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  • 01-12-2010 8:50pm
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    tallaghtfornia
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭


    Any one notice the price of petrol has rose since the bad weather

    also I notice some of the local Spars/Centas are charging "Full Wack" for everything !

    Typical of this Country!!:mad:


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    What do you mean by full whack exactly, 100% of the actual price?
    So no specials?


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,667 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    tallaghtfornia wrote: »
    Any one notice the price of petrol has rose since the bad weather

    also I notice some of the local Spars/Centas are charging "Full Wack" for everything !

    Typical of this Country!!:mad:

    But petrol has been rising slightly for most of the year, so what's different.

    Most special offers in the symbol stores are time limited, so maybe last weeks ones are finished, and due to the weather conditions, they did not get this weeks ones in yet...


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    dudara
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    Moved to Rip Off Ireland

    dudara


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    the groutch
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    most spars/centras will cut their offers in december anyway, if they're anywhere near where people are doing christmas shopping the stuff will sell itself without the need for offers


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    91011
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    tallaghtfornia wrote: »
    Any one notice the price of petrol has rose since the bad weather


    Typical of this Country!!:mad:

    typical of too many people - complain without checking the facts

    fuel is bought in dollars - the dollar has strengthened by 8% in the past 2 weeks and oil prices have remained stubbornly high.

    current refinery cost for petrol is 48c, taxes & duties are 56c, retail & distributor margin is approx 10c and vat on top of all this is 21% - adds up to 1.38, so this is the price you'll pay in the next few days.

    In NI its now almost €1.55 for petrol and €1.60 for diesel


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    jimoc
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭jimoc


    Add on another 4c after the budget from hell.

    The petrol station near us has a very creative method of setting the price.
    It increases by 5c every Friday evening at 4pm and goes back down Monday morning at 10am.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,466 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Fuel prices always go up in the winter due to increased demand for heating fuel, and it's not just in Ireland either.


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    keithclancy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Alun wrote: »
    Fuel prices always go up in the winter due to increased demand for heating fuel, and it's not just in Ireland either.

    Yup, Diesel at my local cheap fuel station has gone from 118.4 to 121.9 this week.


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