Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 Cheeky barstewards! If you fill up when the forecourt is busy you'll pay more if the retailers have their way. Time for a boycott methinks. Quote
jeff oakley Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 We see it with electric, off peak economy and with Airlines so I suppose it is something they would like to try. I agree that the way to stop this is to simply not use them. When you look at the way prices are, they are different on motorways, and trunk roads to what you will pay in a supermarket. Many 24 hour stations only leave on the premium fule as well but when you need it you will pay. We are too soft in the UK and will not react as we should. Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted May 30, 2017 Author Posted May 30, 2017 14 minutes ago, jeff oakley said: We see it with electric, off peak economy and with Airlines so I suppose it is something they would like to try. I agree that the way to stop this is to simply not use them. When you look at the way prices are, they are different on motorways, and trunk roads to what you will pay in a supermarket. Many 24 hour stations only leave on the premium fule as well but when you need it you will pay. We are too soft in the UK and will not react as we should. I refuse to have a 'smart meter' for exactly this reason. Sales of jerry cans may well rise... Quote
SootySport Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 I have an Esso garage 100metres away and can see the forecourt from my drive, I'll just go went it's empty, easily done for me. Quote
DonPeffers Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 So much for A.I. being for the betterment of humankind. Quote
SootySport Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 When you think about it any retail establishment could vary their pricing according to popularity and do now up to a certain degree. It doesn't have to be just petrol stations. As customers we could play the game and just wait outside a shop for the price to go down or sit in your car just outside a petrol station waiting for the price to go down. Our local Esso station reduces their fuel by 2p a litre on 2 days a week but the discount days vary. The locals just fill up when the price is down, daft idea I know but we all play the game. Quote
John K Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 Price should increase the longer you spend on the forecourt... Might stop those folk who leave their car at the pump and then do their weekly shop in the grocery section... Quote
DonPeffers Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 They may be haggling over the price. After all it is the buyer who makes the offer in the legal contractual sense 1 Quote
TAFKARM Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 17 minutes ago, John K said: Price should increase the longer you spend on the forecourt... Might stop those folk who leave their car at the pump and then do their weekly shop in the grocery section... I think it's good when people do their shop on the grocery section! Quote
Chris Hooper Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 I'm quite aware of this kind of experience. Driving an electric car I can charge at home for .13p per KWH but out and about it varies between free and really quite expensive. Soon ecotricity will charge .17p per KWh and a £3 connection fee. Now if I can get solar panels and a battery that will help.......... Quote
pistonbroke Posted June 2, 2017 Posted June 2, 2017 Often wonder how much petrol folks use driving around looking for the cheapest fill up ? Is it really worth the extra miles to save 1 or 2 p per litre Quote
bigals Posted June 2, 2017 Posted June 2, 2017 51 minutes ago, pistonbroke said: Often wonder how much petrol folks use driving around looking for the cheapest fill up ? Is it really worth the extra miles to save 1 or 2 p per litre Nope not worth it . I also don't think you save any money using cheeper supermarket fuel comparing the mpg you get with shell or BP. Having been a sad git and used a fuel app on my phone for the last year supermarket fuel just does less mpg . So to save money just keep a eye on prices on stations that you drive past and top up with premium fuel when you see a good price. Ps I am all in favour of people shopping on the forcourt as that's where the profit is not in the fuel so those shoppers subsidised my motoring 1 Quote
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