Topaz, Taking over the world?

Teutorix · 31-10-2008 2:27am #1

I mean one day nobody has heard of them, a few weeks later they are everywhere with ads on the net and TV. Whats going on?!

minidazzler · 31-10-2008 2:29am

No, one day no one had heard of them, next day, Half the petrol stations in the country are them!!!!

Teutorix · 31-10-2008 2:30am

minidazzler wrote: »

No, one day no one had heard of them, next day, Half the petrol stations in the country are them!!!!

Woops, funny i left out the main part of my point :pac:
Did they buyout nearly every other fuel company in ireland?

Creamy Goodness · 31-10-2008 2:30am

no, just petrol stations...

TomCo · 31-10-2008 2:31am

My dad was given a Topaz card today, they're supplying fuel for Eircom's fleet.

Teutorix · 31-10-2008 2:32am

TomCo wrote: »

My dad was given a Topaz card today, they're supplying fuel for Eircom's fleet.

:eek: sweet christ!

next thing you know... MONOPOLY!!! and petrol prices go through the roof

dfx- · 31-10-2008 2:36am

In control of Statoil supposedly, so Statoil stations were everywhere now they are..

CHD · 31-10-2008 2:38am

They bought out Shell and Statoil AFAIK

EDIT: They own Shell and Statoil and are rebranding them this year

iPlop · 31-10-2008 2:39am

Teutorix wrote: »

I mean one day nobody has heard of them, a few weeks later they are everywhere with ads on the net and TV. Whats going on?!

From the website!!!:rolleyes:

"Topaz, Ireland’s largest retail fuels business has been busy transforming every Shell and Statoil service station in Dublin as part of its ambitious national re-branding programme.
The refitting and re-branding of the Dublin network is part of a €50million national investment programme and will see 45 Dublin service stations, move from Statoil and Shell to the new and striking Topaz brand".

xOxSinéadxOx · 31-10-2008 2:41am

I hate the ads, how is their fuel any cleaner than others or am I just stupid, or imagining things, hmm **** off

Teutorix · 31-10-2008 2:41am

Septic Leper wrote: »

From the website!!!:rolleyes:

"Topaz, Ireland’s largest retail fuels business has been busy transforming every Shell and Statoil service station in Dublin as part of its ambitious national re-branding programme.
The refitting and re-branding of the Dublin network is part of a €50million national investment programme and will see 45 Dublin service stations, move from Statoil and Shell to the new and striking Topaz brand".

Well thanks, that pretty much answered everything.
why do i never think of looking at websites?

Teutorix · 31-10-2008 2:43am

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I hate the ads, how is their fuel any cleaner than others or am I just stupid, or imagining things, hmm **** off

Deffinite bullsh!t as far as im concerned, there is no way that their fuel can make your engine more efficient. isnt false advertising against the law?

Xavi6 · 31-10-2008 2:43am

Who the feck are Topaz? Man, I've been away too long.

Teutorix · 31-10-2008 2:45am

Xavi6 wrote: »

Who the feck are Topaz? Man, I've been away too long.

you wont remain ignorant for long my friend, soon you wont be able to fill your car anywhere else.

xOxSinéadxOx · 31-10-2008 2:48am

Teutorix wrote: »

Deffinite bullsh!t as far as im concerned, there is no way that their fuel can make your engine more efficient. isnt false advertising against the law?

I couldn't remember if they actually said that on the ad or not or if I was imagining it but they soo do! yeah it has to be BS

iPlop · 31-10-2008 3:01am

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I couldn't remember if they actually said that on the ad or not or if I was imagining it but they soo do! yeah it has to be BS

Yeah they do say it ,check this quote out

"From our Clean Fuel which offers more miles per gallon to switching our coffee to Fairtrade and from offering delicious fresh food to always welcoming customers with a warm Hello"

31-10-2008 8:08am

i've never seen so many stupid comments in one thread........

Creamy Goodness · 31-10-2008 8:13am

Deleted User wrote: »

i've never seen so many stupid comments in one thread........

Nice additition

Quazzie · 31-10-2008 8:51am

CHD wrote: »

They bought out Shell and Statoil AFAIK

EDIT: They own Shell and Statoil and are rebranding them this year

Do you realise how big Shell are. I seriously doubt anyone in Topaz even has enough money to buy 1% of Shell. I think they just bought out their Irish filling stations.

pickarooney · 31-10-2008 8:54am

Who the **** cares what brand of petrol they buy??

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-10-2008 9:01am

keep filling those petrol tanks up to the brim CTID

phasers · 31-10-2008 9:09am

Soon Topaz will buy out our hospitals and schools, and their CEO will reveal itself to be a giant lizard man :eek:

120_Minutes · 31-10-2008 9:10am

I dont care who theyt are all i know is i've been paying less for petrol since they took over.

i for one welcome etc.....

mullingar · 31-10-2008 9:20am

phasers wrote: »

Soon Topaz will buy out our hospitals and schools, and their CEO will reveal itself to be a giant lizard man :eek:

Turd Ferguson · 31-10-2008 9:48am

phasers wrote: »

Soon Topaz will buy out our hospitals and schools, and their CEO will reveal itself to be a giant lizard man :eek:

I heard that Topaz is owned and run by Hitlers left testicle.

viota · 31-10-2008 10:43am

And here i was thinking tesco were planning for world domination...

UsedtobePC · 31-10-2008 11:17am

120_Minutes wrote: »

I dont care who theyt are all i know is i've been paying less for petrol since they took over.

i for one welcome etc.....

Err... I think everybody is paying less for petrol due to the price of oil going down lately so don't go sending them a bunch of Topaz flowers to say thank you just yet.

MOH · 31-10-2008 11:51am

phasers wrote: »

Soon Topaz will buy out our hospitals and schools, and their CEO will reveal itself to be a giant lizard man :eek:

I for one welcome our new mineral overlords

faceman · 31-10-2008 11:56am

Toughers ftw! (Pronounced touers)

Rowley Birkin QC · 31-10-2008 12:13pm

pickarooney wrote: »

Who the **** cares what brand of petrol they buy??

I care. I only buy Shell/Topaz to piss off the tree huggers and communists in my class.

Moar pipelines.:pac::pac:

kittensoft1984 · 31-10-2008 12:30pm

Teutorix wrote: »

Woops, funny i left out the main part of my point :pac:
Did they buyout nearly every other fuel company in ireland?

They took over statoil and shell!

Quazzie · 31-10-2008 12:31pm

faceman wrote: »

Toughers ftw! (Pronounced touers)

I buy there too.. haven't seen me wrong yet! But isn't it pronounce Tow-Hers(one syllable)?

Pride Fighter · 31-10-2008 12:35pm

My theory is that Shell were losing lots of cash due to the bad press caused by the Shell to Sea campaign. Now we have these Topaz kips instead of Shell. Whopdidoo, I dont even drive, I just occasionaly use the shop. 3 euro for half a pound of butter in topaz, fuck off.

NiSmO · 31-10-2008 12:45pm

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Sully · 31-10-2008 12:57pm

Topaz are far to expensive anyway

viota · 31-10-2008 12:58pm

Depends on which station it is though.Topaz tend to be cheap enough compared to other petrol stations around here.

Sully · 31-10-2008 1:06pm

viota wrote: »

Depends on which station it is though.Topaz tend to be cheap enough compared to other petrol stations around here.

Down in the land of the Deise they are the second most expensive (With Maxol being the main station being expensive)

viota · 31-10-2008 1:12pm

In cork it varies really. Maxol and grandons are the most expensive but topaz are fairly cheap especially in midleton.Its 114.9 where in other stations its 116.9 to 119.9

Trev M · 31-10-2008 1:14pm

phasers wrote: »

Soon Topaz will buy out our hospitals and schools, and their CEO will reveal itself to be a giant lizard man :eek:

"Excuse me sir , youre gonna have to come with us"

YOU KNOW TOO MUCH

BeerWolf · 31-10-2008 1:42pm

I find the name and sign banner designs just horrible...

giggsy664 · 31-10-2008 1:43pm

Teutorix wrote: »

I mean one day nobody has heard of them, a few weeks later they are everywhere with ads on the net and TV. Whats going on?!

I think they used to be statoil

But they have shït nice donuts. Nyom

Cookie_Monster · 31-10-2008 1:48pm

giggsy664 wrote: »

I think they used to be statoil

Only 2 and 3/4 pages too late:rolleyes::D

paddy316i · 31-10-2008 1:49pm

They actually took over all the Shells & Statoils a couple of years ago - it's only now they are putting up the signs. Its funny, when that Shell to sea crowd were protesting outside Shell & Statoil most of them were actually owned by Topaz who have nothing to do with all that mess:D

viota · 31-10-2008 1:49pm

giggsy664 wrote:

I think they used to be statoil

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Only 2 and 3/4 pages too late:rolleyes::D

Yeah it has also been established that they took over shell as well

ejmaztec · 31-10-2008 1:57pm

Where's Run_to_da_hills? He must've known that Topaz was going to take over the galaxy. He must be working for them, feeding us red herrings while they've been putting their master-plan into place. :eek:

CantGetNoSleep · 31-10-2008 1:59pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

Where's Run_to_da_hills? He must've known that Topaz was going to take over the galaxy. He must be working for them, feeding us red herrings while they've been putting their master-plan into place. :eek:

He's probably off thinking of some sh1t thread he can start up later

ejmaztec · 31-10-2008 2:25pm

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

He's probably off thinking of some sh1t thread he can start up later

Aren't sh1t threads FlutterinBantam's speciality? :pac:

lostexpectation · 31-10-2008 2:33pm

paddy316i wrote: »

They actually took over all the Shells & Statoils a couple of years ago - it's only now they are putting up the signs. Its funny, when that Shell to sea crowd were protesting outside Shell & Statoil most of them were actually owned by Topaz who have nothing to do with all that mess:D

its still shell oil

lisbon_lions · 31-10-2008 2:40pm

Topaz ARE Shell, just under a different name and a nice swirly colurful logo

C'mon, you are in a country, you start to drill through peoples land - protests ensue - your PR image is shot to bits. What do you do? - change name and get a nice happy logo - sure no one is any the wiser.

What? You didnt think Shell just upped sticks and left overnight did you?

kittensoft1984 · 31-10-2008 5:41pm

lisbon_lions wrote: »

Topaz ARE Shell, just under a different name and a nice swirly colurful logo

C'mon, you are in a country, you start to drill through peoples land - protests ensue - your PR image is shot to bits. What do you do? - change name and get a nice happy logo - sure no one is any the wiser.

What? You didnt think Shell just upped sticks and left overnight did you?

Topaz are actually a Irish company who bought over statoil and shell. I used to work for statoil fuel cards.

Davy · 01-11-2008 2:17pm

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I hate the ads, how is their fuel any cleaner than others or am I just stupid, or imagining things, hmm **** off

from the middle of September it will include a special additive in all its petrol and diesel which will give drivers more miles to the gallon and lower CO2 emissions.

The new fuel will be branded Clean Petrol and Clean Diesel and will not cost any more.

The new product is suited to all car and engine types and has been approved by the AA. Field trials have shown that the new fuel increases engine efficiency by up to 3pc, or about 400 miles a year for an average Irish motorist.

Topaz, Taking over the world?

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