Comments on: Petrol Price in new Tesco in Cashel, Tipperary http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/petrol-price-in-new-tesco-in-cashel-tipperary/ Better Purchasing Decisions Through Better Information Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:41:09 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: valueireland http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/petrol-price-in-new-tesco-in-cashel-tipperary/comment-page-1/#comment-694 valueireland Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:21:39 +0000 http://www.valueireland.com/?p=1458#comment-694 Nice one Gerard - good news. Would like to think that we had an impact, but maybe and thankfully, it's just competition working properly. We definitely endorse pumps.ie and would recommend that everyone make use of it since it's the quality of the data that people submit that makes the website its most useful. Nice one Gerard – good news. Would like to think that we had an impact, but maybe and thankfully, it’s just competition working properly.

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]]> By: Gerard Connaughton http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/petrol-price-in-new-tesco-in-cashel-tipperary/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Gerard Connaughton Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:13 +0000 http://www.valueireland.com/?p=1458#comment-692 Looks like your comments have had some effect - Diesel & Petrol are both down to 92.9 in Tesco in Cashel this evening! Although both are down to 91.9 in Tesco Clonmel. Best advise, is register with www.pumps.ie and use the site to guide you to the best fuel deals. Looks like your comments have had some effect – Diesel & Petrol are both down to 92.9 in Tesco in Cashel this evening! Although both are down to 91.9 in Tesco Clonmel. Best advise, is register with http://www.pumps.ie and use the site to guide you to the best fuel deals.

]]> By: valueireland http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/petrol-price-in-new-tesco-in-cashel-tipperary/comment-page-1/#comment-686 valueireland Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:09:42 +0000 http://www.valueireland.com/?p=1458#comment-686 Colm - thanks for the comment. As you say, with increasing competition now in place in Cashel, you should see a drop in prices eventually. Though, as was found out following in investigation in a town in Mayo a number of years ago, just because all "competing" petrol stations all have exactly the same price on petrol, it doesn't necessarily mean that they're operating a cartel. Go figure! Colm – thanks for the comment. As you say, with increasing competition now in place in Cashel, you should see a drop in prices eventually.

Though, as was found out following in investigation in a town in Mayo a number of years ago, just because all “competing” petrol stations all have exactly the same price on petrol, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re operating a cartel.

Go figure!

]]> By: Colm http://www.valueireland.com/2009/01/petrol-price-in-new-tesco-in-cashel-tipperary/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Colm Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:45:57 +0000 http://www.valueireland.com/?p=1458#comment-682 Clonmel is different to Cashel and most other towns. Tesco in Cashel is probably the only station offering "cheap" petrol. In Clonmel there is a price war between Tesco, Applegreen and Vivo. They all have newish stations and there seems to be a constant battle to undercut each other. I live in the town and have seen the price at one station fall twice in the same day (morning and evening) in response to a cut by another in the afternoon. Competition should force the price down as it does in Clonmel. The question people living in other towns should be asking is why "competition" isn't working in their town. What is different about the type of "competition" in towns dominated by the older established, often family run, stations and the competition in towns like Clonmel where three stations are knocking lumps out of each other and the consumer is reaping the benefits. Clonmel is different to Cashel and most other towns. Tesco in Cashel is probably the only station offering “cheap” petrol. In Clonmel there is a price war between Tesco, Applegreen and Vivo. They all have newish stations and there seems to be a constant battle to undercut each other. I live in the town and have seen the price at one station fall twice in the same day (morning and evening) in response to a cut by another in the afternoon.

Competition should force the price down as it does in Clonmel. The question people living in other towns should be asking is why “competition” isn’t working in their town. What is different about the type of “competition” in towns dominated by the older established, often family run, stations and the competition in towns like Clonmel where three stations are knocking lumps out of each other and the consumer is reaping the benefits.

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