Petrol prices- when does the madness end?
Discussion
Uncle Meat said:
acme said:
rainmakerraw said:
It would have been 145.9 the last time you went, too. Tesco are always 7ppl more for 99 than 95, company wide. It's been between 143.9 and 145.9 for a fair while here. Shell are 158.9 and Texaco 160.9 for comparison.
I thought the same too re 7p difference, but last time I went to Tesco Saffron Walden it was 9p, yet another example of them taking the pi**
Martin_Hx said:
Our company fuel card supplier sent us this today...
Dear Customer,
We have some good news! We're expecting fixed fuel prices to decrease by around 4.5p per litre next week depending on your network.
To get the best price, we are encouraging our customers to wait until after the weekend, if possible, to fill up.
This latest drop in price is due to the global economic fallout following the recent banking sector issues. To find out more about the price fluctuations take a look at our monthly fuel price blog.
I've had my price for next week (from Monday) and it's dropped 3p (exc VAT) a litre, to 121.27pp + VAT Dear Customer,
We have some good news! We're expecting fixed fuel prices to decrease by around 4.5p per litre next week depending on your network.
To get the best price, we are encouraging our customers to wait until after the weekend, if possible, to fill up.
This latest drop in price is due to the global economic fallout following the recent banking sector issues. To find out more about the price fluctuations take a look at our monthly fuel price blog.
I'm sure retailers will quickly pass that on to consumers, hoh hoh hoh.
ingenieur said:
You probably can as the pandemic was only a couple of years ago and fuel prices plummeted at that point. Ours was down to 99p for unleaded.
I remember it well. Friends in Louisiana were paying 99c per US gallon at that time, worked out at about 22p per litre. Crazy times.Roman Rhodes said:
Different dates. Obviously a price decrease after the 15th
Nope, I was there a few weeks ago and it was definitely 10p difference thenashleyman said:
Please go and take a photo. I have 100% seen them with a difference that’s not 7p per litre.
I'll take a photo next time I'm there - although it seems like you're agreeing with me above!Captain Answer said:
149.9 for diesel and 141.9 for petrol at Costco near me now - can't remember last time it was so cheap
Yet our costco is 136.9. Why is there such variance across the UK? My locals are 144.7 or 145.7 yet drive further up north and all the garages are 141.7 or below. It's never been so random before. NFT said:
No idea why but my local cashier thinks petrol's going up next week,
I'm just gonna have to find a new overnight joy with the right combination of smooth straights, curvature and satisfying sounds closer to work.
Hard times.
Odd, crude oil has dropped by more than 10% in the last week and the £:$ rate has been steady. Prices should drop by a few pence.I'm just gonna have to find a new overnight joy with the right combination of smooth straights, curvature and satisfying sounds closer to work.
Hard times.
Edited by NFT on Saturday 18th March 22:45
hotchy said:
Captain Answer said:
149.9 for diesel and 141.9 for petrol at Costco near me now - can't remember last time it was so cheap
Yet our costco is 136.9. Why is there such variance across the UK? My locals are 144.7 or 145.7 yet drive further up north and all the garages are 141.7 or below. It's never been so random before. There is a simple solution which involves starting with the weakest one, for example Big Jim's and having a quiet governmental word in his ear.
Unfortunately, the releasing of the refiners to charge based on global, free market pricing was sensible at the time all those years ago but should have changed as the world changed.
DonkeyApple said:
hotchy said:
Captain Answer said:
149.9 for diesel and 141.9 for petrol at Costco near me now - can't remember last time it was so cheap
Yet our costco is 136.9. Why is there such variance across the UK? My locals are 144.7 or 145.7 yet drive further up north and all the garages are 141.7 or below. It's never been so random before. There is a simple solution which involves starting with the weakest one, for example Big Jim's and having a quiet governmental word in his ear.
Unfortunately, the releasing of the refiners to charge based on global, free market pricing was sensible at the time all those years ago but should have changed as the world changed.
At the retail end that is being talked about the variations will be largely due to the frequency that the price changes in the supply contract and local competition. All retailers will be looking to optimise profit.
Roman Rhodes said:
Uncle Meat said:
acme said:
rainmakerraw said:
It would have been 145.9 the last time you went, too. Tesco are always 7ppl more for 99 than 95, company wide. It's been between 143.9 and 145.9 for a fair while here. Shell are 158.9 and Texaco 160.9 for comparison.
I thought the same too re 7p difference, but last time I went to Tesco Saffron Walden it was 9p, yet another example of them taking the pi**NFT said:
No idea why but my local cashier thinks petrol's going up next week,
I'm just gonna have to find a new overnight joy with the right combination of smooth straights, curvature and satisfying sounds closer to work.
Hard times.
Is your local cashier thinking that the fuel duty cut is ending? It was going to, but it got extended again in the budget last week.I'm just gonna have to find a new overnight joy with the right combination of smooth straights, curvature and satisfying sounds closer to work.
Hard times.
Edited by NFT on Saturday 18th March 22:45
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