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petrol & diesel prices. Tesco taking the mick In Tullamore

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    #32
    Mink
    Registered Users Posts: 2,260 ✭✭✭Mink


    I've been ignoring Tesco's filling stations since price hike came in. They put up their price a full day before anyone else & haven't come down


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    #33
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,570 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Tesco Dundrum today is 122.9 for petrol/113.9 for diesel


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    #34
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,608 ✭✭✭channelsurfer2


    average price in dublin is now 126.9 having looked at about 10 stations on the way up there yesterday. cheapest i saw was on the quays at 125.9. most others varied between 126.9 and 128.9......


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    #35
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Tescos should just stop being a business and stop trying to make money, and just give us everything for free


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    #36
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,493 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    TomTom wrote: »
    Lads I was debating in my mind weather to close this thread and delete it or leave it be. I do not see anything too damaging in it to be honest. People are entitled to air their opinion about things and while certain stations are mentioned I feel that comments mad about them were countered with other comments. I do not believe this will sway peoples opinions too much.

    Keep it civil and on track. Boards.ie is a private company so if I do feel it is getting out of hand all will be deleted and people will be banned.


    Agreed, but listening to G Ryan this morning and the Mark Little interview, its clear to me that comments on pricing are one thing but comments on product quality is a little OTT. Particularly when its based on old wives' tales about oil that are not true. Parish pump stuff.


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    #37
    An Ri rua
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    motorman wrote: »
    There is nothing sadder than arguing on a forum about nothing. Stay on topic lads and quit bickering about wording choice. And don’t write back to me with a rant of silly abuse I am not interested.

    As regards Tesco I think you guys are right, they ran a reduced price to get customers under their belt which worked really well at the time. There was a constant queue there for quite some time. More recent the queue is not so apparent, bearing in mind people have less money now than they did back when it opened I might go as far as to suggest people are wise to it and doing the typical Irish thing of going somewhere else without complaint.


    I apologise to readers for being petty and pedantic. But some of the 'opinion' stuff was bothersome where facts and reputation were key.

    "I might go as far as to suggest people are wise to it and doing the typical Irish thing of going somewhere else without complaint"
    Very true and well called. People are street smart generally and increasingly so as the money famine hits......


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    #38
    garden
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭garden


    Fact anyone local to the kilbeggan area knows Magees were done before for laundered diesel - can't for the life of me find it on any of the local newspaper sites - it was def reported on the examiner or topic but here is link

    http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2007/march/2007%2003%2027%20IO%20Issue.PDF scroll down to page 17


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    #39
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,493 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    garden wrote: »
    Fact anyone local to the kilbeggan area knows Magees were done before for laundered diesel - can't for the life of me find it on any of the local newspaper sites - it was def reported on the examiner or topic but here is link

    http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2007/march/2007%2003%2027%20IO%20Issue.PDF scroll down to page 17

    That's in the past admittedly but I appreciate that info as I'm sure do others. That's what's known as a solid fact, nothing make-upy there.
    Worth noting though that that laundered product may still be fine for your engine and mpg, just not paying proper duties and excises. Still bogey however in that case.


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    #40
    garden
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭garden


    I can't find the article but at the time remember reading that they tested it and something had been done affecting the quality of the diesel/petrol and the revenue tested it.


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    #41
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,897 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    An Ri rua wrote: »


    If you are concerned about fuel usage folks, don't fill your tank fully. Keep it beween 1/4 and 3/4 full mainly. This means your car is carrying less weight.
    I haven't read the full thread yet, but I just wanted to state that this is BS. The change in weight from driving around with less weight is easily offset by having to make more regular visits to the pumps and by more probable affects on your fuel filter. The difference between a quarter full tank and a full tank is approx 45-50kg. The weight of a teenager, and in the grand scheme of things is insignificant considering that it only adds 2.5% of the total weight of an average family saloon.


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