aga man Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 apperentley asda is cutting upto 3 p a litre off fuel. as of tommorow it will cost no more than 135.7 for petrol and 139.7 for diesel. we-re-cutting-the-cost-of-fuel-by-up-to-3p-per-litre.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoggieman Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Thanks for the post Aga Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the crowman Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 I don't care just bought a LPG :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprackles Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 3p in the greater scheme of things is nothing. Let's forget this metric nonsense for a minute and get back to proper measures. I currently pay £6.58 per gallon and that poxy 3p takes it down to £6.44. It's not worth the diversion. Metrication was and is used to hide all sorts of nasty stings and make things seem better than they really are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 apperentley asda is cutting upto 3 p a litre off fuel. as of tommorow it will cost no more than 135.7 for petrol and 139.7 for diesel. 3p? 3 sodding p? That's what, £1.50 off a 50 liter fill, you can't even buy a half for that. I once saw a huge line of cars queuing for petrol and station that was going out of business, they slashed there price from £1.10/l to £1.00. People where waiting for about to 40 mintues to save like £4. I know they say 'looking after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves' but frankly in the case of petrol in ********, but then again give it another 8 years and we'll all be going on about the good old days when petrol was 'only' £1.50/liter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddJob Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 3p for a retailer is, in theory, quite a chunk off and is probably more about getting people in to store than wanting to help out us gas guzzlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 3p in the greater scheme of things is nothing. Let's forget this metric nonsense for a minute and get back to proper measures. I currently pay £6.58 per gallon and that poxy 3p takes it down to £6.44. It's not worth the diversion. Metrication was and is used to hide all sorts of nasty stings and make things seem better than they really are. !?! what nasty stings did it hide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Shame fuel has gone up by 10p over the last month or so....... 3p off .....Still a 7p increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) well i welcome the 3 p off. i know its knack all in the scheme of things but it has gone up a penny a week up here for the past couple of weeks. some garages were 144.9 last week asda today 139.7 ....... i know which i prefer. thats for diesel btw. Edited September 25, 2012 by aga man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson_tom Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) I put 60l a week in, so 0.03*60= £1.80 *52 = £93.60 saving a year. Better in my pocket than any one elses Edited September 25, 2012 by ferguson_tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprackles Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 !?! what nasty stings did it hide? Oh come on, the great metrication downsize when your quarter pounds went down to 100g with no price difference, Tins and packaging following the same way. Prices rounded up, weights rounded down. If fuel was still sold by the gallon I bet there would be far more howls of protests over the price than now. I would also wager the rises would have been harder to pass on for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) In the good old days we had 240 old pence to the pound, now we have 100. We measured fuel in gallons which is roughly 4.54 litres. We don't blink nowadays when a rise of 1p per litre is announced, back in the good old days that'd been a rise of 10.89 old pence, nearly a shilling, and I don't think the fuel companies would have got away with it then. We've increased the minimum unit of currency and reduced the size of measurement and been shafted because of it. Edited September 25, 2012 by PhilR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Beat me to it Sprackles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 what gets to me is they declare a 1p rise on fuel and the local garage goes up by 4p ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 have they dropped sunflower oil yet, the landy loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Filled up today. Not at said place but a BP station. Just about fell over when she took £114.50 to fill. GULP! Scary. Even if we didnt pay vat on the duty, that would make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 have they dropped sunflower oil yet, the landy loves it. Tesco. 5 litre bottles at £10 for two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Tesco. 5 litre bottles at £10 for two. i will have some of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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