Swoon0 said:The media hype doesn't help, when the price of a barrel of oil hit 70 dollars I could see the petrol station owners running out to change the prices, even though it was probably bought 3 months ago !!!!
That would be true if they reduced their price with the same speed when bulk prices go down.Winnie said:I imagine that they cost the fuel based on replacement cost & this is why they put prices up imediately as the cost goes up
yes you are a silly woman! follow the herd you lemming! ha ,only kidding.Jeanne said:And what do you think of the 'Paddy's' who recently struck oil in Belize (feel free to correct my spelling). Any of you heard about that? Apparently the texans have been drilling for oil in Belize for years and a group of inexperienced Irish speculators struck oil there recently.
Embarrassing confession nowI queued for about 30 minutes this evening at Tesco petrol station in Sandyford to fill up. Report on the radio said unleaded would be EURO 1.20 tomorrow. Wanted to fill up at 1.10.
I did actually feel silly though.....
Jeanne said:And what do you think of the 'Paddy's' who recently struck oil in Belize (feel free to correct my spelling). Any of you heard about that? Apparently the texans have been drilling for oil in Belize for years and a group of inexperienced Irish speculators struck oil there recently.
Embarrassing confession nowI queued for about 30 minutes this evening at Tesco petrol station in Sandyford to fill up. Report on the radio said unleaded would be EURO 1.20 tomorrow. Wanted to fill up at 1.10.
I did actually feel silly though.....
conor_mc said:Did you leave your engine running while you were queueing...?
cheers for the plug Duplex!Duplex said:
dereko1969 said:unfortunately i don't think there is a tipping point anytime soon. a certain petrol station on the quays in dublin when the price hit 120 left it at that level when everywhere else had it back at 110. i couldn't believe people would pay that and yet there were always people filling up there including garda cars!! just noticed yesterday that these beacons of price sensitivity have increased their prices to 129 already!
bond-007 said:You can bet that the Gardai are not paying 129 a litre. Anyone with a fuel card gets a lower rate than the pumps. Statoil are always the dearest imho. Cavet emptor.
I have given up using the Benchmark fuel card from Statoil as thewatcher said you can get cheaper petrol elsewhere cheaper than the card does. I only ever use the card if I am short on cash.thewatcher said:Statoil pulled a fast one a few months ago and changed their fuel card deal.You used to get a set amount off the price of a litre at the pump(say 5c or something).
When the price war on the finglas road broke out,they changed it so that you get a set price every week regardless of what station you go to.
But basically you can buy petrol in many petrol stations now cheaper than the statoil discount rate,which i do !.
And as for the guards,sure the person driving the car couldn't care less what the price of the petrol is because it's not coming out of their pocket, he/she is going to go to the handiest place to buy.
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