Centra Greystones

Bettyboop

Good to hear petrol will be served here soon works underway already:)

LEIN

If true, I welcome the news as competition is well needed here.

Pablo Sanchez

Excellent news, another aspect of the celtic tiger madness is being turned around thank god, but it seems they are still advertising 'Your Gateway to Greystones', Victoria Plaza http://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/Victoria-Plaza-Church-Road-Greystones-Co-Wicklow/478663/

pixbyjohn

http://www.wicklow.ie/eplan41/FileRefDetails.aspx?file_number=0913&LASiteID=0
Has a new planning application to be submitted for a petrol station ? The old tanks were filled with a substance for safety so new tanks will have to be installed too. Its amazing how times have changed, When there were less vehicles on the roads Greystones had 4 petrol/fuel outlets and Delgany had 1.

LEIN

Bettyboop wrote: »

Good to hear petrol will be served here soon works underway already:)

Have you a source for you info?

Bettyboop

Damo9090 wrote: »

Have you a source for you info?

Manager of shop told me:)

vinpaul

Best news I've heard in a long time. Heard it is The Green Apple chain - one of the cheaper suppliers. Victoria Plaza signs should now come down. They're still looking for interested purchasers on Myhome.ie. How stupid can you get. Looking for expressions of interest and trying to take booking deposits.
Glad to see Centra store is doing so well.
Parking is not a problem except for school collection times.
Bring back the good times

Jimjay

vinpaul wrote: »

Best news I've heard in a long time. Heard it is The Green Apple chain - one of the cheaper suppliers. Victoria Plaza signs should now come down. They're still looking for interested purchasers on Myhome.ie. How stupid can you get. Looking for expressions of interest and trying to take booking deposits.
Glad to see Centra store is doing so well.
Parking is not a problem except for school collection times.
Bring back the good times

Will centra be rebranded do you know. Don't apple garages have their own stores, never seen an apple garage with another store attached.

Great news though, apple are cheapest garage, esso will be shaking :-)

vinpaul

Don' know if it is to be Green Apple. Guy in shop today didn't know. He mentioned TOPAZ. No matter, It is good news. And work has started this morning. New tanks being installed as old ones were filled with some bio-degradable material that didn't biodegrade??

Pablo Sanchez

vinpaul wrote: »

Don' know if it is to be Green Apple. Guy in shop today didn't know. He mentioned TOPAZ. No matter, It is good news. And work has started this morning. New tanks being installed as old ones were filled with some bio-degradable material that didn't biodegrade??

Topaz bought over the old Shell and Statoil networks, perhaps they still own the site itself?

LEIN

I seen some work down there yesterday. Small excavation near the car wash.

Charlie-Bravo

Damo9090 wrote: »

I seen some work down there yesterday. Small excavation near the car wash.

Funny that, the tank covers are over beside the pump canopy - looks like they're just installing drainage for a jet-wash.

No sign of any petrol yet and I reckon it won't come along till a full re-development is undertaken.

Blandpebbles

Green apple took over rathnew petrol station now it not the cheapest place in the area.

Jimjay

Blandpebbles wrote: »

Green apple took over rathnew petrol station now it not the cheapest place in the area.

I used to go to rathnew but gave up. I found it strange that it was cheapest but seemed to cost more to fill my car there than other more expensive garages!?

pixbyjohn

New TOP Petrol Station


New TOP Petrol Station

Charlie-Bravo

On the ball as usual John - Top work

grouser

Chain is known as Applegreen, and TOP (Tedcastle Oil Products) seem to have a standing relationship (shareholding?) with them.

pixbyjohn

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Thanks to Astro for the tip off

vinpaul

Good man John. Was going to let you know, but someone beat me to it. Shouldn't be too long before we have a filling station back again.

the_bigman

Paul up in the Esso will be disgusted.

pixbyjohn

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LEIN

Nice competitive price.

pixbyjohn

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LEIN

Was wondering how long it would be before that would happen.

conlof

I was filled with a warm fuzzy feeling at the thought that we might have a competitive petrol station in greystones that i could support with the 50 l of fuel i use each week and the assorted convienience purchases i make every time i enter a petrol station.
The feeling is gone now.:mad:

mikedragon32

They gained and lost the custom of two cars in my house in a few short days. Back to Applegreen for me!

Pablo Sanchez

Its two cent cheaper then the two in Kilmac. Still its a shame that more is not done to try and gain the business, even during their honeymoon period:mad:

vinpaul

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

Its two cent cheaper then the two in Kilmac. Still its a shame that more is not done to try and gain the business, even during their honeymoon period:mad:

How much are TOP charging in Newcastle? They are from the same stable. A little far out to make it worthwhile to travel. I didn't notice any overall increase in oil prices lately. This is a down-right disgrace. First we had ESSO dropping their prices to tempt customers away from new outlet, now they get into bed together. We should boycott both until they become customer friendly (ie fair prices). I use the small filling station in Kilpedder and have found it always a little cheaper than the big boys!

The Bishop Basher

The 2 in Kilmac have always been overpriced.

This is a real shame. I never gave the Esso any business and these guy's will get none from me either.

Having said that, the forecourt is full everytime I pass by. So as usual the Irish consumer loves giving out about prices at the pump but doesn't vote with their feet and are willing to be shafted all in the name of convenience

Macy0161

152.9 seems to be the going rate at the moment, to be fair.

As for shopping around/ happy getting shafted, you still have to weigh up extra petrol costs in the mileage, plus time to travel, to a less convenient petrol station for 1 or 2 cent a litre.

The Bishop Basher

It may be the going rate but at 149.8 in Rathnew and 148.9 in Newcastle it's certainly not the cheapest.

With regard to travelling for cheaper petrol / Diesel, it just requires a bit of forethought. I was travelling back from Inch yesterday. Tank was half full but I still stopped off at Rathnew to fill up.

It's not just about saving money. It's about showing the rip off merchants that punters will vote with their feet. Something we're not very good at in this country.

Macy0161

Swanner wrote: »

With regard to travelling for cheaper petrol / Diesel, it just requires a bit of forethought. I was travelling back from Inch yesterday. Tank was half full but I still stopped off at Rathnew to fill up.

I don't disagree, but you still have to be passing them, or have knowledge of these petrol stations. I'd rarely be passing them without manufacturing a reason, which does kind of defeat the purpose.

Personally, I'm still not sure charging the going rate constitutes a rip off. Plenty of stations are more, and even then if they're a smaller one, they get charged more wholesale because they have smaller tanks rather than them being "rip off merchants".

Petrol way down the list of where consumers are being ripped off in this country by price matching, imho. 2/3's of the price of petrol is tax and excise, so if I was looking for a target it wouldn't be the actual petrol stations.

The Real B-man

It Was 149.9 in Kilcoole Last week before i left the country most of the time i find it cheap

jpd

www.pumps.ie has info on petrol prices in local petrol stations.

Info can be accessed on internet or via smartphone app.

Cheeky Chops

It often looks busy because parents park there for the CSSM summer camp and anything going on at St. Patricks NS.

LEIN

jpd wrote: »

www.pumps.ie has info on petrol prices in local petrol stations.

Info can be accessed on internet or via smartphone app.

Thats updated by the general public and wont always give a true price.

sicruise

Damo9090 wrote: »

Thats updated by the general public and wont always give a true price.

So is wikipedia

pixbyjohn

sicruise wrote: »

So is wikipedia

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mikedragon32

pixbyjohn wrote: »

?

I think what sicruise means is that as it's possible for anyone to edit it, it's also possible for them to misrepresent the facts as illustrated here:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/wikipedia-celebrates-750-years-of-american-indepen,2007/

Pablo Sanchez

mikedragon32 wrote: »

I think what sicruise means is that as it's possible for anyone to edit it, it's also possible for them to misrepresent the facts as illustrated here:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/wikipedia-celebrates-750-years-of-american-indepen,2007/

Ha ha classic.

But to be fair services like pumps.ie can be pretty reliable (as long as its updated frequently) unless some less than honest station owner feels like hijacking it.

Jammyc

Just to clarify. The Onion is not a genuine news source. The entire thing is satirical. So many people have been caught out on that.

Just thought I'd say in case anyone else has a look around that site after the link and get some shocks!

loyatemu

*bump*

both stations currently charging 152.9 for unleaded.

on my travels over the last few days I've seen the following prices:

Newcastle: 147.9
Kilcoole & Newtown: 148.9
N11 Cabinteely: 149.9
Most of the rest of sth dublin: 150.9

I think Greystones is probably the most expensive place on the East coast to buy petrol - why though?

Pablo Sanchez

loyatemu wrote: »

*bump*

both stations currently charging 152.9 for unleaded.

on my travels over the last few days I've seen the following prices:

Newcastle: 147.9
Kilcoole & Newtown: 148.9
N11 Cabinteely: 149.9
Most of the rest of sth dublin: 150.9

I think Greystones is probably the most expensive place on the East coast to buy petrol - why though?

Kilmacanogue is a dear hole for the petrol, think it was 153.9/154.9 depending on what side of the road you are today.....why? I dont know but id be keen to hear some reasons!

William of Ockham

Try Kilpedder! I buy diesel there and it is consistently cheaper than any of the other stations around.

LEIN

loyatemu wrote: »

*bump*

both stations currently charging 152.9 for unleaded.

on my travels over the last few days I've seen the following prices:

Newcastle: 147.9
Kilcoole & Newtown: 148.9
N11 Cabinteely: 149.9
Most of the rest of sth dublin: 150.9

I think Greystones is probably the most expensive place on the East coast to buy petrol - why though?

Because people in Greystones seem happy to fund expensive petrol stations.
I tend to get it elsewhere as its cheaper. I got a full tank out in Tallaght last week @ 147.8

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

Kilmacanogue is a dear hole for the petrol, think it was 153.9/154.9 depending on what side of the road you are today.....why? I dont know but id be keen to hear some reasons!

Those two stations always seem to have queues from them. The demand there seems to be through the roof for some reason.

RosieJoe

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

Kilmacanogue is a dear hole for the petrol, think it was 153.9/154.9 depending on what side of the road you are today.....why? I dont know but id be keen to hear some reasons!

Damo9090 wrote: »

Those two stations always seem to have queues from them. The demand there seems to be through the roof for some reason.

I presume it is down to the fact that they are both on the main road and if you are unaware of other stations nearby you pull in for neccessity. Also, it might be convenient for people that don't want to go off the main road.

Macy0161

Damo9090 wrote: »

Those two stations always seem to have queues from them. The demand there seems to be through the roof for some reason.

Last "on line" petrol stations for a long time in both directions - south bound the next one on the road is the far side of the gorey bybass, and north bound it's the last one before the M50. I suspect they get clogged up with non-petrol purchases as well. Northbound in the morning the whole slip is fecked up by people parking on the double yellows because they can't do without their coffee.

People pay for convenience, lots of people are under time pressure so that savings for detouring for a few cent a litre isn't worth the hassle. Everyone has to make their own judgement call on that.

LEIN

Macy0161 wrote: »

People pay for convenience, lots of people are under time pressure so that savings for detouring for a few cent a litre isn't worth the hassle. Everyone has to make their own judgement call on that.

I disagree with the highlighted part.

I never get petrol in Greystones because of price. I also don't go out of my way to get cheap petrol. I pass many cheaper petrol stations on my trip from A to B on a daily basis, so detouring is not an issue.

Macy0161

Damo9090 wrote: »

I disagree with the highlighted part.

I never get petrol in Greystones because of price. I also don't go out of my way to get cheap petrol. I pass many cheaper petrol stations on my trip from A to B on a daily basis, so detouring is not an issue.

But that was my point - you're not detouring, your passing cheaper stations so buy petrol elsewhere (as I do myself). However, that's not the case for everyone - each to their own.

Pablo Sanchez

Damo9090 wrote: »

Because people in Greystones seem happy to fund expensive petrol stations.
I tend to get it elsewhere as its cheaper. I got a full tank out in Tallaght last week @ 147.8



Those two stations always seem to have queues from them. The demand there seems to be through the roof for some reason.

Could it be becaue its the last petrol for people traveling far north on the M50.