Classic 20w/50 mineral oil

Henry Ford III

4 calls made earlier. None about in Limerick apparently.

Anyone having similar supply issues?

Duckham's Q, Castrol GTX or similar, or Millers Classic.

Henry Ford III

Update: Halfords have an own brand version available. A bit saucy at €27 a gallon.

Dades

Have it in mine - they were out of the Castrol stuff the last time!

Henry Ford III

It's STG£16.99 a gallon on their website but €26.99 here. Rip off?

BeardyGit

Henry Ford III wrote: »

It's STG£16.99 a gallon on their website but €26.99 here. Rip off?

Could be the stock they hold here was bought in through distibution when the exchange wasn't so favourable.....

Then again, it's likely just a rip off.

jay28

My local motor factor in arklow has duckhams 20w50 classic oil, I just got some on Saturday. 15 euro for the gallon

Henry Ford III

No option but to buy some eventually.

This galls however:-

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_catalogId_10151_storeId_10001_partNumber_537977_langId_-1

Uk price vs Irish.

Henry Ford III

I couldn't resist emailing halfords customer services.....

"Hi.

I bought some clasic 20w-50 mineral oil today at your Limerick Branch today, receipt attched.
I noticed that the same product is available on your website (and presumably your UK branches) for STG£16.99
Allowing for exchange rate differences, this should mean a Euro price of €18.74 (calculation from xe.com).
Could you please give me an idea of how the Irish price, equivalent to an additional 38.69% of the currency adjusted one, is justified.
I realise Ireland is a different market and transport costs are perhaps higher, but how is it any different to N.I. in logistical terms?
I've to make a trip to the UK shortly and would much prefer to support local businesses and jobs, but I have it in mind to buy a stock of this oil for future years.

Regards, and looking forward to hearing from you."

Johnboy Mac

Found similar situation with other Halford items.

mustang68

Henry Ford III wrote: »

I realise Ireland is a different market and transport costs are perhaps higher, but how is it any different to N.I. in logistical terms?

There was an investigation done by (i think) the consumer association here and the found that taking into account higher taxes/wages the mark up should be 6% here.

So if they come back with "blah blah operating costs" see if you can dig up that report.

COB MGV8

If your classic insurance is with Axa you can get a 20% (or is it 10% ??) discount - evens the score a small bit

COB MGV8

Sorry - its actually 15%

JohnBoy

Tipperary auto care in tipp town have a cheap 20w/50 for less than a tenner a gallon.

You'd probably want to shorten your oil change interval a bit admittedly, but it is cheap as hell.