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Thread: Petrol pricing
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10th August 2014, 10:04 PM #16
The supermarket discount is nowhere as good as it once was.
Somebody will have to help me out as to what the cost of a litre of unleaded was when the 4c discount was introduced, but it was certainly less than $1.00. Let's say for the sake of simplicity it was 80c per litre. That represented a 5% discount. Today at around $1.60 per litre the same 4c is only 2% discount so I have to agree with the sentiment of Bob38S and Twisted Tenon that the incentive is no longer really there.
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11th August 2014, 11:05 PM #17
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12th August 2014, 12:33 AM #18
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13th August 2014, 09:19 PM #19Cheers Fred
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13th August 2014, 10:06 PM #20
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13th August 2014, 10:29 PM #21
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13th August 2014, 11:58 PM #22
Last Saturday, I filled up my fuel tank, which took 121 litres (129 ltr capacity) three 20 ltr jerrycans and two 5 ltr fuel tins. this came to 193 litres. (You can get more than 20 ltrs into a 20 ltr jerrycan). The price on Saturday was $1.347 c/ltr for a total cost of $260 give or take a few cents.
After some driving around Melbourne, I stayed the night with a friend on the other side of town. I got up on Sunday morning and started doing some more running around, some of which involved using about a cupful of petrol in my chainsaw to harvest some fallen timber from Tea Lady's place. The first petrol station I saw that day was showing a price of $1.347 per litre, but soon after that all the servo's I passed were displaying prices around $1.599 c/ltr. total cost of 193 ltrs on Sunday was now $308.60.
I saved $48 or thereabouts by buying the petrol on Saturday compared to the price it was on Sunday.
Then as I was on my way home Sunday evening, having seen nothing below $1.589, I droive past our closest servo to home. I rarely go there because they are not often cheap, but they are often the last one to get the email when the price goes up, and then I go there (and so does half the population of Hoppers Crossing). They were still selling at $1.379, so I queued up for just under 10 minutes and filled the tank up with just over 50 litres, or approximately a $10 saving over the going price everywhere else.
Since filling up, all the driving I have done is to the train station and back, less than 20 km, so I have effectively got a full tank, three jerrycans and two 5 ltr fuel cans full. I think I can weather out the current high prices and wait until petrol is cheap before filling up again. I do not often pay more than $1.39/ltr and usually a few cents less.
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14th August 2014, 12:35 AM #23
Come and live in the bush. Come and live 30km out of town. School bus is the only public transport available owning your own transport is a must and fundamental. Cost of Diesel in Tamworth.....around $1.70 per bloody litre!!! Yes I do have a choice, live closer to town and don't drive unless you need to. I fail to see why the big capital cities pay less per litre than the country towns do, when public transport is readily available and that the great powers that be don't want the city streets choked with privately owned cars.
After those remarks I am going to slink back into my hole and wait for the barrageJust do it!
Kind regards Rod
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14th August 2014, 12:48 AM #24
No barrage from me. There is a conspiracy of sorts and this type of comment doesn't help. The way we are charged for our fuel is a callus disregard for fair play.
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14th August 2014, 09:07 AM #25
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At present, we have just one gas station in the village.
They were told by the company to _always_ add $ 0.05 to the city price.
A second station is under construction, that should help the hapless travellers.
I use the industrial cardlock used by the truckers. Just back from the city
where I saw 1.24.9/liter. I know that I pay less than that at the CL and I get dividend $$
each year.
My 454/7.6l GMC Suburban has a 180+ liter tank. Commonly a $200 fill.
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14th August 2014, 09:47 AM #26
Joe Hockey's feeble excuse saying that poorer people don't travel much so the fuel is dearer because its only higher income people who use their own vehicles.
About 10-15 years ago some hotshot came up from Sydney to find out why petrol prices in Tamworth was higher than the towns 100km away. I can't remember who he was or who he was representing but he was quoted in the local rag and interviewed on the radio........never heard a word from his investigations.
You here the service stations saying that there is no money in fuel, so who is getting the money?Just do it!
Kind regards Rod
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14th August 2014, 03:08 PM #27
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Has anyone heard of the proposed "Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014"
As described here http://sres-australia.com.au/introdu...m-regulations/
The link goes to a UK document.
What exactly are the current regs about petrol storage in Oz?
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14th August 2014, 04:52 PM #28
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Tamworth fuel prices are dearer than those nearby towns for the same reason accommodation is more expensive there. It is a natural overnight stoping point for Syd to Bris travellers, it’s a regional centre of some size plus it is a university/boarding school town.
Rockhampton fits much the same description and suffers the same issues.
That’s my theory anyway.
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14th August 2014, 05:29 PM #29
Even thou I work five days a week I do a lot of traveling for other things. So I have to drive to almost everywhere. I am not happy paying such a large amount on fuel but it is something that I have to bear for the moment.
In time fuel will stabilize as we move away from petrol. Yes it will happen just not expecting it to be in my lifetime.
If only they were real. We could raise another guardian.
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14th August 2014, 06:30 PM #30
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