Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:04 pm
Yeah there was fuel everywhere, it was a right mess
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Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:25 am
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:31 am
There's a managed cash flow situation happening right now, that's for sure. Nothing to do with Ukraine though, business growing pains.Jimmy Choo wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:04 pmClearly Gavster has given all of his cash to Ukrainians and forgot to keep any to fill up his car.
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:25 am
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!Gavster wrote: Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:31 amThere's a managed cash flow situation happening right now, that's for sure. Nothing to do with Ukraine though, business growing pains.Jimmy Choo wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:04 pmClearly Gavster has given all of his cash to Ukrainians and forgot to keep any to fill up his car.
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:17 pm
For the last few days the local BP has 196.9p for diesel and 195.9 for petrol, the Shell 3mins down the road has it in the 180s like most have had. Yet there was still a number of people on the forecourt when I drove past earlier. Fuel cards so they don't GAF? 
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:32 pm
Have to drive for/to work so they don't lose thier income, more likely.duncs500 wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:17 pm For the last few days the local BP has 196.9p for diesel and 195.9 for petrol, the Shell 3mins down the road has it in the 180s like most have had. Yet there was still a number of people on the forecourt when I drove past earlier. Fuel cards so they don't GAF?
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:10 am
BP garage on the A1, Tyne and Wear.
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:58 am
What I'm asking, is why they're not filling up at another place down the road that's 10p/L cheaper?Beany wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:32 pmHave to drive for/to work so they don't lose thier income, more likely.duncs500 wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:17 pm For the last few days the local BP has 196.9p for diesel and 195.9 for petrol, the Shell 3mins down the road has it in the 180s like most have had. Yet there was still a number of people on the forecourt when I drove past earlier. Fuel cards so they don't GAF?
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:58 am
Oh, that's probably just stupidity.
Edit: to be more clear, some people think that the price at petrol stations is basically the same everywhere, not realising that some places are just price gouging cunts. So they don't look around.
Edit: to be more clear, some people think that the price at petrol stations is basically the same everywhere, not realising that some places are just price gouging cunts. So they don't look around.
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 7:34 am
Surely everyone knows that?Beany wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:58 am Oh, that's probably just stupidity.
Edit: to be more clear, some people think that the price at petrol stations is basically the same everywhere, not realising that some places are just price gouging cunts. So they don't look around.
Honestly, both roads are on the way into town with little other destinations in between, so most would drive past both and both of them have prominently displayed pricing signs. To be fair, they are both usually broadly the same price, so maybe people get to the BP first and just figure that's just the price now, then kick themselves when they go past the Shell after filling up.
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:50 am
You'd be surprised how many people don't realise how big the difference can be.duncs500 wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 7:34 amSurely everyone knows that?Beany wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:58 am Oh, that's probably just stupidity.
Edit: to be more clear, some people think that the price at petrol stations is basically the same everywhere, not realising that some places are just price gouging cunts. So they don't look around.
Honestly, both roads are on the way into town with little other destinations in between, so most would drive past both and both of them have prominently displayed pricing signs. To be fair, they are both usually broadly the same price, so maybe people get to the BP first and just figure that's just the price now, then kick themselves when they go past the Shell after filling up.
There was a slightly hairy FB post by the beeb yesterday about a station in Sheffield at 202p/litre for diesel, and plenty of people in the comments seemed surprised because thier local station was still at 180-190, not realising that some stations are literally just price gouging twats.
It's like they've never driven on a motorway before, where the price mysteriously rises by 10p/litre every time you're 20 miles from a major town
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:48 am
Better quality of food in the BP? Picking up something got dinner etc - our local one is a M&S...duncs500 wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:17 pm For the last few days the local BP has 196.9p for diesel and 195.9 for petrol, the Shell 3mins down the road has it in the 180s like most have had. Yet there was still a number of people on the forecourt when I drove past earlier. Fuel cards so they don't GAF?
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:53 am
Could be. There are also a lot of people round here with a lot of money, so maybe it's simply not a concern.Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:16 am
There’s also a massive lack of shopping around for fuel. If people have always used the bp they’ll continue to use the bp
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:25 am
I’ll admit, I use one and a half tanks per month so the saving between the most expensive and the cheapest station is £9
So I don’t shop around. Need petrol, there’s a station, buy petrol. I don’t really give it much thought
So I don’t shop around. Need petrol, there’s a station, buy petrol. I don’t really give it much thought
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:01 pm
Since the price of fuel has gone up so fast, I have found that my preferred Asda filling station right on a junction of the M5 is either out of fuel, has long queues for the pay-at-pumps due to nobody manning the kiosk or simply isn't cheapest. After a few failures to fill up there I've stopped bothering to check it now.
Which means I've run the gauntlet of finding alternative filling stations. As the cost of a tank has gone up over £100 I avoid all pay-at-pumps on the basis that they cut off at £99.99; I could do the payment again to finish filling but I really can't be arsed. And places that historically were cheaper are no longer the cheapest; it depends on how much they randomly decide to increase the price that day. Petrolprices.com can't be updated quickly enough to be properly useful either. So now that it matters to me more that I save a few pence per litre, I have stopped looking at the cost. Probably spending about £600 a month on diesel currently
Which means I've run the gauntlet of finding alternative filling stations. As the cost of a tank has gone up over £100 I avoid all pay-at-pumps on the basis that they cut off at £99.99; I could do the payment again to finish filling but I really can't be arsed. And places that historically were cheaper are no longer the cheapest; it depends on how much they randomly decide to increase the price that day. Petrolprices.com can't be updated quickly enough to be properly useful either. So now that it matters to me more that I save a few pence per litre, I have stopped looking at the cost. Probably spending about £600 a month on diesel currently
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:33 pm
Simple case of can't be arsed. Don't concern yourself with it.
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:40 pm
£2.49 for diesel in Chelsea today 
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 1:19 pm
Shell has £150 app limit.. I imagine others will have tooJobbo wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:01 pm Since the price of fuel has gone up so fast, I have found that my preferred Asda filling station right on a junction of the M5 is either out of fuel, has long queues for the pay-at-pumps due to nobody manning the kiosk or simply isn't cheapest. After a few failures to fill up there I've stopped bothering to check it now.
Which means I've run the gauntlet of finding alternative filling stations. As the cost of a tank has gone up over £100 I avoid all pay-at-pumps on the basis that they cut off at £99.99; I could do the payment again to finish filling but I really can't be arsed. And places that historically were cheaper are no longer the cheapest; it depends on how much they randomly decide to increase the price that day. Petrolprices.com can't be updated quickly enough to be properly useful either. So now that it matters to me more that I save a few pence per litre, I have stopped looking at the cost. Probably spending about £600 a month on diesel currently
Re: Petrol the new toilet roll
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:30 am
Is that a new thing? When I filled up with the app a couple of weeks ago (pay at pump) it was £100.