BP ripping us off. Wait til you see how much!
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BP on Castle Lane, beside the hospital in Bournemouth. Regular unleaded: £1.34.9. About average you'd think currently.
BP Ultimate Unleaded: £1.64.9!!!!
Cannot believe I let them take my money. I'm just lucky I was looking at the total cost rather than the number of litres I was taking. Is this legal?
The excuse from the manager was that because it was a family run filling station he could charge what he liked. And he said that by charging more for the Ultimate he could be more competitive with the regular petrol. Horse s
t! Most places are charging £1.33 a litre for unleaded now so he's still charging above average. I took pics of the prices on the pump and it shows that Ultimate Diesel is being served at £1.66.9 a litre. Flippin' ek!
The Bournemouth Echo have been informed as this is daylight robbery. I'll never use BP again.
And why are all my local Shell garages closed these days? Only Poulner Hill left to keep me sane!
BP Ultimate Unleaded: £1.64.9!!!!
Cannot believe I let them take my money. I'm just lucky I was looking at the total cost rather than the number of litres I was taking. Is this legal?
The excuse from the manager was that because it was a family run filling station he could charge what he liked. And he said that by charging more for the Ultimate he could be more competitive with the regular petrol. Horse s
t! Most places are charging £1.33 a litre for unleaded now so he's still charging above average. I took pics of the prices on the pump and it shows that Ultimate Diesel is being served at £1.66.9 a litre. Flippin' ek!The Bournemouth Echo have been informed as this is daylight robbery. I'll never use BP again.
And why are all my local Shell garages closed these days? Only Poulner Hill left to keep me sane!
ecain63 said:
Most places are charging £1.33 a litre for unleaded now so he's still charging above average. I took pics of the prices on the pump and it shows that Ultimate Diesel is being served at £1.66.9 a litre. Flippin' ek!
You need to move mate.Up this way, unleaded 129.9 and V-Power 136.9
Mark. said:
ecain63 said:
Most places are charging £1.33 a litre for unleaded now so he's still charging above average. I took pics of the prices on the pump and it shows that Ultimate Diesel is being served at £1.66.9 a litre. Flippin' ek!
You need to move mate.Up this way, unleaded 129.9 and V-Power 136.9
I know its a case of buy it or dont buy it, but the point is that what they are doing is taking the piss with the prices and taking adavntage by not displaying the price clearly enough. I could have walked away and not bought any, but as Dan said, when you see regular unleaded at £1.34 you dont expect to be paying £1.64 for the premium stuff. Its just not normal margins. Im used to paying above the odds to feed the M, but 30p above is robbery. Most of us who buy VPower / Ultimate / Momentum base our purchase on the advertised price of regular at the entrance and rarely look at the price of the premium stuff per litre until its too late. If the regular stuff is cheap then normally the super juice is also a bit cheaper than average. This is what im saying; if they are going to rip us by this amount then they should make it blatantly clear on the main price board that we are going to be wallet-raped.
Eddie
ecain63 said:
Yeah, i was out tonight and saw it at £1.30 or lower at more than a few stations.
I know its a case of buy it or dont buy it, but the point is that what they are doing is taking the piss with the prices and taking adavntage by not displaying the price clearly enough. I could have walked away and not bought any, but as Dan said, when you see regular unleaded at £1.34 you dont expect to be paying £1.64 for the premium stuff. Its just not normal margins. Im used to paying above the odds to feed the M, but 30p above is robbery. Most of us who buy VPower / Ultimate / Momentum base our purchase on the advertised price of regular at the entrance and rarely look at the price of the premium stuff per litre until its too late. If the regular stuff is cheap then normally the super juice is also a bit cheaper than average. This is what im saying; if they are going to rip us by this amount then they should make it blatantly clear on the main price board that we are going to be wallet-raped.
Eddie
I'm with you mate, overcharging by that much is criminal and the guy deserves to go out of business. If I ever get stuck and find an extortionate price I put the bare minimum in to get me to the next sane place!!I know its a case of buy it or dont buy it, but the point is that what they are doing is taking the piss with the prices and taking adavntage by not displaying the price clearly enough. I could have walked away and not bought any, but as Dan said, when you see regular unleaded at £1.34 you dont expect to be paying £1.64 for the premium stuff. Its just not normal margins. Im used to paying above the odds to feed the M, but 30p above is robbery. Most of us who buy VPower / Ultimate / Momentum base our purchase on the advertised price of regular at the entrance and rarely look at the price of the premium stuff per litre until its too late. If the regular stuff is cheap then normally the super juice is also a bit cheaper than average. This is what im saying; if they are going to rip us by this amount then they should make it blatantly clear on the main price board that we are going to be wallet-raped.
Eddie
We run both our cars on V-Power (occasionally other higher octane) and I don't mind a few pennies more as I generally do get it back in better MPG, but 30p extra!!
Stef
http://www.petrolprices.com/ - I've subscribed here for a while, usually gives me a reasonable idea of which ones to avoid...
timbo48 said:
BP buying them? Is this true? My local Shell station in Chandlers Ford has been shut and dug up for some months now and apparently won't open until June.......as Shell or BP?
Yeah, they have the extra cash to do it as they just got the refuelling for all the dorset ambwlans services.Gassing Station | South Coast | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff