Lighter Fluid

scudzilla

Just popped into my local garage, payed for my petrol and also asked for a tin of lighter fluid (for my Zippo), 100ml and it scanned up at 3.85, that's 38.50Euro a litre!!!!!

I know it has to be packaged in a tin but come on, just shy of 40quid a litre is extracting the urine.

Needless to say i said no thanks and told her i didn't want it

Basq

Dealz.. €1.49 - sorted!

scudzilla

Basq wrote: »

Dealz.. €1.49 - sorted!

That's where i normally stock up but had ran out, was shocked at the price

rubadub

I thought it would be more than that in a petrol station.

€3.50 in both these irish shops.
http://www.peterson.ie/p/4590/zippo-lighter-fluid
http://www.jamesfox.ie/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=219_397&products_id=2260&zenid=85396106d4cd942024d68c27f6486466

I think dealz has people spoiled, somethings are incredibly cheap but then people get used to it and think its the norm.

delahuntv

How long will a 100ml last? - Thousands of zippo strikes?

Now divide that by the cost and your cost per strike is neglible.

A box of matches is probably about 50c - sure I can get a piece of wood for tuppence and the head of a match costs next to nothign to manufacture - surely the matches should be 3 c.

Maybe a bottle of water at €1 - sure it comes FREE from the ground, and you will pay €1 and think its value.

I could go on and on and on and on.

Maybe compare the cost of a seed versus the cost of a punnet of strawberries - sure they've only thrown it in the ground and then after a while fecked the berries into a box and charge 2.49!

ScouseMouse

Indeed, as has been mentioned here numerous times, Dealz is part of Poundland Uk and they are so big, they are able to dictate the price they pay for something.

With everything shipped in from the UK, it is hard to compete and people do become expectant of unreally cheap prices - that is what fuels threads like this. However, it may come back to bite them in the arse as the BBC news says today.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34865736

afatbollix

Do you think €38.50 a litre is a good price? cause I don't!

ScouseMouse

But you are not paying 38 euro. You are paying 3.80 for a small convenience sized can. There is always a big discount for quantity.

A 330ml can of coke is about 1 euro - maybe 1.10. A 2 litre bottle take home bottle is less than 2 euro.

You have to take like for like.

rubadub

afatbollix wrote: »

Do you think €38.50 a litre is a good price? cause I don't!

Well it seems €35 per litre is the going rate so not too bad for a petrol station, where I would expect a bag of sugar to be €1.50-€2, not really a place I would advise people to be shopping in. Most seem to be 125ml too.

The fans of using these big numbers should try calculating the cost of zippo flints per ton, I'd say that will sound impressive...

davo10

afatbollix wrote: »

Do you think €38.50 a litre is a good price? cause I don't!

I know, who would have thought a kilogram of gold would cost €35k, a kilo of s**t costs nothing, what a rip off.

Of course on the other hand there could be an economy of scale reason for the costs, one big can of fluid may be cheaper than the equivalent amount on 10 smaller cans. Who knows?

keithclancy

scudzilla wrote: »

Just popped into my local garage, payed for my petrol and also asked for a tin of lighter fluid (for my Zippo), 100ml and it scanned up at 3.85, that's 38.50Euro a litre!!!!!

I know it has to be packaged in a tin but come on, just shy of 40quid a litre is extracting the urine.

Needless to say i said no thanks and told her i didn't want it

Shock horror, Petrol station more expensive than non-petrol stations.

That's weird ... it's the exact same here in Holland, also in Germany, Belgium, France ... I could keep going

Grab All Association

You do know in that you could have filled up a 500ml bottle of unleaded petrol for a couple of cents. Temporary solution until you get to Dealz

rubadub

Grab All Association wrote: »

You do know in that you could have filled up a 500ml bottle of unleaded petrol for a couple of cents. Temporary solution until you get to Dealz

Petrol will stink out a zippo and I am not sure if it lights well, or would impart taste if smoking. Also many petrol stations will have a minimum amount either in litres or price. He would also have to get a suitable bottle, most will not let you go up with any old coke bottle.

This is why its ridiculous to be pricing it per litre, when its not sold as such, just like flints per kilo.

Grab All Association

rubadub wrote: »

Petrol will stink out a zippo and I am not sure if it lights well, or would impart taste if smoking.

This is why its ridiculous to be pricing it per litre, when its not sold as such, just like flints per kilo.

Did it twice in the early 2000s when my disposable gas lighters ran out and it worked perfectly. These were cheap 50p/60c pound shop petrol lighters. I found they actually worked a lot better with unleaded than lighter fluid.

It would only smell for about 5-10 minutes max. I didn't notice any difference with the taste lighting up.

I wouldn't recommended it for long term use in an expensive lighter but if the OP doesn't want to pay nearly €4 for fluid or 20c-€1.50 for a temporary alternative (butane lighter/matches) it's an alternative option.

That was probably the first tin of lighter fluid they sold all year. Petrol stations are a rip off for everything except newspapers.

Also many petrol stations will have a minimum amount either in litres or price. He would also have to get a suitable bottle, most will not let you go up with any old coke bottle

Not here in Tipperary. We haven't gone completely H&S mad yet. We use any old milk carton or coke bottle buying petrol for the lawnmower.

Guy:Incognito

You're paying someone to give you something to burn that gives you cancer and you're moaning about the cost of the fluid to set the cancer on fire? Priorities

scudzilla

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You're paying someone to give you something to burn that gives you cancer and you're moaning about the cost of the fluid to set the cancer on fire? Priorities

Thanks for assuming that i was using the Zippo to light cigarettes