More than that, last time I filled up at the same garage is was 126-127p/l, so more than 20p here, given that's almost 20% that's mad!

local Tesco is £1.05.9 per litre for petrol, £1.11.9 for diesel.

and my  tank is full, as are both jerry cans that I am allowed to store.
last refuelled about 3 weeks ago.

needless to say, as soon as we are allowed to actually drive anywhere the price will, I'm sure, rocket back up.

never seen the forecourts so empty.

hi  all


  does  anyone  actually  know  WHY  there's   is  a  .9  at  the  end  of  every  value    .......   given  they  go  up  and  down  like  a  yoyo

  next  time  it  goes  up  or  down    why  cant  they  round  it  up  to  nearest  penny

  paul

have you ever tried to buy 1 litre, and get your .1p change

just another way of getting profits 

Minimum Delivery 2Litres

although its probably 5 now!!

Quote from: paulbeckwith on April 08, 2020, 04:36:29 PM

hi  all

  does  anyone  actually  know  WHY  there's   is  a  .9  at  the  end  of  every  value    .......   given  they  go  up  and  down  like  a  yoyo
  next  time  it  goes  up  or  down    why  cant  they  round  it  up  to  nearest  penny

Undoubtedly for the first reason that many items on shops are £x.99 instead of a round number -  it sounds cheaper.

The second, in shops, was to ensure that the cashier had to ring up the purchase and open the till to give change, making it harder for them to just pocket the cash without being caught.

That said, I have occasionally seen fuel priced in a round number of pence.

Quote from: paulbeckwith on April 08, 2020, 04:36:29 PM
does  anyone  actually  know  WHY  there's   is  a  .9  at  the  end  of  every  value    ....... 

There isn't... Around here it only the big brands than are .9s, all the supermarkets are .7 apart from one which is usually something .5... 

Anyway, do you consciously attempt to buy x litres or do you buy £z worth??

I wait until the pump goes "click" and then wince slightly at the cost, inwardly resolve to buy a more fuel efficient car, then go back to looking at various hot hatches . I don't think I've put £x since I was 17, and I've never put in a specific quantity.

Quote from: njee20 on April 08, 2020, 09:23:22 PM
I wait until the pump goes "click" and then wince slightly at the cost, inwardly resolve to buy a more fuel efficient car, then go back to looking at various hot hatches . I don't think I've put £x since I was 17, and I've never put in a specific quantity.

Remember the Not The Nine O'Clock News sketch of that?

Mel Smith was carefully filling his tank and successfully stopping at exactly £5.00.
As he was putting the nozzle back, Griff Rhys Jones, playing a gormless attendant, hit a button labelled "Nobble" and when Mel looked back at the pump it was now reading £5.00½   

It was worse before decimal currency, e.g. £19 19s 11d.

Posh shops added to the confusion by giving prices in guineas.

Yours nostalgically,


Joe

Quote from: joe cassidy on April 09, 2020, 05:08:54 PM
It was worse before decimal currency, e.g. £19 19s 11d.
Posh shops added to the confusion by giving prices in guineas.

Don't they still do that in some auctions, particularly for racehorses?