How much is a gas bottle???

TheFiver


Joined: 09/01/2011
Posts: 52

Message Posted:
18/02/2012 13:05

Just bought a gas bottle from Blue Dream, Esentepe and was charged 36.50TL. I'm sure i read somewhere that they had gone down to 35.50. Can anyone confirm please.



If it has gone down then Blue Dream are overcharging, if not my apologies.

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
18/02/2012 13:10

Yes the same thing happened to me on Thursday.Not Blue Dream though.

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
18/02/2012 13:15

I paid 35.50 a few days ago (not a Blue Dream) so I reckon he has it wrong.

TheFiver


Joined: 09/01/2011
Posts: 52

Message Posted:
18/02/2012 20:30

Apparently this is not the first time it has happened at this store. I passed the shop I usually use to refill thinking I should support my 'local' store more.......maybe not again if this is how he conducts his business.

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
18/02/2012 21:08

1tl omg , call the cops .

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
18/02/2012 21:13

It's not quite like the pumps at a petrol station though is it? If he paid the extra for the gas he's got to pass it on until the cheaper ones come in surely... I can't see how the price adjustment mechanism would work automatically... do you? Please explain if you know how it would...

birdman



Joined: 20/09/2010
Posts: 690

Message Posted:
18/02/2012 22:23

On the other hand Groucho, when the prices went up , shops charge the new amount immediately irrespective of if they paid the new prices for the stock in hand. Swings and roundabouts comes to mind..



Gerry

the cat


Joined: 22/06/2008
Posts: 71

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 00:01

1 TL ? ..... sad people !

northcyprus74


Joined: 11/01/2012
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 01:07

Well said msj 6 !



Just 1 TL plus people are allowed to charge what they desire, buying from them is your choice...

TheFiver


Joined: 09/01/2011
Posts: 52

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 10:42

Rowlo & the cat.



Nothing to do with it being 1tl, it's just the principle of the matter. So when you were in the UK you went to the dearest petrol station to fill your car up did you????.....Yeah of course...

birdman



Joined: 20/09/2010
Posts: 690

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 10:51

northcyprus74



Shops are NOT allowed to charge what they desire in this instance.

It is a government SET_PRICE as with the GOVERMENT BREAD.





Gerry

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 11:01

I pad 36.50 ten minutes ago at tempo

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 11:46

I paid 36 TL at KPet opposite Colony yesterday.

But they are sticking the knife in, inch by inch, at every opportunity! 3 years ago the price was 22 TL. Let me see; that is 14 TL in 3 years. Just under 5 tl a year! That is around 20% rise every year. I think everyone should make a big noise everytime another 1 TL is added on top of the gas. Next year this time you will probably paying 41-42 TL.

With the price of electric going up astronomically, the cheaper alternative "gas" will soon be not an alternative

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 12:13

This is a hoary chestnut. It is long held law that a business is entitled to charge new higher prices from the moment they come into effect regardless that existing stock may have cost the lower price. This is because a rise in prices causes a business to expend more monies for the same amount of stock and it is a dormant extra expense until sold. That said some shops put up their prices before any announcement was promulgated and were thus charging 38.5 TL until government decided to lower the proposed increase. That was naughty. What about electricity prices. I understand that the government has written off 70% of municipality debt and allowed 3 years for the remaing debt to be paid. Presumably domestic users will have to pick up the tab for the losses. I am bracing myself for another 30% increase in prices !

eagleyemonkey


Joined: 21/03/2010
Posts: 184

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 15:07

Oats in Morrisons 89p

Oats in Asda 75p

Ailletoo


Joined: 24/01/2009
Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 15:11

Well at least we all know where to get our oats then!!

reyntj


Joined: 26/01/2011
Posts: 229

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 15:35

i could do with some oats my jordans porridge oats are almost empty i was buying them from ma pa in famagusta but the last two times ive been - guess what no oats . things are going to get desperate this week if anyone knows where to get oats over famagista way please post asap

Giles


Joined: 16/08/2011
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 16:07

Pop over the crossing and check Litsas.

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 16:18

I pay the equivalent of 75tl for an exchange gas bottle here in Ireland.

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 16:22

How big paddywack .. Are you talking like for like ..

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 16:37

Jordans oats in Erdener

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 17:17

BigOz

I know you are teacher so perhaps you can explain the logic in "With the price of electric going up astronomically, the cheaper alternative "gas" will soon be not an alternative"

I am assuming that the more electric goes up the cheaper the alternative will seem - so?

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 17:43

I exchanged 3 bottles a couple of nights ago atg 36.50. When I asked about the price the old lady tried to explain that the price had gone back up again 3 days earlier!

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 17:48

Msg 20

Yes

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 17:49

msg10 , no i did not fill up at the dearest petrol station , i drove 50 miles to the one that sold it at 2p a litre cheaper than the one on my doorstep , no flys on me you know ?

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 19:09

paddywack,

How can you compare price differences between 2 different countries without taking cost of living,basic wage etc. into consideration?



basic wage in RoI €8-9...........around 20tl per hour



rough income support for a family of 5..............€500 per week,not to forget to mention monthly child support.



add to that %70-80 rent paid by the local government.







blimey,perhaps I made a mistake by coming back.





..........on a second thought..............no,better off here,less con artists here.

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
19/02/2012 19:17

yorgo ,



you crack me up ,



roflmao,

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
20/02/2012 12:17

Msg 26,

Not everyone here lives on govenment support and has their rent paid for them, and no you did not make a mistake going back.

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
20/02/2012 16:25

paddywack;



msg 26 was not personnal

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
20/02/2012 16:27

I understand that, but why generalise

Isabella


Joined: 02/10/2008
Posts: 199

Message Posted:
20/02/2012 16:33

Why do people find the need to come onto an Open Forum damming a shop over one item intead of making a general enquiry on the Forum regarding the price. I wonder how much extra it would have cost in petrol to visit another supermarket with it 1 tl less? Surely you just make a note, or even have a word with the manager and then decicde whether to shop elsewhere or return.

the cat


Joined: 22/06/2008
Posts: 71

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 00:51

msg 10.... OMG, i live in Esentepe but would i drive to Kyrenia to buy cos its 1TL cheaper ? support your local community, prices do rise you know !

TheFiver


Joined: 09/01/2011
Posts: 52

Message Posted:
21/02/2012 09:19

msg 32.....'prices do rise you know'. Another bloody pearl of wisdom....you should become a politician..!!!