Petrol prices whats going on?
Discussion
Supersam83 said:
I understand what you are saying but it's more to highlight the way we are being ripped off by the Fuel companies.
Would you be ok paying more for Milk, Bread, essentials, etc from the same retailer in the UK just because you live in a different part of the same country.
Can't believe that they can get away with it in this day and age.
No, my comment was in jest, and I'm equally surprised by the regional discrepancies...but it makes a change to be paying less for fuel in Liverpool...as we're normally ripped off - which feels doubly-scammy as we have Stanlow oil refinery across the river!Would you be ok paying more for Milk, Bread, essentials, etc from the same retailer in the UK just because you live in a different part of the same country.
Can't believe that they can get away with it in this day and age.
I've also seen Costco Liverpool being more expensive than Costco Haydock and they're equidistant for me...along with checking the discrepancies (to my advantage or disadvantage) across other Costco branches, just in case one of them is along my route to work/friends/etc.
A friend works for a network of filling stations and part of their role is to set fuel prices on the forecourts across the estate.
The estate they work for are more concerned with volume than margin. The logistics involved in keeping a constant flow of fuel going is much easier to manage when its consistent (think purchasing lots of fuel and getting tankers delivering fuel to sites).....then having to cancel if your tanks are full...or you run out and can't get any more for 24 hours.
If volume sold for a site is low, they'll reduce price to increase volume, sometimes making very little per litre. If the volume sold is high, they'll increase price and make more profit. Basically keep it flowing.
Sometimes they will change the price a couple of times a day to stay on top of it.
The estate they work for are more concerned with volume than margin. The logistics involved in keeping a constant flow of fuel going is much easier to manage when its consistent (think purchasing lots of fuel and getting tankers delivering fuel to sites).....then having to cancel if your tanks are full...or you run out and can't get any more for 24 hours.
If volume sold for a site is low, they'll reduce price to increase volume, sometimes making very little per litre. If the volume sold is high, they'll increase price and make more profit. Basically keep it flowing.
Sometimes they will change the price a couple of times a day to stay on top of it.
itz_baseline said:
A friend works for a network of filling stations and part of their role is to set fuel prices on the forecourts across the estate.
The estate they work for are more concerned with volume than margin. The logistics involved in keeping a constant flow of fuel going is much easier to manage when its consistent (think purchasing lots of fuel and getting tankers delivering fuel to sites).....then having to cancel if your tanks are full...or you run out and can't get any more for 24 hours.
If volume sold for a site is low, they'll reduce price to increase volume, sometimes making very little per litre. If the volume sold is high, they'll increase price and make more profit. Basically keep it flowing.
Sometimes they will change the price a couple of times a day to stay on top of it.
Exactly what is happening in our town. Its small, 1 supermarket (Morrisons) and 1 petrol station, Shell. The estate they work for are more concerned with volume than margin. The logistics involved in keeping a constant flow of fuel going is much easier to manage when its consistent (think purchasing lots of fuel and getting tankers delivering fuel to sites).....then having to cancel if your tanks are full...or you run out and can't get any more for 24 hours.
If volume sold for a site is low, they'll reduce price to increase volume, sometimes making very little per litre. If the volume sold is high, they'll increase price and make more profit. Basically keep it flowing.
Sometimes they will change the price a couple of times a day to stay on top of it.
Price at moment £1.41.
On the local Facebook page people moan like hell about price but because no one can be arsed to drive further to larger town with its Tesco, Sainsbury and BP stations, they keep buying. The Tesco garage is selling at £1.33.
Puzzles said:
I think adjusted for inflation it’s below the price per litre when I started, which feels like a win.
Obviously that would depend on exactly when you started driving, but once adjusted for inflation, petrol has wandered around roughly the same sort of price since the early 80s at least. Quadratica said:
I bought an EV a year ago, saved about £800 on petrol, £300 on servicing, £180 VED, lost £200 ins and have not had to visit a petrol station.
I saved thousands by not buying an EV that will depreciate like a stone, and have done a few trips around Scotland from Surrey of 800 to 1,000 miles without ever needing to sit in Motorway services wasting money in Starbucks while "re-fuelling".The nearest morrison petrol station to me was always 2-3p a litre more than the same station next to my works in cardiff now its the other way round and my local is 3p less than the one next to work. Plus one of the other local place was always the most expensive in the area is now cheaper than the supermarkets. All over the place atm.
Yex RS4 said:
If anyone is ever driving up the A12 just north of Colchester you'll pass a Shell site that is regularly empty, and 5 miles up the road you'll pass an Esso site that regularly has queues out of the site onto the slip road. The reason........12-15p a litre cheaper than Shell site.
Prices are a lottery.
It’s the cheapest petrol station in the county!Prices are a lottery.
Mr Tidy said:
Quadratica said:
I bought an EV a year ago, saved about £800 on petrol, £300 on servicing, £180 VED, lost £200 ins and have not had to visit a petrol station.
I saved thousands by not buying an EV that will depreciate like a stone, and have done a few trips around Scotland from Surrey of 800 to 1,000 miles without ever needing to sit in Motorway services wasting money in Starbucks while "re-fuelling".Dave Hedgehog said:
Mr Tidy said:
Quadratica said:
I bought an EV a year ago, saved about £800 on petrol, £300 on servicing, £180 VED, lost £200 ins and have not had to visit a petrol station.
I saved thousands by not buying an EV that will depreciate like a stone, and have done a few trips around Scotland from Surrey of 800 to 1,000 miles without ever needing to sit in Motorway services wasting money in Starbucks while "re-fuelling".Regional changes are all well and good, sometimes it's the extra cost of delivery etc., but sometimes it's the odd garage deciding to make more/less profit - case in point, I found a Gulf garage in Gaerwen (North Wales) selling E10 for 126.9 
Diesel was only around 131.9 as well! Local prices are around 6 or 7p more, but still not that expensive comparatively - might be due to proximity of Holyhead Port? Who knows?
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