

Bandara

prices to plummet over this weekend / very early next week.

Diesel will be at between 114.9 - 116.9 with UNL the same






Thank me later.
:cool:

TestTransmission

thank fook for that,drop in wholesale price again?

Bandara

jackncoke wrote: »

thank fook for that,drop in wholesale price again?

massive drop expected, not 100% but barring a tsumnami it'll be confirmed early Friday

Stephen

Nice. The two Topaz garages near me hiked the price of unleaded up to 127.9 (from 119.9) the morning after the budget. Filled up the day before. Hopefully the price will be back down before I fill up again

bazz26

Nice to see diesel cheaper than petrol again. About 5c per litre difference down this neck of the woods.

bazzachazza

Although i hate what they have done to the shop the USAVE petrol station at the Foxhunter in Lucan is currently selling

DIESEL @ €116.9
PETROL @€;118.9






Who on earth goes out thinking I need a new RUG ?

Berty

Hammertime wrote: »

prices to plummet over this weekend / very early next week.

Diesel will be at between 114.9 - 116.9 with UNL the same






Thank me later.
:cool:

How do you know this?

Crude continues to drop so its not a huge surprise.

Thanks for the inside info!

JJJJNR

quirke - meh!

Berty

JJJJNR wrote: »

quirke - meh!

Its just that OPEC said that if crude oil prices fall any further they will have to slow production meaning that the price will go up due to less product on the market.

Humbug!

Cookie_Monster

quirke_folder wrote: »

How do you know this?

he runs/owns garages

L1011

quirke_folder wrote: »

How do you know this?

He owns petrol station(s).

Berty

MYOB wrote: »

He owns petrol station(s).

MYOB wrote: »

He owns petrol station(s).

In that case apolgies. I will know for the next time but as Im here.

Hammertime,

How can you justify increasing the prices of your petrol/diesel cigarettes immediately after budget when you purchased them at the lower price?

Should'nt all retailers retain their prices until they get a delivery of fuel / cigarettes / wine at the higher prices?

quirke_folder

quirke_folder wrote: »

In that case apolgies. I will know for the next time but as Im here.

Hammertime,

How can you justify increasing the prices of your petrol/diesel cigarettes immediately after budget when you purchased them at the lower price?

Should'nt all retailers retain their prices until they get a delivery of fuel / cigarettes / wine at the higher prices?

I can see where this is going :pac:

Berty

ronoc wrote: »

I can see where this is going :pac:

Yeah its going down the road of asking why we are getting stiffed. I know its always been like this but WHY?

If you paid €1 wholesale for something last week and you charged somebody €1.50 for it last week.

After the Budget, the price goes up 10c. You now charge overnight €1.60 for it even though you have 2 pallets in the store you bought for €1 per product at a landed price.

How can anybody justify this increase until they order more stock and are selling the new stock?

BoardsRanger

quirke_folder wrote: »

Yeah its going down the road of asking why we are getting stiffed. I know its always been like this but WHY?

If you paid €1 wholesale for something last week and you charged somebody €1.50 for it last week.

After the Budget, the price goes up 10c. You now charge overnight €1.60 for it even though you have 2 pallets in the store you bought for €1 per product at a landed price.

How can anybody justify this increase until they order more stock and are selling the new stock?

in fairness, i think hammertime was quoted before saying (with regard to petrol prices) that his business was not increasing prices and suggested that petrol stations that did up there prices the day after the budget were taking advantage of the situation.(ripping people off)

Matt Simis

a) Hammertime is not here to be put on trial for the wrong doings of an entire industry.
b) Surely the budget increases are counted as a tax increase and like VAT (which also increased) its effective immediately and paid to the government. It would be unrelated to the buy cost of the garage (and they arent getting the benefit of this increase).

Bandara

quirke_folder wrote: »

In that case apolgies. I will know for the next time but as Im here.

Hammertime,

How can you justify increasing the prices of your petrol/diesel cigarettes immediately after budget when you purchased them at the lower price?

Should'nt all retailers retain their prices until they get a delivery of fuel / cigarettes / wine at the higher prices?

Where do I attempt to justify it?

I'm putting my cigs up tonight as I'm now running down on the original stocks, Wine is so irrelevant in the scheme of a petrol station that I've done nothing on that yet, petrol / diesel I have not increased a cent since the budget (or in the past 3 weeks) in fact I dropped a cent on each today and am hoping to slash the **** out of both unl and derv on friday to such a level that I piss of every station with in ten miles of me.

and i'm hatching a dastardly plan to give a further 10 cents off the pump price of both UNL and Derv based on a certain purchases criteria within the
shop.

which will see me selling both fuels at about 106.9 within the next 7 days

Bandara

Matt Simis wrote: »

a) Hammertime is not here to be put on trial for the wrong doings of an entire industry.
b) Surely the budget increases are counted as a tax increase and like VAT (which also increased) its effective immediately and paid to the government. It would be unrelated to the buy cost of the garage (and they arent getting the benefit of this increase).

nope, its quite the opposite, the extra budget take is on future deliveries, any current stock is exepmt so you can profiteer to your hearts content if you like

peanuthead

bazzachazza wrote: »

Although i hate what they have done to the shop the USAVE petrol station at the Foxhunter in Lucan is currently selling

DIESEL @ €116.9
PETROL @€;118.9






Who on earth goes out thinking I need a new RUG ?

Haha!! I know!! I was thinking the exact same thing!! I screams of " this is what I didnt sell in my Indian shop today"

Reminds me of Supersavers in Clondalkin village

Steve

Matt Simis wrote: »

b) Surely the budget increases are counted as a tax increase and like VAT (which also increased) its effective immediately and paid to the government. It would be unrelated to the buy cost of the garage (and they arent getting the benefit of this increase).

It depends who pays the duty and when its paid.
I would assume duty on fuel is paid at point of entry (i.e. when it leaves the ship) and that can take a while to filter to the pump.
The other side of it is the petrol stations set their daily prices on what it will cost them to re-fill their tanks and replace the fuel sold. Not 100% sure, maybe Hammertime could clear that one up.

Edit: I see he answered while I was writing this

Matt Simis

SteveC wrote: »

It depends who pays the duty and when its paid.
I would assume duty on fuel is paid at point of entry (i.e. when it leaves the ship) and that can take a while to filter to the pump.
The other side of it is the petrol stations set their daily prices on what it will cost them to re-fill their tanks and replace the fuel sold. Not 100% sure, maybe Hammertime could clear that one up.

He did, the ninja got it in just above!

Yakult

Hammertime wrote: »

which will see me selling both fuels at about 106.9 within the next 7 days

You dont have petrol stations in kerry do ya??

.Longshanks.

Hammertime wrote: »

Where do I attempt to justify it?

I'm putting my cigs up tonight as I'm now running down on the original stocks, Wine is so irrelevant in the scheme of a petrol station that I've done nothing on that yet, petrol / diesel I have not increased a cent since the budget (or in the past 3 weeks) in fact I dropped a cent on each today and am hoping to slash the **** out of both unl and derv on friday to such a level that I piss of every station with in ten miles of me.

and i'm hatching a dastardly plan to give a further 10 cents off the pump price of both UNL and Derv based on a certain purchases criteria within the
shop.

which will see me selling both fuels at about 106.9 within the next 7 days

So roughly where are your petrol stations????

faigs

Where are your stations Hammertime?

Berty

Hammertime wrote: »

Where do I attempt to justify it?

I'm putting my cigs up tonight as I'm now running down on the original stocks, Wine is so irrelevant in the scheme of a petrol station that I've done nothing on that yet, petrol / diesel I have not increased a cent since the budget (or in the past 3 weeks) in fact I dropped a cent on each today and am hoping to slash the **** out of both unl and derv on friday to such a level that I piss of every station with in ten miles of me.

and i'm hatching a dastardly plan to give a further 10 cents off the pump price of both UNL and Derv based on a certain purchases criteria within the
shop.

which will see me selling both fuels at about 106.9 within the next 7 days

Good so. As a former retailer and forecourt franchisee I can say we had no control over the pricing even though I always contested that its akin to stealing.

"The points you have raised will be taken into consideration" was usually the franchisee holders, area managers, final response or another way of saying "do what your told".

Our prices normally fluctuated daily depending on what the other 3 stations on the road were doing but the overlord could ring up to twice a day( on a bad week) and make us change our prices.

I bought cigs yesterday in a hotel in Tralee. They just had not gotten around to the cigarette machine hidden in the bowels of the conference centre in a long time. €7.10.

L1011

In this case I think Hammertime *is* 'the overlord' for his stations! :P

Gumbo

Hammertime wrote: »

Where do I attempt to justify it?

I'm putting my cigs up tonight as I'm now running down on the original stocks, Wine is so irrelevant in the scheme of a petrol station that I've done nothing on that yet, petrol / diesel I have not increased a cent since the budget (or in the past 3 weeks) in fact I dropped a cent on each today and am hoping to slash the **** out of both unl and derv on friday to such a level that I piss of every station with in ten miles of me.

and i'm hatching a dastardly plan to give a further 10 cents off the pump price of both UNL and Derv based on a certain purchases criteria within the
shop.

which will see me selling both fuels at about 106.9 within the next 7 days

where exactly is your garage????

Son

Are there any up to date sites where you can check diesel/petrol prices around Dublin?

Bandara

kceire wrote: »

where exactly is your garage????

For various reasons, some quite obvious, some not, I'm not going to say where.

And I'd appreciate if no one tries to out me if they somehow discover where they are, it would cause a lot of issues that i could do without.

Thanks.

-Chris-

Hammertime, I appreciate your candor and second this emotion - quite a few of us would feel restricted in what we could say if it were general knowledge where we worked or who our employers are.
A good few people know what garage I work in via PM and I've always been grateful that noone's blown my cover .

You're to be commended for your honesty here, and more importantly, in your business dealings with the public. Fair play!