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Post by Barbara on Jan 28, 2011 18:12:59 GMT
Take no notice of Auricula Geranium, she likes the sight of her own voice...  What causes shortages in times of strife is people stockpiling stuff in spare cans. |
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Post by farmersboy on Jan 28, 2011 18:15:53 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 28, 2011 18:30:19 GMT
I fill up whenever I take the boys to school as we hit civilisation then...and petrol stations. I don't like either of the cars to get too low as we have a trek to the nearest petrol station and won't get there on fumes.  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Jan 29, 2011 6:31:47 GMT
Is there a petrol strike looming - not to worry I can walk ;D
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Post by Geranium on Jan 29, 2011 9:39:50 GMT
Oh, I do hope not! I think it's just one area where the tanker drivers are threatening a blockade at the moment.  |
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Post by Auricula on Jan 29, 2011 9:44:39 GMT
Of course I didn't mean you FB  I meant REALLY old boys......the ones who can hardly see over the steering wheel, have thick specs and wear a hat ;D ;D They are usually accompanied by BIG wives in the Hyacinth Bucket mould, who won't let the petrol guage swing off Full ;D ;D |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 29, 2011 9:49:59 GMT
OH is just ordering our next heating oil delivery - that'll be a nasty shock, no doubt!
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Post by farmersboy on Jan 29, 2011 9:52:19 GMT
I am REALLY old,Auricula,wear glasses for night driving,but dont wear a hat ;D
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Post by Auricula on Jan 29, 2011 9:53:14 GMT
We paid 62p a litre at the end of December - it came the next day ( we'd heard of shortages so we were pleasantly surprised)
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Post by Geranium on Jan 29, 2011 9:55:35 GMT
I'm sure ours was more like 68p last time....
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Post by Auricula on Jan 29, 2011 9:59:44 GMT
Ours is generally quite good - it comes into Falmouth so the transportation costs are lower.Our old supplier gets theirs from Plymouth so it's dearer
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Post by Geranium on Jan 29, 2011 10:01:15 GMT
I've no idea where ours comes from! Bristol??
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 29, 2011 13:10:45 GMT
We've just paid 68p a litre and it came very quickly. In between all the snow they were taking up to 3 weeks to do orders.
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Post by Auricula on Jan 29, 2011 16:14:06 GMT
 missed your post FB, glad you don't wear a hat for driving ( they're the worst!) ;D ;D
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Post by farmersboy on Jan 29, 2011 16:22:24 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 29, 2011 17:24:23 GMT
;D
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Post by Auricula on Jan 29, 2011 18:50:31 GMT
;D ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Jan 29, 2011 20:52:30 GMT
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Post by MamIDdau on Jan 31, 2011 21:22:33 GMT
Last time I filled my car with petrol, it went all over my shoes when I opened the door...
I'm here all week! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Feb 1, 2011 0:25:28 GMT
 ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 21:04:21 GMT
It's £129.9 here but if I fill up in Ipswich before or after work, it's £124.9. Bloody scandalous that it costs 5p a litre difference in the price between Tesco here and Tesco there. It's only 22 miles away. But there's a damn site more competition in Ipswich.  FA x |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 4, 2011 21:42:48 GMT
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 5, 2011 7:17:34 GMT
We are lucky here as we have about 6 supermarkets,within about a 5 mile area,so they are all fighting for petrol trade ;D ASDA is mostly the cheapest
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 5, 2011 7:24:07 GMT
I filled up at Sainsburys yesterday and it's come down 1p to £126.9 a litre there. Just up the road near the boys' school there are 3 or 4 petrol stations all one after the other charging from £126.9 to £129.9 - folk go to the £129.9 garage  |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 5, 2011 7:35:01 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 5, 2011 7:38:00 GMT
You're right FB. I suppose if you buy petrol on company expenses you might not mind what price it is OH would not give the expensive garage his money! I made a mistake in BP once and bought premium petrol - it was a ridiculous price compared to ordinary unleaded - I didn't share my little mistake with OH |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2011 11:49:44 GMT
The worst thing about the price of petrol is that they charge for the product, then they put the duty (a tax) on the cost of the product and then they charge VAT on the combined cost of the product plus the fuel duty. So in other words, they are charging tax on the tax. That's part of the reason why it is so expensive and if they wanted to reduce the price, all they have to do is only charge VAT on the product. Easy, but they'd never do it because it would cost too much.
FA x
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Post by MamIDdau on Feb 8, 2011 20:43:37 GMT
It's 127.9 at the local Tesco, 125.9 at the local Shell garage (which is usually more expensive than Tesco!) and 125.9 at the ASDA a few miles away.
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 9, 2011 6:46:55 GMT
Asda is £1.25 here now
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 9, 2011 7:45:58 GMT
That's gone up by 2p hasn't it FB?
Have all your other local garages put their prices up too?
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Actually, it isn't, it's those old boys who fill up every day - often only putting in 5 litres at a time 
missed your post FB, glad you don't wear a hat for driving ( they're the worst!) ;D ;D
