What's With Shell Macapagal?

[1D4LV]

admins/mods: kindly move na lang this thread if it does not belong here.

i'm just curious. last night going home, passed at Macapagal Avenue. dahil medyo traffic, surveyed the cost of gas sa mga gasoline stations dun (Petron, Jetti ba yun and Shell).

while Petron's price is consistent with the prices within metro manila, yung shell and jetti, is almost 2 pesos lower, which causes motorists to go to their stations like ants. yung petron medyo nilalangaw eh.

my questions:

1. ano yun? palugi yung dealer? imagine selling fuel 2 pesos lower than the market price? i know that this is the beauty of a deregulated industry, pero maski na sabihin mong quantity is better, di kaya mas malaki lugi nila?
2. what does their mother company (shell), think about that?
3. if it can be done by one gas station, then other gas stations must be over pricing?
4. di naman kaya may daya yung pumps nila?
5. or di naman kaya may daya yung fuel quality nila? tingin ko hindi naman. dahil i had bought by gas there mga 5 times na, no significant changes naman sa takbo ng oto.

opinions on this are welcome...

[flakez]

yup, mas mura ng don sa shell macapagal. ung shell sa may dulo ng coastal road halos ganon din ang presyo. so i think hindi naman sila palugi, baka tama lang ung presyuhan nila. hehehe. lagi ako diyan nagpapagas sa macapagal pag nasa manila kasi mura saka mabait mga crew. un nga lang minsan annoying pag midnight na dahil sa mga street racers(cars, bikes), pero minsan ok din. nood ka muna habang nagpapagas. hehehe

[ssaloon]

di sila lugi magbenta... malaki ngayon ang margins especially for gasoline products. i'm guessing that shell and jetti are in a price war.

[the_wildthing]

Magkano ba ang usual mark-up sa gas station?

Kung 3 pesos, baka ginagawa nilang 1 peso na lang tapos sa volume na lang sila kikita.

[seonadancing]

Ok yun kung 2 pesos lower. it makes you think why other shell gas stations have higher prices.

[jim]

nice info palagi akong dumadaan doon. switch muna ako sa shell from caltex para makamura

[ssaloon]

with today's global prices, mga 6-7 pesos ang margins ng gasoline grades sa service station kung tama computation ko. so they can really afford to sell at 2 pesos lower than market price.

[CVT]

happy_gilmore: Thank you for the tip. I'll make sure that my next fill would be at Shell Macapagal. Napapadaan ako riyan every Saturday morning, going to PriceSmart. Is the price difference consistent for both gasoline and diesel? Ok lang ba sa kanila kung Shell-Citibank MC?

[vinj]

with today's global prices, mga 6-7 pesos ang margins ng gasoline grades sa service station kung tama computation ko. so they can really afford to sell at 2 pesos lower than market price.

Dude, when you talk of their margins is this at a per L basis? So when you say P6-P7 margin this is per liter?

[ssaloon]

* vinj, yup!

[baiskee]

P2 lower? pati rin ba sa diesel?

dadayuhin talaga yan.

[1D4LV]

*bai/cvt: yup. consistent sila even with the diesels and even with the high octanes like velocity tsaka yung pula. not sure with their oils though (like helix, etc..)
*fafa miks: footah, 6 to 7 pesos ang margins nila per liter? if that is the case, ano yung mga sinasabi ng mother companies nila na underrecoveries?

are these dealer calls or mother office calls? langya kung pwede pala ganun eh, why not lower the price of gasoline in all outlets?

[karlbo]

hmmm...thanks for the info vlady...

kung mas mababa sila ng 2Petot talagang dudumugin nga sila...

[1D4LV]

happy_gilmore: Thank you for the tip. I'll make sure that my next fill would be at Shell Macapagal. Napapadaan ako riyan every Saturday morning, going to PriceSmart. Is the price difference consistent for both gasoline and diesel? Ok lang ba sa kanila kung Shell-Citibank MC?

yes they accept even other MC/Visas.

[the_wildthing]

Tingin ko binababa nila kasi out of the way. Para dayuhin. (Or baka hindi na ngayon?)

[Autobeat]

OKs. Thanks for this info. Sana sumunod rin ang ibang stations.

[jimaroquai]

Punta na tayo!!!!!!!!!

[ghosthunter]

some gas stations sell at a lower price to get customers to go there... some use the reason of lower operating costs (because they own the land). That's the reason why the gas station at the corner of P. Guevarra & Santolan in San Juan is one of the cheapest in Metro Manila for gasoline.

[vinj]

* vinj, yup!

Dang... never thought they we're earning that much above cost (gross).

Overhead in a gas station is the big factor. Kelangan talaga tutukan ng owner or you'll also lose a lot due to pilferage and the like.

[XTO]

sayang... layo sa qc. shell congressional (near edsa) lang talaga medyo mababa (don't know kung hanggang ngayon) kaso katakot baka andun pa cj