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88.5c Petrol Applegreen Lusk

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  • 27-01-2017 9:41am
    #1
    deadimmortal
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭


    Got a pop up from the App.
    To celebrate applegreen selling the winning Euromillions ticket in Lusk they are offering Petrol and Diesel at 88.5c per litre. While stocks last.


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    #2
    Davy
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    Just to make clear its the M1 services northbound only!

    C3KmXDfUMAAQ93d.jpg
    https://twitter.com/NationalLottery/status/824904600293486593


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    #3
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    i thought it was sold in cork :confused:


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    Wanderer78
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    philstar wrote:
    i thought it was sold in cork


    Na lusk


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    #5
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,812 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    Fair dues to them, I hope they give the staff a treat also.
    Best of luck to the winners, dream come true

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    #6
    unkel
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    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, people will start digging in your personal life, skeletons will come out of the closet, you'll get begging letters, nightmare! 5 million or so would be more than plenty for me. Buy a nice house, pay off a few mortgages for family, buy a few nice cars and then modest financial independence for life.


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    Wanderer78
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    unkel wrote:
    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, you'll get begging letters, nightmare. 3 or 4 million would be more than plenty for me. Nice house, a few nice cars and modest financial independence for life.


    More hassle than its worth, but that wouldn't stop me trying. Best of luck to them


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    Soarer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,865 ✭✭✭Soarer


    unkel wrote: »
    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, people will start digging in your personal life, skeletons will come out of the closet, you'll get begging letters, nightmare! 5 million or so would be more than plenty for me. Buy a nice house, pay off a few mortgages for family, buy a few nice cars and then modest financial independence for life.

    Keep €5m and give the rest away?


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    #9
    ILikeBoats
    Registered Users Posts: 2,455 ✭✭✭ILikeBoats


    I'll be passing around 2pm, I wonder will stocks be well gone by then


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    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,150 ✭✭✭✭km79


    unkel wrote: »
    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, people will start digging in your personal life, skeletons will come out of the closet, you'll get begging letters, nightmare! 5 million or so would be more than plenty for me. Buy a nice house, pay off a few mortgages for family, buy a few nice cars and then modest financial independence for life.

    Are there not 30 of them ?


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    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,835 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    km79 wrote: »
    Are there not 30 of them ?
    No, it was originally rumoured to be a syndicate in Cork.

    Now it's confirmed to have been in Dublin, and rumoured to be a single winner.


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    #12
    wandatowell
    Registered Users Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    Applegreen's making the most out of it. Fairplay to 'em.


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    Blazer
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    unkel wrote: »
    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, people will start digging in your personal life, skeletons will come out of the closet, you'll get begging letters, nightmare! 5 million or so would be more than plenty for me. Buy a nice house, pay off a few mortgages for family, buy a few nice cars and then modest financial independence for life.

    Just think of all those luxobarges you could buy :D


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    witnessmenow
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    Blazer wrote: »
    Just think of all those luxobarges you could buy :D

    You'd burn through the winnings in no time on their tax

    I can only image the queues for the pumps, I remember it being bad the day they announced it was going up 10c in the budget, and that load was spread across every pump in the country!


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    slave1
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    unkel wrote: »
    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, people will start digging in your personal life, skeletons will come out of the closet, you'll get begging letters, nightmare! 5 million or so would be more than plenty for me. Buy a nice house, pay off a few mortgages for family, buy a few nice cars and then modest financial independence for life.

    That's a problem I would welcome

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    #16
    blastman
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    That Applegreen is a long way from Lusk! Still, I'll be passing on the way home from work tonight, hope the offer is still available then.


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    #17
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    blastman wrote: »
    That Applegreen is a long way from Lusk! Still, I'll be passing on the way home from work tonight, hope the offer is still available then.

    tonight? the tanks will be empty in 3 hours id say. not a single person who passes won't brim their tank


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    Stheno
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    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    tonight? the tanks will be empty in 3 hours id say. not a single person who passes won't brim their tank

    The queues are all the way back to the motorway


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    Powerfairy
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    Stheno wrote: »
    The queues are all the way back to the motorway

    Ah I was thinking I will get in on the way home. No chance of that so!!


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    the.red.baron
    Registered Users Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭the.red.baron


    unkel wrote: »
    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, people will start digging in your personal life, skeletons will come out of the closet, you'll get begging letters, nightmare! 5 million or so would be more than plenty for me. Buy a nice house, pay off a few mortgages for family, buy a few nice cars and then modest financial independence for life.


    Are you mad, I'd kidnap you if you won 5 million, better off sticking with the scratch cards, the worst you'll get from that is a rash off Marty's tache

    But seriously, 88 million would be an awful curse, you wouldn't have just first world problems, you'd have moved up to one percenter problems

    The horror

    I'll be on my jet ski if you are looking for me..


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    #21
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,082 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Blazer wrote: »
    Just think of all those luxobarges you could buy :D

    What would I do with 19,000 luxobarges? :D


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    #22
    chinwag
    Registered Users Posts: 416 ✭✭chinwag


    Wonder how much the garage (seller of winning ticket) gets?


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    #23
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    chinwag wrote: »
    Wonder how much the garage (seller of winning ticket) gets?

    €25k


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    #24
    eh i dunno
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    The offer is finished now


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    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,848 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    unkel wrote: »
    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, people will start digging in your personal life, skeletons will come out of the closet, you'll get begging letters, nightmare! 5 million or so would be more than plenty for me. Buy a nice house, pay off a few mortgages for family, buy a few nice cars and then modest financial independence for life.

    agreed
    you couldnt live here if you won that kind of money to be fair which in itself might not be a bad thing
    then think about all the friends you would have no matter where you went :pac:


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    slave1
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    the.red.baron wrote: »
    Are you mad, I'd kidnap you if you won 5 million, better off sticking with the scratch cards, the worst you'll get from that is a rash off Marty's tache

    But seriously, 88 million would be an awful curse, you wouldn't have just first world problems, you'd have moved up to one percenter problems

    The horror

    I'll be on my jet ski if you are looking for me..

    It's 'only' €29,185 of annual income to get into the top one per cent.....not as high as you would imagine, lots of us already there without realising

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    #27
    Copper_pipe
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    https://twitter.com/goapplegreen/status/824949246260609025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


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    loki7777
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    mailburner wrote: »
    agreed
    you couldnt live here if you won that kind of money to be fair which in itself might not be a bad thing
    then think about all the friends you would have no matter where you went :pac:

    Honestly you would be stupid if you would share your personal details with whole world after winning. Just lay low, don't overspend and you will be fine.


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    #29
    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    .....and its gone!!


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    #30
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,738 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    They were probably under pressure from the NRA not to block up the motorway.


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    bk
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    unkel wrote: »
    They'll need all the luck they can get. Personally I wouldn't want to win anything like 88 million. You need armed security (risk of kidnap), you're an instant celebrity, people will start digging in your personal life, skeletons will come out of the closet, you'll get begging letters, nightmare! 5 million or so would be more than plenty for me. Buy a nice house, pay off a few mortgages for family, buy a few nice cars and then modest financial independence for life.

    You'd just as likely to be targeted for winning 5 million as 88 million. The advantage of 88 million is that you could buy yourself a nice fortress at the top of a swiss mountain and hire some armed ex-military special forces guys to patrol the grounds like a Bond super villain :D

    In all seriousness, there are plenty of gated communities around the world, where 88 million would be pocket change for many of your neighbours and you could live quietly under the radar.

    You don't have to reveal your identity if you win the lotto. Best to just keep it to yourself, maybe tell family and friends you inherited a small but nice amount of money to explain the new flash car and then head off on a year long around the world trip.

    BTW I assume a Tesla Model S P100D would be on your list ;)


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