Price shock !!!

olcod

Just repaired an oil leak on my car and had a friend run me into town last night to get oil, out of three garages in town one didn't sell any and the second only sold the one litre bottles ( I needed the four or five), got to the third garage and they plenty of four litre bottles of Q8 10-40, perfect, grabbed a bottle and nearly fell on the floor when charged 38 EURO !!!!!!.... I had to get it as I had no option but that price seemed way over the top, sure I was only expecting to pay about 28 max. Is Q8 now a leading brand or something as I was under the impression it was always a reasonably priced oil, just checked halfrauds online and its 37.50 for Castrol Magnitex. Just wondering what kinda money you guys would pay/expect to pay for Q8. Cheers guys.

OldmanMondeo

Petrol stations will charge a lot more for oil. They really have you by the danglies as they know people will only buy when they can't get anywhere else.

MuppetCheck

Smaller outfit will sell it for more. If you're buying 4 litres in a service station you're obviously in some form of a bind so they price accordingly.

olcod

That did cross my mind alright, and yes I was definitely stuck as could only get a lift in the evening when most places like motor factors are shut, that kinda mark up though is insane :mad:

Dartz

Well.

Still cheaper than running it without oil to the nearest 'cheap' oil seller, isn't it?

walus

Sorry to hear that. The reality is that no one should be paying more that 20 quid for this much of low quality oil 10w-40. For the money you paid plus a fiver more you will get top full synthetic Millers delivered to your door. I stopped paying over the top and get my oils online these days, they come out cheaper and are much better product that Castrol etc bought in regular stores.

Kenny Logins

Tesco is open late and sells Castrol.

walus

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Tesco is open late and sells Castrol.

And charges a small fortune for 2l bottles...

Kenny Logins

walus wrote: »

And charges a small fortune for 2l bottles...

Do they? Never paid any notice to the price, just assumed it would be more reasonable than a petrol station.

walus

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Do they? Never paid any notice to the price, just assumed it would be more reasonable than a petrol station.

That is how Tesco make their money. People assume they are the cheapest on all products, whereas very often that is not the case at all.

walus

I personally do not use Castrol at all. First after the Bay of Mexico oil spillage by BP who owns Castrol and ramped up the prices after they were made liable for it. But mostly because there are much better oils out there at better prices.

Kenny Logins

walus wrote: »

That is how Tesco make their money. People assume they are the cheapest on all products, whereas very often that is not the case at all.

No, not the cheapest, just cheaper than a petrol station.

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=261908702

walus

Kenny Logins wrote: »

No, not the cheapest, just cheaper than a petrol station.

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=261908702

Maybe not, you right. But definitely more expensive than Woodies, I think.

olcod

walus wrote: »

That is how Tesco make their money. People assume they are the cheapest on all products, whereas very often that is not the case at all.

I remember when Tesco were about the cheapest place around for petrol, Tesco in Killarney are now one of the, if not is the most expensive.

olcod

Kenny Logins wrote: »

No, not the cheapest, just cheaper than a petrol station.

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=261908702

That makes me feel LOADS better .... I was definitely ripped off

Kenny Logins

olcod wrote: »

That makes me feel LOADS better .... I was definitely ripped off

A station here charges €13.99 per litre. :pac:

walus

olcod wrote: »

That makes me feel LOADS better .... I was definitely ripped off

Well, it is a different spec oil 15w-40, which is usually the cheapest of the bunch as it is basically a mineral oil. It has virtually no application to any passenger cars cars these days. 5w-30 is the viscosity that is recommended nowadays to most cars.

olcod

Kenny Logins wrote: »

A station here charges €13.99 per litre. :pac:

WHAT!!!!....:eek::eek:

olcod

walus wrote: »

Well, it is a different spec oil 15w-40, which is usually the cheapest of the bunch as it is basically a mineral oil. It has virtually no application to any passenger cars cars these days. 5w-30 is the viscosity that is recommended nowadays to most cars.

I was wondering about the 5-30 as didn't know much about it. My trusty little 8v punto definitely takes 10-40 though

jackofalltrades

walus wrote: »

For the money you paid plus a fiver more you will get top full synthetic Millers delivered to your door. I stopped paying over the top and get my oils online these days, they come out cheaper and are much better product that Castrol etc bought in regular stores.

Out of interest what site are you ordering from?
Tried getting Millers the last time I was changing the oil but delivery from the UK made it too expensive.

olcod

jackofalltrades wrote: »

Out of interest what site are you ordering from?
Tried getting Millers the last time I was changing the oil but delivery from the UK made it too expensive.

Im sure i've seen that advertised in the vintage car section on done deal if thats any help to you

corkgsxr

walus wrote: »

I personally do not use Castrol at all. First after the Bay of Mexico oil spillage by BP who owns Castrol and ramped up the prices after they were made liable for it. But mostly because there are much better oils out there at better prices.

love castrol myself. i use nothing else.


had silcoline in the gsxr 600 on the dyno it made 98.7hp

6 months later only diff to the bike being castrol instead. 109.98hp



petrol stations are going to be dearer and on top of that 1l bottle are going to be dearer that a gallon bottle.

im not suprised at that price

colm_mcm

olcod wrote: »

I remember when Tesco were about the cheapest place around for petrol, Tesco in Killarney are now one of the, if not is the most expensive.

That's since they brought out the 10c off petrol when you spend x amount on groceries.

bladespin

walus wrote: »

Maybe not, you right. But definitely more expensive than Woodies, I think.

Really, never found Woodies that cheap either TBH.

Kenny Logins

:pac:

Atlantic Dawn

walus wrote: »

I personally do not use Castrol at all. First after the Bay of Mexico oil spillage by BP who owns Castrol and ramped up the prices after they were made liable for it. But mostly because there are much better oils out there at better prices.

I found since the spill much better deals on it, I've stocked up on loads of 4 litres for €20 in Halfords not too long ago.

olcod

Kenny Logins wrote: »

:pac:

OK so my 4 litres for 38 euro certainly doesn't seem so bad now, thanks Kenny Logins you just cheered me right up:)

walus

jackofalltrades wrote: »

Out of interest what site are you ordering from?
Tried getting Millers the last time I was changing the oil but delivery from the UK made it too expensive.

Yeah, the shipping from UK kills the deal. Contact Peter from http://millersoilsireland.ie/ and he will send you the stock/price list. They have good rang of XL longlife oils that are of top, top quality.

lomb

I generally buy Mobil ESP 5-30 for around 55e( so thats 11 e a liter or half the amount above in the pic) whenever its on special in halfords, I think its normally 65 or something. Not cheap but its approved on modern VAG diesels and on my Audi TT 225, one of the few oils that is.

For everything else I would happily use Lidls 5w-40(porsche and bmw as well as VAG approved to certain specs) which they have occasionally and again Id stock up on around 15 or 20 liters. My attic must have 2 or 300 quid of oil in it, I also always keep spare oil and air/pollen filters. My family generally doesnt chop and change cars once they are happy with their lot so everything is used at some point:)

Bandara

Despite the usual bashing ill get I'll reply and justify the perfectly acceptable price that the station is charging.

10w 40 average brand oil selling for €9 a litte bottle is perfectly reasonable.

The station is making about 30-35% margin on that which is hardly a rip off

Also the reason you had to go to a station was because the motor factors was closed at 6pm, your garage is open at 6am till 10pm or later every day of the week and has well over double or even triple the wage costs and running costs of the motor factors

I'd put money on it that the motor factors are making more profit a litre than the garage after everything has been take in account

There's more to the price of something than the price tag

dgt

I assumed the 1st post was about 1 litre of oil (yep, read it too fast)

OP the local shop used to charge €19 for a litre of shell helix and ultra was an extra €5. Those 1l bottles you got are reasonable value

biko

Supply and demand.