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Applegreen - 5c off Fuel

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  • 14-12-2018 11:24am
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    OREGATO
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭


    More details here: https://www.applegreenstores.com/the-great-price-drop/

    and here: https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/applegreen-announces-drop-in-fuel-prices-by-5-cent-a-litre-892078.html

    Not sure if it's a bargain or just publicity but thought I'd share

    T&C's
    The 5c per litre price drop begins from Friday 14th December 2018
    This 5c price drop applies to Applegreen fuelgood fuel across all Applegreen sites in the Republic of Ireland only.
    Price drop may be on either fuelgood diesel or fuelgood unleaded
    The 5c price drop will be priced against market prices set on 6th December 2018.
    There is no restriction on the amount of litres which customers can purchase.
    The Promoter; Applegreen reserves the right to cancel, suspend or amend the price drop in the event of any unforeseen circumstances arising which are beyond it’s reasonable control without giving prior notice & without liability. Prices may change in line with market fluctuation.


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    #2
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Were 5c dearer recently than my local maxol, so now they've just come inline with recent global oil price drops


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    OREGATO
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭OREGATO


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Were 5c dearer recently than my local maxol, so now they've just come inline with recent global oil price drops

    I was half thinking it was going to be something like that - especially given that they are using the market prices from the 6th December..


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    incentsitive
    Registered Users Posts: 436 ✭✭incentsitive


    Applegreen diesel and petrol is notoriously bad. I have heard several people say things like lawnmowers etc don't start with it.


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    phelixoflaherty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭phelixoflaherty


    Strimmers?


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    gustafo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gustafo


    incentsitive wrote: »
    Applegreen diesel and petrol is notoriously bad. I have heard several people say things like lawnmowers etc don't start with it.

    Totally agree i wouldn't get my fuel there if they were giving it away, just not worth the risk of fecking up your engine.


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    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    gustafo wrote: »
    Totally agree i wouldn't get my fuel there if they were giving it away, just not worth the risk of fecking up your engine.


    This is bullcrap. I've been using applegreen for a long time before they went dearer and never an issue.


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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,871 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    incentsitive wrote: »
    Applegreen diesel and petrol is notoriously bad. I have heard several people say things like lawnmowers etc don't start with it.

    Yeah putting the lawnmower away without cleaning it or ever servicing it and it's the fuels fault when it doesn't start. All petrol and diesel in this country is the same, some companies put in extra additives but the base is the same.


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    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,478 ✭✭✭harr


    My local apple green is always a constant 2 or 3 cents cheaper than other garages in area, but have noticed the last couple of weeks it has been the opposite where they havebeen 4 cents dearer.
    Now I know why...that with the price of fuel falling anyway this does seem to be just a publicity stunt..


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    Buddy97mm
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Buddy97mm


    130ish in my local Apple Green this morning, considerably cheaper than anywhere else - filled up yesterday at 135 unfortunately.


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    Testament1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,578 ✭✭✭Testament1


    Buddy97mm wrote: »
    130ish in my local Apple Green this morning, considerably cheaper than anywhere else - filled up yesterday at 135 unfortunately.

    128.9 for diesel when I passed my local one this morning


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    #12
    what the hell!
    Registered Users Posts: 822 ✭✭✭what the hell!


    It's always the cheapest in my area so this will make it even better!


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    #13
    rustledjimmies
    Registered Users Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭rustledjimmies


    Don't forget to factor in the fuel used queueing for a pump. At least that's what usually happens when there's a "cheap" fuel promotion!

    Last year's Applegreen Lusk promotion

    Yeah, yeah, this year's one isn't as big a discount but folk are Bargain Mad!


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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,618 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    incentsitive wrote: »
    Applegreen diesel and petrol is notoriously bad. I have heard several people say things like lawnmowers etc don't start with it.

    All E5 petrol goes bad over time sitting in cans/tanks as the ethanol component decomposes / evaporates leaving the remaining fuel extremely low octane. This means garden appliances give trouble at the start of the season

    All stations sell E5 now by law.


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    incentsitive
    Registered Users Posts: 436 ✭✭incentsitive


    Del2005 wrote: »
    Yeah putting the lawnmower away without cleaning it or ever servicing it and it's the fuels fault when it doesn't start. All petrol and diesel in this country is the same, some companies put in extra additives but the base is the same.

    Fair enough, believe what you want! But bizarrely, the same people put other fuel in and eureka, lawnmower starts.....

    But sure, feel free to keep wrecking your engine if you want with such junk.


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    nim1bdeh38l2cw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭nim1bdeh38l2cw


    incentsitive wrote: »
    Applegreen diesel and petrol is notoriously bad.

    Horseshíte
    incentsitive wrote: »
    I have heard several people say things like lawnmowers etc don't start with it.

    So you're just a gullible fool then?


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    incentsitive
    Registered Users Posts: 436 ✭✭incentsitive


    L1011 wrote: »
    All E5 petrol goes bad over time sitting in cans/tanks as the ethanol component decomposes / evaporates leaving the remaining fuel extremely low octane. This means garden appliances give trouble at the start of the season

    All stations sell E5 now by law.

    This is not at the start of the season! Of course it does, I am saying perfectly freshly bought fuel in Applegreen is rubbish for some lawnmowers, strimmers, etc. Fuel bought in Topaz etc does not have this problem.

    But sure, each can do what they want I guess!

    http://www.biker.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=238585 i think proves the point.


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    #18
    Pique
    Registered Users Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭Pique


    incentsitive wrote:
    i think proves the point.


    No it really doesn't.

    Don't be so 'centsitive' about it.


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    md23040
    Registered Users Posts: 479 ✭✭md23040


    I have had an Applegreen Fleetcard for the last number of years and the fleet price and the general pump price for
    Petrol or Diesel have been basically much the same up until about two months ago.

    Last weeks fleet price was 124.2 cents per liter for diesel and the week before this 126.4 cents including Vat. The price at the pumps was 10c per liter more and most other stations around the same fixed price of 134-138 cents. The price of petrol/diesel has been falling for months and all the oil stations have not been passing it on.

    Also in relation to unleaded Asda in the North, with higher duties is much cheaper and was 111.9 pence per litre and with the exchange instore of €1=£0.884 meant it was 126 cents a litre. Much cheaper for the first time in about 6 years this side of the border.

    The petrol stations in Ireland have been taking the piss and not passing on the price reductions and the competition authority should be investigating this IMO.

    This 5 cent price drop is a charade and long overdue.


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    rustledjimmies
    Registered Users Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭rustledjimmies


    md23040 wrote: »
    The price of petrol/diesel has been falling for months and all the oil stations have not been passing it on.


    Call me a cynic but I'd be more surprised if they did!


    Always go up straight away though. Must be coincidence. :P


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    jacool
    Registered Users Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭jacool


    md23040 wrote: »
    The price of petrol/diesel has been falling for months and all the oil stations have not been passing it on.
    The petrol stations in Ireland have been taking the piss and not passing on the price reductions and the competition authority should be investigating this IMO.
    I worked for a petrol station in my college days.
    The day the price went up the owner was ouit like a shot to put the price up at the pumps.
    Any day the price went down he left it as it was. When I told him that the punters were complaining he said "Tell them we've just had a delivery at the old price. We'll reduce the price when that lot is sold"

    Let's not even talk about the murky world of "red diesel" !!!


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    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,652 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    incentsitive wrote: »
    This is not at the start of the season! Of course it does, I am saying perfectly freshly bought fuel in Applegreen is rubbish for some lawnmowers, strimmers, etc. Fuel bought in Topaz etc does not have this problem.

    You do realise they all buy from the same wholesale supplier?

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #23
    dodzy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,919 ✭✭✭dodzy


    Somebody posts a BA on diesel....and the thread spirals into a poxy whinge about petrol lawnmowers and strimmers not starting. Seriously.......WTF ?


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    Mardyke
    Registered Users Posts: 576 ✭✭✭Mardyke


    It's not a bargain, it's Applegreen turning a cost decrease that all stations are giving, into a marketing ploy.


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    #25
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    Won’t be long now and the electric car brigade will be along too

    What if you wear a poppy?


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    #26
    theguzman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    I got Diesel today for €1.305/L today in Applegreen, I had put in €30.00 yesterday in a Topaz @ €1.379/L so filled the car when I saw it cheaper. I have got fills from different AppleGreen Stations and never a problem.


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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,618 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    incentsitive wrote: »
    i think proves the point.

    Not even vaguely

    The sell the same fuel as other stations.

    If you're using an antique lump that can't handle fresh E5 you aren't going to get fuel anywhere.


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    theguzman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    I paid €1.45 today : - (

    For Diesel or Petrol, where? I'll be going to Belfast next week and I wonder what is the current situation, is it cheaper or dearer up North or is Northern Diesel still dodgy with the IRA adding chemicals to cut the dye out of it?


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    #29
    killanena
    Registered Users Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭killanena


    Circle k are matching applegreens prices in sites that are close to applegreen sites.


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    #30
    stdidit
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭stdidit


    Slightly off topic, but what's the best way to stay in tune with fuel price changes?
    Id like to preempt diesel/petrol going up or down at the pumps so I can tell if I should fill up now if its getting dearer or hold off its its getting cheaper..


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    killanena
    Registered Users Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭killanena


    Following the exchange rates for USD is one way I would guess.


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