Petrol prices coming down

bazz26

Mac 3 wrote:

That infamous filling station is not selling petrol anymore...

Thanks I didn't know that.

My heart bleads for the owner (not).

mike65

Some of the companies are selling off sites right now maybe that one was always going to close so they simply chanced thier arm...

Mike.

bazz26

He is the dealer for two reasonibly large volume car manufacturers. His fuel was always expensive, he didn't even have a shop on the forecourt so obviously his living was not dependant on fuel sales.

Also he has just built a new showroom about half a mile down the road to move one of his dealerships.

Our man in Havana

He claimed that shell forced him to purchase at 129 a litre and he claimed he needed to charge 137 to make a profit. :eek:

I wonder how true this is?

mackerski

Bond-007 wrote:

He claimed that shell forced him to purchase at 129 a litre and he claimed he needed to charge 137 to make a profit. :eek:

I wonder how true this is?

Sounds a bit off - he'd have been better off driving down to one of his competitors and filling up a tanker.

Dermot

unkel

Bond-007 wrote:

He claimed that shell forced him to purchase at 129 a litre and he claimed he needed to charge 137 to make a profit. :eek:

He is a lier. If Shell forced him to purchase at €1.29, he would need to sell for over €2.00 to make a proft (remember: duties and tax)

bazz26

Yes I think he is telling porkies alright.

He is a shrude enough business man to be maintaining the dealership of two brands of cars for over 20 years (BMW & Nissan) so I doubt that he is buying petrol at a higher rate than anyone else locally.

Strange enough though Shell have not commented on his statement so there maybe a bit more going on here in the background than we are made to believe.

SickCert

Spotted price of 110.9 at deansgrange and 113.9 at clonskeagh (both unleaded).

Our man in Havana

Price Gouging is still in evidence up this neck of the woods.

Texaco Roscrea 122.9 unleaded 112.9 diesel

Campus Ballyragget 125.9 unleaded 112.9 diesel.

Shell Castlecomer Rd, Kilkenny 119.9 Unleaded

Statoil, Kilkenny. 116.9 unleaded. 110.9 Diesel.

seamus

Drove down to may parents in Wicklow yesterday, needing to fill up, so made a note of prices to fill up on my way back. Between Lucan and Blessington, they were all selling at 116.9, then saw one at 115.9 (where I filled up), and once into the depths of Wicklow the prices all shot up to 121.9.

I worked out that I save €2.10 by filling up at the cheapest. Nuts.

iregk

Well I live in blessington and its just dropped from 122.9 to 117.0 and 11.9 for diesel in the maxol. Statoil is the same.

Where i am from in wicklow though is charting 125.9 and 119.9

S2000

116 in Esso on the Malahide Road this evening so I filled up..... is it due to keep coming down?

bazz26

I was down in Tralee yesterday and got it for 111.9. There was quite a queue there.

Our man in Havana

No price reductions in Waterford.

stag39

diesel is 108 at shell in goatstown!!!

lazylad

Havent filled up yet. Will have to tomorrow. Prices in Wexford are unreal! Its the government tax that is the reason why its so high. Oil prices didnt magically fall, the government just let off some of their tax. Its absolutely ridiculous!! They should totally reduce the tax

Seth Brundle

lazylad wrote:

Havent filled up yet. Will have to tomorrow. Prices in Wexford are unreal! Its the government tax that is the reason why its so high. Oil prices didnt magically fall, the government just let off some of their tax. Its absolutely ridiculous!! They should totally reduce the tax

The government haven't reduced the tax take on petrol - I can't remember the last time they did.

prospect

lazylad wrote:

Oil prices didnt magically fall

Correct, they didn't magically fall.
But, they did fall, it just wasn't that magical!

I think it is sad we are all getting so excited about petrol priced at €1.12(ish).
If it ever got back to the €0.85 region, then I'd get excited. After all, it was only a few weeks ago when we were all disgusted at the prospect of petrol breaking €1 per litre.

Dagon

Still 118 to 119 here in Sligo. Any chance it will come down further, or should I just go ahead and fill (instead of getting tenners until..)?

stevieg_irl

its 116 or 117 in ennis, saw a trucker filling up wit over 500euro worth using two pumps, it was pretty cool.
there is a small station near the Lady Gregory in Gort unleaded is 112 or 113

mike65

Bond-007 wrote:

No price reductions in Waterford.

Not quite, Shell on the Cork road at Yellow House/Kilbarry turn is down to a cent ot two. Yeah, I know - big deal!

Mike.