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Post by South Stand Salopian on Dec 15, 2021 19:41:32 GMT 1
Unfortunately, many (including me at one times) think along the lines that the supermarket petrol stations 'have to be the cheapest'. Clearly this is no longer the case. Applegreen down in South Salop is regularly more competitive than the supermarkets. If anyone knows any cheaper by all means share with the group. ASDA was £140.7 today but I refuse to pump up there. Mount service station was £134.9 last week. |
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Post by DiglisShrew on Dec 15, 2021 22:52:19 GMT 1
£1.69 a litre at Tamworth Services on Sunday !!
Luckily I only needed a pee !!
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Post by horse01 on Dec 18, 2021 14:40:01 GMT 1
£1.69 a gallon at Tamworth Services on Sunday !! Luckily I only needed a pee !! You should have filled it to the brim - that’s a bargain for a gallon!!! |
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Post by zenfootball2 on Dec 18, 2021 14:58:20 GMT 1
Unfortunately, many (including me at one times) think along the lines that the supermarket petrol stations 'have to be the cheapest'. Clearly this is no longer the case. Applegreen down in South Salop is regularly more competitive than the supermarkets. If anyone knows any cheaper by all means share with the group. ASDA was £140.7 today but I refuse to pump up there. Mount service station was £134.9 last week. the mount garage is still cheaper than the supermarkets |
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jan 6, 2022 19:14:45 GMT 1
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Post by Pilch on Jan 6, 2022 23:30:49 GMT 1
Why are we surprised , it’s happening on a far bigger scale in the superstore itself
I used to buy things like 2 packs of bread rolls for £1
Now like 80p each and not been of offer since covid started
Supermarkets are one of the big winners of lockdown too
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Post by servernaside on Jan 7, 2022 11:37:39 GMT 1
Why do people always assume that when petrol and diesel prices go up at the pump that it is a 'rip-off' ?
Retail fuel prices are a reflection of the international oil market in the same way as gas prices.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 7, 2022 11:47:56 GMT 1
Why do people always assume that when petrol and diesel prices go up at the pump that it is a 'rip-off' ? Retail fuel prices are a reflection of the international oil market in the same way as gas prices. isn’t the issue here that the current reflection should be a 10p reduction and not the 2p they have passed on to us ? |
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Post by servernaside on Jan 7, 2022 11:53:26 GMT 1
Why do people always assume that when petrol and diesel prices go up at the pump that it is a 'rip-off' ? Retail fuel prices are a reflection of the international oil market in the same way as gas prices. isn’t the issue here that the current reflection should be a 10p reduction and not the 2p they have passed on to us ? No. The thing about oil is that relatively small quantities are sold on the so-called 'spot market'. The bulk of the world's oil is sold on a contract basis of varying time scales, usually between three and six months. This means that petrol prices, although naturally dependent upon the underlying price of oil, tend to reflect prices paid for oil supplies possibly three, or six months ago. |
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Post by Pilch on Jan 7, 2022 12:11:55 GMT 1
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Post by staffordshrew on Jan 7, 2022 14:06:43 GMT 1
And what supports the case that we are being overcharged, although I don't know the exact price DA Roberts are selling it for is that they are probably charging the sort of amount these articles suggest.
DA Roberts, of Grindley Brook, Whitchurch. fetch their own from the refinery, they also had stock during the recent fuel "shortage".
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 2, 2022 12:03:22 GMT 1
Sadly, the Gulf station at Tong has edged up it's prices recently. Yesterday, I passed a Shell station selling unleaded at 149.9 because Tong would be "cheaper", but it was 151.9.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Mar 2, 2022 15:06:24 GMT 1
I see that Asda, normally the cheapest in Telford have put their prices up by 1 or 2 pence in the last 10 days.
Compare that with the local Shell stations that look for every opportunity to increase their prices have added 5p (plus in some cases) on the same day as the war started and the media started the ball rolling with the prices increasing.
Talk about profiteering......
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 2, 2022 15:26:43 GMT 1
isn’t the issue here that the current reflection should be a 10p reduction and not the 2p they have passed on to us ? No. The thing about oil is that relatively small quantities are sold on the so-called 'spot market'. The bulk of the world's oil is sold on a contract basis of varying time scales, usually between three and six months. This means that petrol prices, although naturally dependent upon the underlying price of oil, tend to reflect prices paid for oil supplies possibly three, or six months ago. Funny how the price seems to go up in line with the 'spot market', but go down in line with the price possibly three to six months ago in three to six months time. |
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Post by zenfootball2 on Mar 2, 2022 16:04:17 GMT 1
Gulf petrol at Tong, that's where I get mine too - car loves Gulf. £141.9 a litre if I remember right.
Dread to think how much that is a gallon - we should never 'av changed to Litres....
About £6.54 a gallon 😱 it really hits home for people who remember when it was under a pound a gallon (1970s) the OPEC decided to push it up in retaliation for the US rearming isreal during the 1973 arab- isreal war and subsequent conflicts have pushed it |
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Post by davycrockett on Mar 2, 2022 16:19:48 GMT 1
Sadly, the Gulf station at Tong has edged up it's prices recently. Yesterday, I passed a Shell station selling unleaded at 149.9 because Tong would be "cheaper", but it was 151.9. Think they cashed in when the M54 was closed for 3/4 weekends and the diversion took you past his garage…..or prices and overheads have gone up and he’s struggling to maintain his usual margin. |
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Mar 2, 2022 16:55:46 GMT 1
it really hits home for people who remember when it was under a pound a gallon (1970s) the OPEC decided to push it up in retaliation for the US rearming isreal during the 1973 arab- isreal war and subsequent conflicts have pushed it 69p per litre when I passed my test 1976 Edit - make that 69p per GALLON |
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Post by venceremos on Mar 2, 2022 17:04:05 GMT 1
The RAC is predicting petrol to go to £1.55 and diesel £1.60, and one analyst has predicted the energy price cap, which increases to £1,961 next month, could be £3,000 by the end of the year.
I know this is a minor thing compared to what some are suffering but it's what we're likely to experience in the coming weeks and months, as opposed to something we see happening elsewhere.
The price of heating oil - which isn't regulated - has gone up 33% in a couple of weeks. It seems to be around 83p a litre now - two years ago it was about 18p! Good job spring's coming but I dread to think how grim it could look in the autumn.
Apparently Russian oil is being heavily discounted but nobody wants it. Nothing to do with morality of course, it's the fear of sanctions and what they might mean to shipping and payments for Russian oil.
Time to put an extra layer on and get the bike out.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Mar 2, 2022 17:13:01 GMT 1
Heard that bulk LPG went up by £150 a tonne yesterday. A huge increase which is only going to be passed one way 😟
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Mar 2, 2022 17:17:12 GMT 1
Already at £1.55/lt at my nearest Shell station.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Mar 2, 2022 18:49:03 GMT 1
the fuel comapnies are very fast at pushing up prices and slow when the crude oil price drops as usual it is the puners who pay through the nose .
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Post by sheltonsalopian on Mar 3, 2022 9:49:13 GMT 1
Gonna make some people feel old here but when I passed my test the prices were £1.32 petrol and £1.39 diesel and I have never had the pleasure of seeing prices under £1, and I passed in 2012!
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Post by martinshrew on Mar 3, 2022 10:26:09 GMT 1
Gonna make some people feel old here but when I passed my test the prices were £1.32 petrol and £1.39 diesel and I have never had the pleasure of seeing prices under £1, and I passed in 2012! In the lockdown and just after it fuel was 99.9p at Sainsbury's 👀 I remember it being about 85p a litre when I was filling up my moped, that was 12+ years ago now though. |
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Post by davycrockett on Mar 3, 2022 10:33:55 GMT 1
Gonna make some people feel old here but when I passed my test the prices were £1.32 petrol and £1.39 diesel and I have never had the pleasure of seeing prices under £1, and I passed in 2012! Passed my test in 1971 just after decimalisation Petrol was 34p a gallon ……. Allowing for inflation should be £3.40 now thats 07.5 p a litre |
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Post by southstandviewer on Mar 3, 2022 13:02:01 GMT 1
What I cannot really understand is the disparity across the country in prices, not motorway or main trunk roads but in towns. I travel to North Yorkshire a lot and live near Droitwich, now the prices are pretty much the same in both areas but travelling to Shrewsbury I always fill up at Sainsburys as they are usually 6-8 p a litre cheaper every time.
The other half does wander why it takes me 6 hrs to “nip to the garage to fill up”!
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Post by ssshrew on Mar 3, 2022 17:10:54 GMT 1
It’s all very odd. We have literally just come back to Yorkshire after driving up from the south coast. Fuel prices vary not just from company to company but also between garages supplying from the same company.
We have diesel and the most expensive I saw that was not in a service area was a Shell garage at £1.69.9 a litre. We have just filled up at home for £1.56.9. It’s totally wrong that some garages are cashing in so much.
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Post by davycrockett on Mar 3, 2022 17:36:34 GMT 1
£1.48.5 at Asda Shrewsbury on Monday
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Mar 3, 2022 19:41:53 GMT 1
It’s all very odd. We have literally just come back to Yorkshire after driving up from the south coast. Fuel prices vary not just from company to company but also between garages supplying from the same company. We have diesel and the most expensive I saw that was not in a service area was a Shell garage at £1.69.9 a litre. We have just filled up at home for £1.56.9. It’s totally wrong that some garages are cashing in so much. It's called Screwing the customer. Charge as much as you feel you can get away with rather than a resale market value. I avoid Shell stations wherever possible as they are franchise run and they put the price up at the first mention of a shortage, indeed it wouldnt surprise me if they arent behind all the scaremongering. I see the Shell stations in Telford have increased again overnight. While Asda is still at the same price. They just hope you wont see it but my job involves driving past many stations in and around town on a regular basis and I see the profiteering and price increases better than most drivers. |
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Post by zenfootball2 on Mar 4, 2022 7:16:43 GMT 1
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Post by staffordshrew on Mar 4, 2022 14:03:44 GMT 1
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